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The film stars academy award nominee mark wahlberg, golden globe nominee kurt russell, academy. On april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded off the gulf coast, killing 11 people and injuring 17. Bp disregarded safety measures that could have prevented the 2010 explosion of the deepwater horizon offshore oil drilling rig. Deepwater horizon noaas damage assessment remediation and. Oct 07, 2016 the new movie deepwater horizon depicts the blowout that triggered the 2010 bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico.
Deepwater horizon oil spill national ocean service. A story set on the offshore drilling rig deepwater horizon, which exploded during april 2010 and created the worst oil spill in u. Deepwater horizon is a 2016 american disaster film based on the deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill in the gulf of mexico. More advanced reporters still, by and large, rely on perceptions of importance driven directly or indirectly from media coverage to determine which issues should be managed and communicated.
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing could be a summary of this modernage disaster movie. Sep 29, 2016 the movie deepwater horizon gets the facts right, and admirably so but only up to a point. The film depicts the worst oil spill in american history and director peter berg. The deepwater horizon environmental disaster was even. Deepwater horizon was an ultra deepwater, dynamically positioned, semisubmersible offshore drilling rig owned by transocean. We were also being closely monitored as to how we portrayed. Apr 20, 2011 deepwater horizon and the gulf oil spill the key questions answered one year after the fire and explosion on the bp deepwater horizon rig in the gulf of mexico, we round up the main points so far. Sep 17, 2016 lion gates new action movie deepwater horizon dramatizes the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster, the worst oil spill in u. The well from hell my fight with bp to film deepwater. On april 20, 2010, the oil drilling rig deepwater horizon, operating in the macondo prospect in the gulf of mexico, exploded and sank resulting in the death of 11 workers on the deepwater horizon and the largest spill of oil in the history of marine oil drilling operations. Dvd cover for 2016 film, deepwater horizon, based on the 2010 bp gulf of mexico oil rig disaster that killed 11 workers and resulted in the worst oil spill in u. In 2016, hollywood produced a film that tackled the daunting subject of the 2010 bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico.
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The oil discharged into the gulf of mexico following the explosion and sinking of the deepwater horizon dwh rig in 2010 contaminated more than 1,000 square miles of seafloor. This is not your usual disaster movie, but a spectacular recreation of the reallife events that took place in 2010 in the gulf of mexico. Frontline and propublica team up to investigate the long and troubled history of the oil giant, bp. Bp is to blame for deepwater horizon, but its mistake was actually. The movie deepwater horizon gets the facts right, and admirably so but only up to a point. Sep 30, 2016 like most of the scenes in the movie, this one is closely based on actual events the night of april 20, 2010, when the actual deepwater horizon was destroyed by an uncontrolled eruption of oil and.
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The explosion killed 11 crew members and set off the worst oil spill in. Mar, 2020 deepwater horizon oil spill, also called gulf of mexico oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by an april 20, 2010, explosion on the deepwater horizon oil riglocated in the gulf of mexico, approximately 41 miles 66 km off the coast of louisianaand its subsequent sinking on. Like most of the scenes in the movie, this one is closely based on actual events the night of april 20, 2010, when the actual deepwater horizon was destroyed by. The resulting oil spill was the largest in history. Newly released film deepwater horizon takes some liberties with the facts. Nov 07, 2018 the screenwriters matthew michael carnahan and matthew sand based the script for this film on an article in the new york times that investigated the 2010 deepwater horizon oil spill and industrial.
It was the largest oil rig in the world at the time and had been digging the deepest well in history, starting on the seabed at a depth of 5,000 feet beneath the gulf of mexico. About 40 minutes into the new movie deepwater horizon, there is a. How far off the coast was the rig and how deep was it drilling. It fouled the coasts of florida, alabama, mississippi, louisiana and texas and launched a sixyear long environmental and legal battle. The single largest unrecovered oil spill in the history of mankind. While factchecking the deepwater horizon movie, we learned that on april 20, 2010, the day of the disaster, bp and transocean officials showed up to give the rigs crew a safety award to celebrate seven years without a losttime accident. This page of archive content about the 2010 gulf oil spill is presented by deepwater horizon movie. The deepwater horizon disaster in 2010 saw nearly 800 million litres of oil spilled into the gulf of mexico, which satellite tracking suggested covered an estimated 149,000 square kilometres. Could the deepwater horizon disaster have been prevented. A dramatization of the disaster in april 2010, when the offshore drilling rig called the deepwater horizon exploded, resulting in the worst oil spill in american. Nov 11, 2014 after the deepwater horizon oil spill. This caused the worst oil spill until the next one, unfortunately in april of that year.
Ten years after deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill. You could imagine all manner of ways in which hollywood could have turned the blowout in the. Deepwater horizon spill may have been a third bigger than. Department of energy could clean up 90% of the oil in a week, using poorlytested technology. The bigger problem is the kind of movies spawned from the framework of films like hours, most notably deepwater horizon. Lessons for the csr industry from the deepwater horizon spill. Often thrilling, often numbing, deepwater horizon probes the depths of the oil disaster of 2010 with brisk efficiency. Unfortunately, characterizations are weak and there arent many reasons to. Peter berg directed it from a screenplay by matthew michael carnahan and matthew sand. Bp oil spill still haunts offshore drilling industry 8 years later less than a decade after the bp deepwater horizon disaster, the trump administration wants to expand offshore drilling. After the deepwater horizon oil spill slate magazine.
Deepwater horizon oil spill deepwater horizon oil spill legal action. A dramatization of the april 2010 disaster when the offshore drilling rig, deepwater horizon, exploded and created the worst oil spill in u. Mar, 2017 deepwater horizons job was to locate an oil deposit, drill it, and move on while another rig exploited the find. The new movie deepwater horizon depicts the blowout that triggered the 2010 bp oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Deepwater horizon 2016 official teaser trailer mark wahlberg.
A professor of petroleum engineering assesses what the film gets right and wrong. Jun 09, 2016 see whats new at ufotv all access commercial free with your support now on all smart tvs, computers and personal devices subscribe now stream big. Apr 20, 2016 six years after the deepwater horizon oil spill, officials are still working to ensure such a tragedy never happens again on april 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on the deepwater horizon. Deepwater horizon victims learn more about the 11 men who were killed when the deepwater.
Deepwater horizon and the gulf oil spill the key questions. Bp is to blame for deepwater horizon, but its mistake was. Deepwater horizon bp gulf of mexico oil spill us epa. Yes, despite the timing being hard to believe, this indeed happened. I covered the oil spill for the washington post and later wrote a book about the bp oil spill and effort to plug the well. But on april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon rig exploded and sank, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. Nobody thought the cement pour would have led to what it did. Deepwater horizon movie vs true story of mike williams. Based on a true story, deepwater horizon tells of a disaster on a deepsea oil rig. At the end of the day, we might be the best thing that could happen for bp.
Watch online deepwater horizon 2016 on 123movies full movie free without downloading or registration. Sep 21, 2016 newly released film deepwater horizon takes some liberties with the facts. The well from hell my fight with bp to film deepwater horizon. It stars mark wahlberg, kurt russell, john malkovich, gina rodriguez, dylan obrien, and kate hudson. Bp oil spill still haunts offshore drilling industry 8. Deepwater horizon and the gulf oil spill the key questions answered one year after the fire and explosion on the bp deepwater horizon rig in the.
Sep 21, 2016 the fire burned for months yes, months. Deepwater horizon makes effective use of its titular manmade disaster to deliver an. Lion gates new action movie deepwater horizon dramatizes the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster, the worst oil spill in u. The blowout lasted for 87 days, spilling an estimated 210 million gallons of oil. Most people seem to remember that the macondodeepwater horizon blowout more about this terminology below caused the worst environmental oil spill in. Deepwater horizon official courage trailer 2016 mark wahlberg. The movie opens with bp managers traveling to the deepwater horizon drilling. The catastrophic oil spill in the gulf of mexico became frontpage news as soon as the deepwater horizon offshore oil rig exploded and caught fire on april 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and starting the worst manmade environmental disaster in u. Deepwater horizon oil spill legal action britannica.
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