59: The Downfall
November 8, 2020
Bonus 20: The Birthday Party
December 4, 2020
SEASON 04 // EPISODE 15
Deepwater Horizon / Ixtoc I
An explosion on a deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico leads to the largest oil spill in United States history.
Prelude: More than 3.4 million barrels of crude oil leak into the ocean after an accident at the Ixtoc I well.
OTHER WAYS TO LISTEN:
MUSIC
Performed by Trevor Howard (Deformr )
SOURCES
- https://www.bbc.com/news/10307105
- http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2017/ph240/fernandez2/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100620210259/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51843
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HH4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4608,4505075&dq=we+have+in+this+country+a+very+clearly+stated+policy+of+being+a+good+neighbor+with+mexico&hl=en
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XnRkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HH4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5746,1748277&dq=ixtoc&hl=en
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-rig-mexico-sidebar/bps-gulf-battle-echoes-monster-79-mexico-oil-spill-idUSTRE64N57U20100524
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100605025125/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37514348/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100510080322/http://www.incidentnews.gov/entry/508790
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100724063119/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/13/530250/after-big-1979-spill-a-stunning.html
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/catastrophic-thinking/
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-lost-legacy-Ixtoc-oil/
- https://www.twincities.com/2010/06/13/gulf-of-campeche-provides-lessons-of-environments-resilience-after-oil-spill/
- https://uvamagazine.org/articles/an_almost_forgotten_oil_spill
- https://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/79-gulf-oil-spill-leaves-sobering-lessons-for-bp_631609.html
- http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/flash/national/2010508_SPILL_TIMELINE/Ixtoc06-08-1979.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090114122331/http://www.gomr.mms.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/3/3930.pdf
- https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/energy/dirty_energy_development/oil_and_gas/gulf_oil_spill/dispersants.html#:~:text=Dispersants%20release%20toxic%20break%2Ddown,have%20not%20been%20adequately%20tested
- https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/06/10/Oil-driller-settles-one-group-of-suits-from-Mexico-oil-spill/7424424065600/#:~:text=U.S.%20District%20Judge%20Robert%20O,Ixtoc%20I%20oil%20well%20in
- https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/24/us/around-the-nation-private-concerns-settle-suits-in-oil-spill-in-gulf.html
- https://www.britannica.com/event/Deepwater-Horizon-oil-spill
- https://www.c-span.org/video/?295830-4/deepwater-horizon-incident-joint-investigation-andrea-fleytas-testimony
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/bp-oil-spill-florida-beaches-stay-open-approaching/story?id=10829486
- https://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-louisiana-governor-bobby-jindal-plan/story?id=11111136
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110430080104/http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10515973
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8678113.stm
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10302371.stm
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-12124830
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-25/bp-gulf-of-mexico-spill-from-disaster-to-trial-timeline.html
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-05-11/bp-s-relief-wells-bring-risk-of-an-even-bigger-oil-spill-in-gulf-of-mexico.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140503101625/http://www.boozallen.com/media-center/press-releases/2011/11/thad-allen-named-senior-vice-president
- https://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7064173
- http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-10/bp-halliburton-transocean-blame-each-other-in-gulf-oil-spill.html
- http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-11/bp-oil-leak-estimate-doubled-by-u-s-science-panel-correct-.html
- http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-10/gulf-cleanup-of-bp-oil-foiled-by-leadership-gap-nungesser-says.html
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nathanieljanowitz/bp-mexico-deepwater-horizon-oil
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/oil-rig-wreck-leaks-into-gulf-of-mexico-1.911697
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/16/60minutes/main6490197_page2.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
- http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6424647n
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-who-tossed-drilling-ban-an-oil-investor/
- http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/05/nalco-holdings-shares-rise-after-bp-cleanup-news.html
- https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7032189.html
- http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/17/tony.hayward.profile/
- http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/14/obama.gulf.trip/index.html?hpt=T1
- https://money.cnn.com/2010/06/25/news/companies/BP_stock_price/
- https://money.cnn.com/2010/06/03/news/companies/bp_hayward_ad/?postversion=2010060321
- http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/coast-guard-oil-rig-that-exploded-has-sunk/
- http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/11/gulf.coast.oil.spill/?hpt=Sbin
- http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/12/gulf.oil.disaster/?hpt=T2
- http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0620/A-yachting-trip-The-10-worst-BP-gaffes-in-Gulf-oil-spill
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0624/Raining-oil-in-Louisiana-Video-suggests-Gulf-oil-spill-causing-crude-rain
- https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/06/bill_clinton_says_blowing_up_b.html
- http://www.epa.gov/bpspill/dispersants-testing.html#phase2
- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/16/rep-cao-suggests-bp-exec-commit-hari-kari-spill/
- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/20/bp-chief-yachts-gulf-oil-spill-burns/
- https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75cd4c30-83ae-11df-b6d5-00144feabdc0.html
- https://www.fws.gov/home/dhoilspill/pdfs/collection_06102010.pdf
- https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j2WM-6T8Nj9-NM50L97Qc8BdwyfgD9FU5PU00
- https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gonAAuLIs1MtuQfVABirO-ZTqR4A
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/halliburton-may-be-culpri_n_558481.html
- http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/05/gulf-oil-spill-smallest-leak-sealed-off-.html
- http://articles.latimes.com/2010/may/23/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100523
- https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100626,0,1300456.story
- http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/06/gulf-oil-spill-costner-solution-has-green-light-but-no-green.html
- http://emergency.louisiana.gov/Releases/06242010-prayer.html
- https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/06/14/documents-bp-cut-corners-in-days-before-blowout/
- http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/08/1669446/spreading-oil-from-leaking-well.html#ixzz0qJRnZmtV
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100626175048/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100624/NEWS02/6240317/Orange-Beach-boat-captain-s-death-likely-suicide
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100615011011/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37580156/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100611074546/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37566848/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf#ixzz0qH5Wx4bi
- http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/bp-buys-oil-spill-online-search-terms-dpgonc-km-20100605_7933721
- https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/resources/in-situ-burning.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100610024947/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37588890/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/04/how-is-wildlife-doing-now--ten-years-after-the-deepwater-horizon/
- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126809525
- https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126565283
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/us/30rig.html?pagewanted=all
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/us/06rig.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/us/07capture.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/us/07claims.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/11liability.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/business/energy-environment/30safety.html?src=mv
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16oil.html
- http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/exercise-caution-the-drilling-permit-said/?hpw
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/us/03nuke.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/06/24/24greenwire-bp-continues-to-use-surface-dispersants-in-gul-80293.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/us/08flow.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/us/02brf-allen.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/06/24/24greenwire-bp-continues-to-use-surface-dispersants-in-gul-80293.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/science/earth/15spill.html
- http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/macondoprospect/
- http://www.politico.com/blogs/politicolive/0610/Emanuel_Hayward_yachting_a_big_mistake.html
- https://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2123/
- https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1723455620100617
- https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE65J09W20100620
- https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/92765/deepwater_horizon_a_firsthand_account/
- https://slate.com/technology/2016/09/bp-is-to-blame-for-deepwater-horizon-but-its-mistake-was-actually-years-of-small-mistakes.html
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/05/ongoing-administration-wide-response-deepwater-bp-oil-spill
- http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=91349
- http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=92025
- https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-spill-the-scandal-and-the-president-193093/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bps-next-disaster-192059/
- http://open.salon.com/blog/kathy_riordan/2010/06/01/deepwater_horizon_now_a_criminal_investigation
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/8242557/Obama-oil-spill-commissions-final-report-blames-disaster-on-cost-cutting-by-BP-and-partners.html
- http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100041928/president-obamas-war-on-bp-is-a-war-against-uk-plc/
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/andarko-petroleum-to-pay-dividends-despite-partnership-in-bps-leaking-well/story-e6frg90o-1225881182055
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/may/13/bp-boss-admits-mistakes-gulf-oil-spill
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/20/survivor-deepwater-horizon-gulf-oil-explosion
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/20/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-live-web-footage
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/05/dispersant-deepwater-horizon-oil-toxic
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/25/bp-oil-spill-sole-blame
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/aug/15/barack-obama-swim-gulf-florida
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/may/09/oil-spill-ecological-review-environment
- https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jun/20/tony-hayward-bp
- http://www.thestreet.com/story/10780040/1/what-bp-bankruptcy-bp-stock-jumps.html
- http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1995523,00.html
- http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article213912.ece
- https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-05-25-oil-spill-victims-memorial_N.htm
- http://www.waltonsun.com/news/tank-84637-newsherald-ashore-walton.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404118.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/27/AR2010052703302.html
- https://whistleblower.org/in-the-news/truth-dig-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-was-a-cover-up-not-a-cleanup/
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704198004575310571698602094?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100702160830/http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100628-711351.html
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704463504575300551880706526
- http://xnews.com/scitech/2010/06/23/bp-burning-sea-turtles-alive-says-gulf-captain/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101207021018/http://energycommerce.house.gov/documents/20100614/Hayward.BP.2010.6.14.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100425040406/http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7061443
- https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/posted/2931/updated_timeline_June_10.594723.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100507075030/http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100503-700843.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100921211946/http://www.wwltv.com/news/Blown-out-BP-oil-well-finally-killed--103237684.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110610082834/http://senate.legis.state.la.us/adley/releases/2010/06-16-2010.pdf
- https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Interiorreport2-20080910.pdf
- https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/washington/11royalty.html
- https://www.westword.com/news/drilled-baby-drilled-the-strange-battle-to-keep-big-oil-from-cheating-5115379
- https://www.westword.com/news/crossing-over-5100763
- https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/us/25mms.html
An explosion on a deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico leads to the largest oil spill in United States history. Prelude: More than 3.4 million barrels of crude oil leak into the ocean after an accident at the Ixtoc I well.
