A hole at the bottom of the sea the race to kill the bp oil gusher achenbach joel isbn 9781451625370 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. A hole at the bottom of the sea the race to kill the bp oil gusher hardback common isbn 0884457460569 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The struggle to kill the bp macondo gusher in the gulf of mexico is the apollo 13 of our time this is the story of the nightmare well and of the men who conquered it in dangerous waters it is a technological thriller for the ages it was a technological crisis in an alien realm a blown out oil well in mile deep water in the gulf of mexico. Joel achenbach is a washington post staff writer who was assigned to cover the bp oil spill in 2010 in this book armed with information provided by the marine board of investigation government emails and interviews achenbach guides readers through the events of this massive environmental disaster the book starts with the events of april 20 2010 when the bp leased transocean rig the deepwater horizon exploded in flames killing eleven people achenbach then covers both the technical and. It was a technological crisis in an alien realm a blown out oil well in mile deep water in the gulf of mexico for the engineers who had to kill the well this was like apollo 13 a crisis no one saw coming and one of untold danger and challenge a suspense story a mystery a technological thriller this is joel achenbachs groundbreaking account of the deepwater horizon disaster and what