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  • A survivor recalls his harrowing escape; plus, a former BP insider warns of another potential disaster
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  • @jacobjones5269
    @jacobjones5269 5 років тому +355

    Mike Williams.. An ordinary name, an ordinary man, capable of extraordinary things.. God bless you and your family..

    • @ryanharrington6389
      @ryanharrington6389 5 років тому +17

      Real hero

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 4 роки тому +16

      Yes. He had me in tears, bless his heart, and bravery.😢😑😟💖

    • @mkay1957
      @mkay1957 11 місяців тому +1

      If you think about it, WW2 was won by ordinary men doing extraordinary things.

    • @CatLover-23
      @CatLover-23 8 місяців тому

      True Indeed.... 👍🙏

  • @awesometjgreen
    @awesometjgreen 4 роки тому +388

    It always starts with an incompetent supervisor..

    • @ghostly620
      @ghostly620 4 роки тому +19

      Comrade Anatoly Dyatlov has entered the building...

    • @armandojuan64
      @armandojuan64 4 роки тому +3

      Chernobyl .

    • @firefighter343
      @firefighter343 3 роки тому +3

      Reactor #4 - Chernobyl.

    • @Loveroffood41
      @Loveroffood41 3 роки тому +9

      As well as a stupid politician.

    • @sunniallwein86
      @sunniallwein86 3 роки тому +4

      You're right, fish rot from the head down.

  • @tomw13
    @tomw13 4 роки тому +268

    No one should die at their job. Due to the greed and negligence of others.

  • @BoulevardFan28
    @BoulevardFan28 5 років тому +589

    The Deepwater Horizon was "celebrated as among the safest in the fleet."
    Yeah... so was the Titanic.

    • @MrBrowne86
      @MrBrowne86 4 роки тому +33

      We have a saying in aviation.
      “There’s always enough fuel to get you to the scene of the accident”

    • @dalerobinson3436
      @dalerobinson3436 4 роки тому +4

      Human error.

    • @edtherockhound9944
      @edtherockhound9944 4 роки тому +3

      When ever they say something like that you knows it’s gunna end badly

    • @danielbusby5773
      @danielbusby5773 3 роки тому +1

      Accidents happen

    • @RalphCunha
      @RalphCunha 3 роки тому +2

      I personally don’t think it was arrogance as much as it was complacency. We’re all human beings are we’re not perfect, and it doesn’t take only one thing to cause a disaster. It is usually a bunch of things that occur overtime that turns into that proverbial straw that breaks the camels back. And that leads to some unfortunate consequence, in this instance; an explosion.
      11 men payed with their lives and many many more have to live with physical, emotional, and mental injuries for the rest of their lives (including their loved ones)......

  • @derekwall200
    @derekwall200 4 роки тому +695

    let this be a lesson to all major companies. IF YOU THINK SAFETY IS EXPENSIVE TRY AN ACCIDENT

    • @obloodyhell1
      @obloodyhell1 4 роки тому +33

      LOL. If you look at your president now, you will disagree. You hate him for two reasons, most likely. One, he's a Democrat. Two, he's Black.

    • @gregoryillinivich5328
      @gregoryillinivich5328 4 роки тому +12

      they dont care. itll keep happening

    • @JavierBonillaC
      @JavierBonillaC 4 роки тому +11

      They know this. It works for them in large numbers even if it kills men and the environment. It’s like when Ford calculates how much customer’s deaths would cost the company versus a recall.

    • @relyenterprisestx
      @relyenterprisestx 3 роки тому +12

      Until they put top level executives in jail for getting their workers killed with no regard this won’t stop.

    • @garettmorgan9358
      @garettmorgan9358 3 роки тому +1

      Dont sit by the tail gate. It could fall open lol. BOOM!!!

  • @christopherisraelson7920
    @christopherisraelson7920 3 роки тому +320

    Don't forget the 11 Men who did not make it home to their love ones.
    Jason C. Anderson, age 35
    Aaron Dale Burkeen, 37
    Donald Clark, 49
    Stephen Ray Curtis, 39
    Gordon L. Jones, 28
    Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27
    Karl D. Kleppinger, Jr., 38
    Keith Blair Manuel, 56
    Dewey A. Revette, 48
    Shane M. Roshto, 22
    Adam Weise, 24

    • @rw8990
      @rw8990 3 роки тому +9

      May they Rest In Peace🙏🏾

    • @texastoast5202
      @texastoast5202 3 роки тому +10

      I don't think they ever found the bodies either. Meaning, they were incinerated. Very sad.

    • @DR.DisInfect
      @DR.DisInfect 3 роки тому +16

      RIP dad miss you everyday

    • @Menga213
      @Menga213 2 роки тому +5

      @@DR.DisInfect may the good spirit be with you

    • @amy109
      @amy109 2 роки тому +5

      @@DR.DisInfect I’m so sorry for your loss 😔

  • @dominichowell961
    @dominichowell961 Рік тому +50

    I could listen to Mike talk all day. Well-spoken and intelligent man. It's absurd that BP's only punishment was a collective of fines that still left them worth $96 billion.

    • @michaelbocchino584
      @michaelbocchino584 7 місяців тому +2

      Do you believe it still leaking they put a patch on it and it leaking for years and years but no one doing nothing about it

    • @BostonsF1nest
      @BostonsF1nest 5 місяців тому

      @@michaelbocchino584it will always leak something. There’s no way to completely close it once it blows open like that. It’s like trying to patch a hole in the ocean floor left from an atomic bomb going off. There will always be cracks and holes under the mud that allows oil to seep thru

  • @Walter_E_Kurtz
    @Walter_E_Kurtz 3 роки тому +275

    I bet BP dreads the fact that these men survived and can tell the story. Without them and their knowledge of what happened, BP is clear to write the story how they feel.

    • @jordisalavert1912
      @jordisalavert1912 2 роки тому +5

      Not that many actually died during the disaster. Rip to those that did but 80-90% of the crew survived.

    • @tescheurich
      @tescheurich 2 роки тому +3

      And millions of gulf wildlife and fish and shellfish stocks :D :D :'D

    • @wandering2320
      @wandering2320 Рік тому +5

      In real life it was not only BP who was at fault but involving many other people as well, such as the other contractor that did the cement. BP planted the first seeds for the tragedy by being greedy and rushing the job, but a lot of other people could have easily prevented this anyways.

    • @paulkhoe384
      @paulkhoe384 Рік тому

      @@jordisalavert1912 to plpl

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx Рік тому

      What is even more horrific is that despite all the new rules/laws put in place to prevent further disasters after the DH investigation most/all of those new rules/laws were repealed during the Trump administration.
      People just dont learn.

  • @edtherockhound9944
    @edtherockhound9944 4 роки тому +436

    I bet you BP didn’t want mike to survive and that’s a fact

  • @kelvin31272
    @kelvin31272 5 років тому +172

    "THERES RUBBER AAND OUR SAFETY THINGS ARE GONE!"
    Supervisor: ah its fine nothing will happen stop being a chicken

    • @rotyler2177
      @rotyler2177 4 роки тому +6

      Unusuals alot of workers on that rig now not only refuse to work on another rig but refuse to go out to sea altogether.

  • @ericcartman8694
    @ericcartman8694 5 років тому +479

    *tries to save $2 Million in doing so cost $60 billion

  • @precisiont5188
    @precisiont5188 5 років тому +80

    Williams experience is so emotional.

    • @rotyler2177
      @rotyler2177 4 роки тому +3

      PrecisionTreck He said he will never, ever go out to sea again.

  • @theloniousmonk1000
    @theloniousmonk1000 3 роки тому +33

    I salute that man Mike Williams . Top worker, team player, leader

  • @carsonsmith9914
    @carsonsmith9914 3 роки тому +46

    Can we all just appreciate this as an excellent work of journalism

    • @tescheurich
      @tescheurich 2 роки тому +2

      The interviews about the disaster itself are good quality, but an awkward truth has come out since then... There's no real evidence of a problem with Atlantis. A court looked at it all pretty carefully, the judge threw it out, and the rig has operated normally and successfully for 12 years.

    • @Gonken88
      @Gonken88 Рік тому

      I'd appreciate your silence and lack of like fishing regarding a serious subject more. This isn't very excellent btw.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx Рік тому +3

      To a point.
      Who ever f**ked up the editing/audio mixing part way through should be fired - you can hear 2 sets of people talking at the same time and neither are fully legible because of it.
      Did they even watch this before rendering it out?
      FFS, lazy work.

    • @user-yi6nb9sj9i
      @user-yi6nb9sj9i 29 днів тому

      🐂💩

  • @skylaryoung3819
    @skylaryoung3819 3 роки тому +90

    As a laborer, when he said “I got mad at the doors,” I really felt that.... I curse at my tools and material all the time lol

    • @Gonken88
      @Gonken88 Рік тому

      Some hockey players get mad at the puck, footballers at the ball etc....

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx Рік тому +1

      The difference is that these things were supposed to be designed to take anything and save his life.
      Instead they were ripped right off their hinges and pinned him against a wall, not once but twice.
      Either one of those could have killed him had there been something dangerous between him and the wall.

  • @kahkinv
    @kahkinv 3 роки тому +60

    Safety was completely neglected.. Here is why priorities shouldn't be manipulated.. RIP to all whom passed away in this incident.. 😢

  • @ExhaustedElox
    @ExhaustedElox 3 роки тому +105

    Mike, you did survive for a reason: someone had to tell the story of what happened.

    • @Pauly421
      @Pauly421 2 роки тому

      Agreed. But nothing to do with any phoney man upstairs

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx Рік тому

      Plenty did and testified at the govmt investigation over the disaster.

  • @shelleybarnard5648
    @shelleybarnard5648 3 роки тому +34

    As a resident of Biloxi, I can say that the Gulf is still ruined. It will be for a million life times.

    • @timgiglio9457
      @timgiglio9457 3 роки тому +1

      Seriously? Ten years later you still notice a difference?

    • @shelleybarnard5648
      @shelleybarnard5648 2 роки тому +10

      @@timgiglio9457 Yes. No salt in the water. No ocrSn smell. Flesh eating bacteria on the sand and in the water. Seafood unsafe to eat. Ocean looks like McDonalds tea. It looks like what 3 months of oil pumped into water looks like. It’s down to Texas and around to Florida.

    • @Pauly421
      @Pauly421 2 роки тому +4

      @@shelleybarnard5648 Thats utterly horrific. The sheer amount of poison gushed into the ocean there is unfathomable.

    • @jordanheltz6163
      @jordanheltz6163 Рік тому +5

      @@shelleybarnard5648 sorry but this is completely untrue. I live on the Gulf Coast

    • @Gonken88
      @Gonken88 Рік тому +1

      @@jordanheltz6163 She's probably a vegan or something. All that lack of iron and b12 has made her lose her senses.

  • @ofrabjousday1
    @ofrabjousday1 3 роки тому +20

    Almost 100 years later, this was the Titanic of the 2010's that happened for all the same reasons: speed, overconfidence in modern technology, trying to out-perform the competition and pure greed.

    • @marquissummers7230
      @marquissummers7230 3 роки тому +1

      And almost a decade later you have the MCAS system on those 737 Max 9 aircrafts. Corporate greed and arrogance.

  • @Eric-jb1ym
    @Eric-jb1ym 4 роки тому +194

    Pressure to satisfy Investors is exactly why safety is often neglected.

    • @deanjones2525
      @deanjones2525 3 роки тому +3

      GREED!

    • @huntermcclovio4517
      @huntermcclovio4517 3 роки тому +1

      capitalism = greed at any cost

    • @huntermcclovio4517
      @huntermcclovio4517 3 роки тому

      @Yoo Wat you have no idea what are you talking about. no sense of how the word runs today. if every country is capitalist then they would be greedy.

    • @huntermcclovio4517
      @huntermcclovio4517 3 роки тому

      @Yoo Wat nope you are wrong there. you have not live long enough to know the difference. i see you are very unexperience with politics and with the nature of man.

    • @stevecase6168
      @stevecase6168 3 роки тому +1

      Nailed it. Greed is at the core of almost all human suffering...

  • @slightlypsychoticgamer
    @slightlypsychoticgamer 3 роки тому +203

    Every executive in BP should be in prison. PERIOD

    • @TheDudeMaaaan
      @TheDudeMaaaan 3 роки тому

      lol why

    • @TheDudeMaaaan
      @TheDudeMaaaan 3 роки тому +2

      @@jaredweston6235 good luck proving that in the court of law

    • @TheDudeMaaaan
      @TheDudeMaaaan 3 роки тому +1

      @@jaredweston6235 nice argument

    • @jackmitchelles2646
      @jackmitchelles2646 3 роки тому +5

      I wouldn’t say PRISON.
      After all, as Trading Places proved, the way you punish rich people is by turning them into poor people. As far as I can tell, all the bad press and lawsuits and refits cost BP millions, they’re still far from poor but they, at least for the time being, seemed to have learned their lesson

    • @jaredweston6235
      @jaredweston6235 3 роки тому

      Jack Mitchelles i agree

  • @TBullCajunbreadmaker
    @TBullCajunbreadmaker 4 роки тому +186

    One of the guys that died on that rig , I grew up with. May he rest in peace. I also worked in the oil patch for about 35 years and I have to say I wish I could still go to work doing what I use to do but I have been injured out there several times and can't pass the physical anymore. I guess I'm a little too old too.

    • @Lajosen
      @Lajosen 4 роки тому +6

      Just started to work as an industry electrian this summer. Im thinking of applying for training/competence to work on a rig, would you recommend it?

    • @freddylong156
      @freddylong156 4 роки тому +1

      TBull Cajunbreadmaker damn man that sucks. Roughnecks rock

    • @TERoss-jk9ny
      @TERoss-jk9ny 4 роки тому +3

      I never worked off shore, but spent many years in the patch. My health gave out after 30 years of 80 hour weeks. I’d give anything to get back out there!!

    • @edtherockhound9944
      @edtherockhound9944 4 роки тому +4

      TBull Cajunbreadmaker it happens brother I just turned 50 and 2 hip replacements on the same side lol one got infected. . I wish I was in my 20’s again those where the days now I can’t walk without a limp and I used to be a athlete

    • @hackonefouryou
      @hackonefouryou 4 роки тому

      @@edtherockhound9944 Me too bro. Hips on both sides and now probably a knee. Same age too.

  • @nilsp9426
    @nilsp9426 3 роки тому +26

    It is heroic to relive these hardest moments of his life to tell the story, opening up so much.

  • @2kiona
    @2kiona 2 роки тому +78

    Dude, I'm so sorry you went through all that trauma and fear. Even though you've recovered physically, make sure you also recover emotionally. What you experienced can cause PTSD and no one should have to live with that.

  • @marcguidry5744
    @marcguidry5744 3 роки тому +26

    I remember being at my doctors office, across the street from Terrebonne General Medical Center, when I heard the helicopters started coming into the hospital with the injured from the rig.

    • @kelleybutler9720
      @kelleybutler9720 3 роки тому +1

      You’ll never forget it either!! When I was about 12 years old, a Delta Airliner went down in North West Georgia in a severe thunderstorm ⛈ and I can remember all the emergency 🚨vehicles
      (police 🚔 ,fire trucks 🚒 and ambulances 🚑) going on and on for ever!!!! Being the mid to late 1970’s there wasn’t any of the technology we have now and it was a rural area back then as well, so they had to come from all the surrounding countries as well!!! It’s amazing how our brains 🧠compartmentalize certain memories according to how the experience made you feel emotionally!!! I didn’t go to the crash sight to help of course but I remember my Daddy, Uncles and Grandfathers being upset for awhile from dealing with the loss of life!!! Fortunately half of the passengers survived, but it was a horrible situation no matter what especially when a couple of children are in the wreckage!!!

    • @brandongarcia3478
      @brandongarcia3478 3 роки тому

      oh really i live in thibodaux,i guess they do have world class medicine close to home

  • @freddylong156
    @freddylong156 4 роки тому +149

    Bp should never be allowed to drill ever again. All this was preventable

    • @samapple490
      @samapple490 3 роки тому +5

      Nuclear ftw!!!

    • @CJOlin
      @CJOlin 3 місяці тому

      For those who say no more drilling: Where do you think your gasoline, motor oil, tires and all those plastic thingies, including your phone and laptop, in your house come from?
      Answer: Deep drilled OIL WELLS!!!

  • @ladyyaya78
    @ladyyaya78 3 роки тому +41

    Wow... I saw the movie and it was so emotional. Watching Michael speak again about it is very emotional as well. RIP to all those who lost their lives on that fateful day. Greed and corruption caused so much tragedy 😢

    • @CatLover-23
      @CatLover-23 8 місяців тому +1

      It was Emotional for me as well... Even Alot of Low Vibrational Comments were peeving me off...

    • @ladyyaya78
      @ladyyaya78 8 місяців тому +1

      @@CatLover-23 Same here. We're 2 peas in a pod, my fellow cat lover ❤️ 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️ 😺 I have two felines.

    • @CatLover-23
      @CatLover-23 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ladyyaya78 👍🐈👍

  • @SweetBlackSistah
    @SweetBlackSistah 3 роки тому +20

    I wanna hug him. Terrifying experience. 😢

  • @zingermike
    @zingermike 4 роки тому +46

    I was working at the BP Whiting refinery when this happened. The shortcuts they use to save money is mind blowing. BP talks a big game about safety, but reality is they only want to save money.

    • @Gonken88
      @Gonken88 Рік тому

      Question is if you're willing to make 15% less to have a more secure work environment...

    • @ninjajunior4422
      @ninjajunior4422 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Gonken88yup profit before safety worked out really well didn't it?

    • @Gonken88
      @Gonken88 9 місяців тому

      @@ninjajunior4422 As you can see OP didn't reply = no.

  • @kohimakahil3135
    @kohimakahil3135 3 роки тому +10

    I really admire his clear mind.

  • @firefighter343
    @firefighter343 3 роки тому +18

    “I.......get......sick”
    .... well said sir. “Oil well” said. It breaks my heart to hear him say those words

  • @Copeewe
    @Copeewe 4 роки тому +41

    This is the type of person we should all strive to become.

  • @ivonnegarcia1127
    @ivonnegarcia1127 4 роки тому +23

    Wow, the movie is right on! Didnt know it was this accurate.

  • @1cheshire
    @1cheshire 3 роки тому +21

    Having worked for BP many years ago they had a very high safety standard I use to joke that you'd have earplugs so you couldn't hear anything, safety glasses that would be covered in crude so you couldn't see anything and you couldn't do any work with out permits loads of permits so the fireproof overalls had every pocket stuffed with paper 😂

    • @BostonsF1nest
      @BostonsF1nest 5 місяців тому

      They turned into a different company after John Brown took over as CEO. In the 90’s they purchased multiple other oil companies and expanded their operations which lead to a total neglect of safety regulations. They had 3 major accidents occur within 5 years: Texas City plant explosion in 2005 that killed 15 ppl, 2006 Alaskan oil spill, and 2010 Deepwater.

  • @joe18425
    @joe18425 4 роки тому +72

    Same reason we got Chernobyl, executive chest beating.

  • @lisamurphy5770
    @lisamurphy5770 4 роки тому +14

    I love you Mike Williams! I’m so glad for you and your family that God wanted you to be here on earth. You have and will do exceptional things to bring to us. Blessings on you Sir!

  • @MrEric2cu
    @MrEric2cu 3 місяці тому +2

    This man is a true hero. The fear must have been uncharted. He's lost the use of a arm and a leg, and is nearly blind from a gash to his forehead. I can tell you in that moment, the last thing I'd say is,"no, I've got responsibilities.'

  • @KevMac58
    @KevMac58 4 роки тому +10

    Your a good man Mike love you thanks for all of your help there...Take care of yourself....

  • @barryshulman8316
    @barryshulman8316 5 років тому +40

    God bless you Mike Williams for your wife and your daughter. Sincerely mr Barry shulman.

  • @miniworxx2016
    @miniworxx2016 3 роки тому +5

    Mike Williams is a genuine guy, god bless him

  • @paulatwood9794
    @paulatwood9794 5 років тому +127

    It's all about the money.

    • @paulatwood9794
      @paulatwood9794 5 років тому

      @Marissa Gomez-Davis no, I am not I'm an American

    • @jamessparks5966
      @jamessparks5966 3 роки тому +3

      That's what capitalism is all about.

    • @donbrashsux
      @donbrashsux 3 роки тому +1

      And always will be ..Greed

  • @citizenerased7746
    @citizenerased7746 3 роки тому +7

    This is part of the reason why I never fill up at BP or it’s affiliates

  • @SarahBerah120
    @SarahBerah120 2 роки тому +9

    This is heartbreaking... All of the warning signs were thrown into the BP managers face! All of those people lost their lives just because a multi billion dollar company wanted to save a buck....

  • @helbertasprilla
    @helbertasprilla 5 років тому +132

    BP destroys the environment should be the headline of this story.

    • @unleash07
      @unleash07 4 роки тому

      @@theegyptianconqueror7100 you're absolutely right!!

    • @relyenterprisestx
      @relyenterprisestx 3 роки тому +2

      BP murders employees and no one cares should be the headline. But let’s go arrest some more people who didn’t pay their traffic tickets.

    • @coolcat6303
      @coolcat6303 3 роки тому

      The Egyptian Conqueror It’s about both the environmental destruction and the human lives lost.

    • @mattybean3194
      @mattybean3194 3 роки тому

      Mike Williams.. An ordinary name, an ordinary man, capable of extraordinary things.. God bless you and your family..

    • @oxide9679
      @oxide9679 3 роки тому

      Human loss is far more tragic than a massive oil spill. Oil spills can be cleaned up, animals will repopulate, but human lives cannot be replaced.

  • @thedbcooperforum
    @thedbcooperforum 5 років тому +57

    Challenger, seal will fail in the temps...go ahead and takeoff....
    Deep Horizon, damaged seal...no problem. work double time!!!!

    • @thedbcooperforum
      @thedbcooperforum 5 років тому +3

      @Aditi Gopikrishna money and stupidity seem to be the issue at hand.....

    • @lolbr3720
      @lolbr3720 4 роки тому +1

      TheDBCooperforum, You are correct. I'm an old ruffneck & that's exactly how it work's...

    • @lyncressler2608
      @lyncressler2608 3 роки тому

      Omfg ... so right ... ugh

  • @jonathanloredo7979
    @jonathanloredo7979 3 роки тому +9

    I love what I do when I’m offshore but we do take a risk when we are out there.

    • @Lawperson97
      @Lawperson97 3 роки тому

      And for an industry that only works for their own greed...

  • @ShainAndrews
    @ShainAndrews 3 роки тому +5

    8:11 Two simultaneous audio tracks.

  • @LadyOaksNZ
    @LadyOaksNZ 2 роки тому +2

    Amazing that I didn't hear about the 11 men who died. Until I watched the movie yesterday. NZ here.
    My family has stopped using BP.

  • @2345allthebest
    @2345allthebest 3 роки тому +6

    The Peter Berg film on this is major-underrated...

  • @theresechristiansen9769
    @theresechristiansen9769 2 роки тому +4

    "mad at the doors that should protect me." You bet. Equipment that protects people is viewed cheaply by those paying the bills. Even with oversight.
    What a humble, soft spoken gentleman is Mike Williams.

    • @mkay1957
      @mkay1957 11 місяців тому

      I have installed doors similar to that when I was young. They are very strong. But the over pressure from an explosion in a confined space can measure hundreds of pounds per square inch. There is little that can withstand that.

  • @johndaley9594
    @johndaley9594 4 роки тому +12

    how come company executives never go to jail>?

  • @187mrsmith
    @187mrsmith 3 роки тому +5

    Sometimes trying to take shortcuts to get home you end up taking the long way home an dealing with a bunch of problems!
    So all that time you were trying to save you really ended up costing yourself time!

  • @jameswasmund3855
    @jameswasmund3855 7 місяців тому +1

    What an AMAZING MAN, A REAL MAN! GOD BLESS YOU MIKE WILLIAMS!

  • @schnarre0
    @schnarre0 3 роки тому +5

    ...I still remember this. A friend of mine was working for ADEM at the time, & was one of many overwhelmed by the cleanup efforts.
    ...Once again, 'Greed over Safety' results in countless numbers paying the price.

  • @garybowler5946
    @garybowler5946 7 місяців тому

    I was a diesel mechanic and one of the jobs I did was to install engine shut down devices on trucks going to the oil fields. The engine will run on the gas in the air and the rpm runs up until the engine comes apart. The cure is a shut down plate over the air intake that activates when gas is detected or when rpm exceeds a set limit. Why did a drill rig not have this device?

  • @tylersullivan643
    @tylersullivan643 3 роки тому +11

    I. Get. Sick. That sums up this whole situation and BP not taking responsibility smh

  • @DistractedDaisy
    @DistractedDaisy 4 роки тому

    Omgosh what a harrowing experience.

  • @roymiller5847
    @roymiller5847 4 роки тому +9

    BP's moto: "No Lost Time"

  • @DavidElstob73
    @DavidElstob73 3 роки тому +4

    7 years without an accident gave them false confidence.

  • @sappermade6012
    @sappermade6012 3 роки тому +3

    When he said 90-100 feet my body shivered

  • @jeremywinston7199
    @jeremywinston7199 5 років тому +9

    What a brave man!!

  • @edwiser3547
    @edwiser3547 3 роки тому +2

    Good film. Good comments.

  • @WestVirginia1959
    @WestVirginia1959 Рік тому +6

    "When the Deepwater Horizon exploded and sank, 11 workers lost their lives. 17 others were injured. In total, there were 126 crew members on the rig at the time of the explosion. 94 of the workers who survived were taken by lifeboat and 17 were evacuated by helicopter."

  • @BethelAbba
    @BethelAbba 2 роки тому +25

    The movie they made for this --- I remember seeing it in the theater. I'm normally rather chatty, an extrovert by nature, and love to discuss the movies we see with my wife.
    After this movie, we both walked away speechless. Utterly drained. The last 20 minutes was so shocking that it took me days before I could be my normal self. I grieve for those 11 men who were lost.... and celebrate those that survived.... but the sheer and utter tragedy of this event lives on well beyond those tense few months of them trying to seal the well. The fishing economy of the gulf states may never be the same and I honestly wish BP would be held accountable for their actions. If we all could merely boycott BP for a day... a week.... hit them where it hurts them most, in their pocketbooks... then maybe there might, in the future, be far less tragedies like this.

  • @NicholasWingComposer
    @NicholasWingComposer 3 роки тому +7

    Also, would it be beneficial to consider engineering two, three or even half a dozen or more backup annular blowout preventers in future drilling infrastructure to statistically mitigate the chance of annular failure contributing to such a disaster? Logically, if one gasket were to fail, the inactive blowout preventer rubber gaskets could then engage one by one, in a series of individual pressure initiated stacked blowout preventers, if there were successive failures. Thus, the worksite could continue regular operations without decreasing safety. Its a low material cost rubber gasket, correct? Perhaps each gasket could be at regular operating specifications, while the last annular in a series of 12 could be the most robust, akin to an emergency brake to prevent a pressure blowout over any operating efficiency considerations recognizing that the others would have already had to have failed for the last to be engaged. The last annular might be many times larger in size while also intentionally decreasing the efficiency of any continued operations by design like a governor in order to incentivize the immediate servicing of the BOP, as it would be the omega line of protection. Further, this obvious now, but perhaps an automatic emergency disabling of the manual use of the joystick during pressure testing could have prevented damage to the annular? Was the employee in charge of the joystick drug & alcohol tested, as well as polygraph tested? Would it also be wise to enact new policies and procedures for shutting down the engine, onboard systems which could ignite a gas cloud and unnecessary electrical systems in the event of such combustible gas dispersals? Could standoff distance hyperspectral imaging, Raman gas identification and chemical sensing equipment also be required capabilities on all current and future rigs and other oil & gas infrastructure? Perhaps an automatic engine and critical system shutdown would be wise to consider following a standoff distance chemical detection of combustible gas in the engine room, rig or worksite, requiring a captain's override.

    • @icuryy5826
      @icuryy5826 3 роки тому

      You got a little long winded there, don't you think?

  • @nunyabizness7259
    @nunyabizness7259 2 роки тому

    God bless you Mike

  • @l.tallmadge6536
    @l.tallmadge6536 3 роки тому +2

    What a crime to call this a spill. Sick

  • @littleitaly4700
    @littleitaly4700 8 місяців тому +1

    BP: Were gonna do it our way or we are shutting this operation down!
    Transocean: But we have to be safe about this and cover all our points! We cant just rush things
    BP: Get it done!
    Deepwater Horizon: Explodes because the BOP fails
    BP: this was Transoceans fault not ours even though we told them to do it.

  • @AnniThing24
    @AnniThing24 2 роки тому +4

    Coming from a lifetime of a husband who’s whole life was oilfield. The movie was spot on. If you pay attention. Both sides, parties, did they very best that they could without realizing what the actual problem was.

    • @suehowie152
      @suehowie152 2 роки тому +1

      There were pieces of rubber bits being dredged up on to the deck..They knew..

  • @bradgrier4228
    @bradgrier4228 14 днів тому

    The guy being interviewed is sharp!

  • @videosuperhighway7655
    @videosuperhighway7655 4 роки тому +1

    Measure twice cut once. A bunch of suits in some remote location telling people to rush a job which ended up costing them so much more. All they had to do is be patient and let people do their work safely.

  • @rachelarmstrong9483
    @rachelarmstrong9483 5 років тому +1

    Why does it not surprise me that the commercial that played before the video was an ad for bp

  • @Lisa1111
    @Lisa1111 Рік тому +2

    So very very heartbreaking for the workers! I'm glad however, that BP lost billions. Not that they don't claw their way back!
    This was 12 years ago now!

  • @bobbypaluga4346
    @bobbypaluga4346 5 років тому +12

    Every time the 1950’s era pipelines leak crude oil, whether it be under the Yellowstone River in Wyoming or in the bay and the beaches near Santa Barbara; people will be charged up but eventually they loose their enthusiasm. I think the fines should be in line with the damages. so oil companies then have a reason to replace the leaking old pipes as well as the valves that shutdown the c

  • @yves3560
    @yves3560 4 роки тому +10

    The ONLY language bp and co understand is money. So fine them much, much harder : Then they will do all the neccesary to prevent these disasters for sure.

  • @miniworxx2016
    @miniworxx2016 3 роки тому

    Love the comb over lol

  • @zingermike
    @zingermike 4 роки тому +6

    Criminal recklessness by BP

    • @845835
      @845835 4 роки тому

      They paid for all criminal charges to be gone. No one went to jail.

    • @zingermike
      @zingermike 4 роки тому

      845835ab yeah I never said anyone did. A few should have thou. I was working at one of the BP refineries when it happened. They cover up just about everything they do, even at refineries.

  • @ericlakota1847
    @ericlakota1847 Рік тому

    This man blew all the whistles

  • @kylelovelace272
    @kylelovelace272 3 роки тому +7

    What happened to that guy's voice in New Orleans that he never recovered from?!

    • @kelleybutler9720
      @kelleybutler9720 2 роки тому

      He became sick with the flu and developed strep throat and he went to the Doctor and was treated but he couldn’t rest because he had to much to do plus spending so much time in cold water his life was saved but the damage to his vocal cords will never heal!!!! He’s a great man with tremendous intelligence and vast knowledge and I’m grateful he’s still teaching because he doesn’t like engineers to ever cut corners for any reason!!!! It’s the corporations and the shareholders greed that always causes these disasters and they have to live on this planet with everyone else, yet they only think about their “wallets” they don’t even care or worry how it could affect their own grandchildren or great-grandchildren lives in the future!!!!!

  • @ITSMYOPINIONNOTYOURSDOYO-bi5sr
    @ITSMYOPINIONNOTYOURSDOYO-bi5sr 3 роки тому

    Wow! God blessed that man

  • @stephenjacks8196
    @stephenjacks8196 3 роки тому +1

    The bottom of the Gulf is covered with "methane hydrate" which decomposes at 4C. They poured warm concrete on that.

  • @mikewilliams7985
    @mikewilliams7985 4 роки тому +21

    When it comes to the lives of the common man or the greed of a corporation, the corporation always wins.

  • @lc6124
    @lc6124 4 роки тому +6

    After this occured, I personally boycotted BP and all its products. The fact that they got away with this was an absolute disgust.

    • @tommym321
      @tommym321 3 роки тому

      Lloyd Cutler I read somewhere that this only hurts the ordinary people who own the BP franchise gas stations- you aren’t impacting BP the corporation. It was an article critical of BP and lamenting the fact that boycotting the gas stations hurts the wrong people

    • @Aw-ns1qx
      @Aw-ns1qx 10 місяців тому +1

      I still won't buy BP.

    • @Aw-ns1qx
      @Aw-ns1qx 10 місяців тому

      ​@@tommym321It may hurt them, but if everyone boycotts, it will harm BP itself.
      My heart breaks for those who lost their business, but more so those who lost their lives.
      Which is more precious?

    • @tommym321
      @tommym321 10 місяців тому

      @@Aw-ns1qx Your rhetorical question makes no sense in this context. No, it won’t hurt BP at all. BP is not selling directly to the consumer. You are talking about punishing people who had absolutely nothing to do with this tragedy. You’ll damage the livelihood of hard working people while doing NOTHING to affect the people who were responsible. That’s pure stupidity.

    • @traviscoates6878
      @traviscoates6878 9 місяців тому

      @@Aw-ns1qxDo you drive a car? Do you heat your home? Do you use petroleum products in any form? Then you haven’t boycotted British Petroleum

  • @rexringtail471
    @rexringtail471 8 місяців тому

    I guess theoretically the rubber chunks could have come from the mud motor, which does fail way more often than the annulus so much so that it's not unexpected, but your ROP would nosedive if so, should have been pretty clear within an hour or two it was an annular failure in the BOP not the BHA

  • @infiniteuniverse123
    @infiniteuniverse123 3 роки тому +1

    Not many stories more intense than that

  • @user-fi5hc9um6q
    @user-fi5hc9um6q 6 місяців тому +1

    Im amazed at how the rigg could carry the absolute immensely huge balls this man has, all creds to him, a real captain.

  • @cuddlesandFur1980
    @cuddlesandFur1980 2 роки тому

    Omg what a story 😥

  • @WillieBickham-bg8ww
    @WillieBickham-bg8ww 8 місяців тому +2

    I never finished school but I know that when a piece of rubber breaks just like the gasket on the space shuttle just like the tires on my car u put on new tires and replace broke down rubber

  • @StasherDragon
    @StasherDragon 3 роки тому

    I remembered when this episode aired

  • @Adrian-zd4cs
    @Adrian-zd4cs 3 роки тому +4

    Gosh... This is hard to watch, as a nurse with trauma experience...
    The scars on his forehead between his eyes on the bridge of his nose are still healing...
    Kudos to 60 minutes interviers being top notch as always
    Edit: I feel kind of stupid now cuz I made this comment immediately before he described his head wounds lol

  • @erickcastillon6370
    @erickcastillon6370 3 роки тому +2

    Keep in mind that a US Circuit Court dismissed the lawsuit against BP Atlantis because it was "paperwork wrinkle" problem

  • @lovethedogsNC
    @lovethedogsNC 4 місяці тому

    That man ... WOW!! F'ing ROCK STAR!!!!!!

  • @natashagreen6860
    @natashagreen6860 2 роки тому +2

    The real f@$ked thing is there are god knows how many fires and how many deaths on rigs that aren’t reported on the news… my husband used to work on rigs and I can’t even remember how many injuries or deaths he witnessed let alone rig fires. Show respect for these brave people who do what not many of us can do. May all those lost RIP

  • @user-sp4eq7wz8g
    @user-sp4eq7wz8g 9 місяців тому

    That a story I cried thinking of him jumping

  • @Vector_Ze
    @Vector_Ze 5 місяців тому

    It would be helpful if the original air date was noted, either on the video or in the description.

  • @naturgrel
    @naturgrel 8 місяців тому

    Heard Schlumberger called their own helicopter to get off DH. Apparently BP wanted the logs run but Schlumberger wouldn't run them until BP had a stable well.

  • @bradleypgamer996
    @bradleypgamer996 26 днів тому

    7 years of pushing the envelope and ego run wild was rewarded with this incident.
    So sad. Ego is to blame. Not incompetency but ego

  • @jasonx-ray3921
    @jasonx-ray3921 9 місяців тому +1

    Remember that nobody from BP ever went to jail. Nobody. It's only a matter of time before BP does this again.

  • @jamesdick2580
    @jamesdick2580 2 роки тому +3

    no doubt that BP doesnt like the fact that these guys survived and are telling what really happened. no doubts they were getting ready to tell a story saying that the workers were incompetant.

    • @BostonsF1nest
      @BostonsF1nest 5 місяців тому

      No. They had a history of things like this happening. Ppl know. Their former CEOs testified about it. In 2005 their Texas City plant exploded and killed 15 ppl.

  • @K.E.U.
    @K.E.U. 3 роки тому +8

    I’m surprised the dude remembers it clearly

    • @mystictk4149
      @mystictk4149 3 роки тому +6

      I mean that something you can’t forget.

    • @icuryy5826
      @icuryy5826 3 роки тому

      No doubt....

    • @K.E.U.
      @K.E.U. 3 роки тому +1

      Mystic TK I mean most people forget it they end up blacking out in the middle of it

    • @BaconBeast11
      @BaconBeast11 3 роки тому

      @@K.E.U. what are you a doctor?

    • @K.E.U.
      @K.E.U. 3 роки тому +1

      @@BaconBeast11 naa but in high stress situations they get so pumped with Adrenaline that they go into survival mode and they black out