This film details the April 20, 2010, accident of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico that was caused by man-made blowouts and explosions. In the first half of the film, an introduction to the principles of offshore oil extraction was designed, similar to a popular science documentary; in the middle of the film, the camera was followed by a shoulder-mounted camera in the dark after the explosion occurred, which was similar to a news documentary; the end was interspersed with accidents. Responsible for investigating the court trial video and the real situation of the prototype of the parties. The entire narrative style is in commercialized emotional drama, aerial photography, big scenes and sensationalism, and strives to bring the audience a sense of reality that restores the original appearance of the incident. At the same time, it also takes into account the emotions and experience of the audience in the theater. It takes no time to release the full of worrying pressure accumulated before the explosion. After the explosion, it uses the suppression of disaster and the tension of rescue to advance the plot. Finally, when the escape ship is named, the soundtrack The harmonica gradually rose, and then the entanglement brought by the bereaved family members naturally led the hatred of accountability to the deeper real feelings of the parties involved.
It is true that the producer of the film is the United States, which must have the position of the United States. The villains in the film are all the management of British Petroleum, they are eager for quick success, rushing to save costs, they are all idiots in terms of technology and safety procedures, and they are not concerned about the risks of human life and environmental pollution. After the actual accident occurred, BP's own accident investigation report also put the blame on the well's owner, the Swiss Transocean Drilling Company, and the American Halliburton Company, which was responsible for the reinforcement of the oil well. The Obama administration's policy of lifting the ban on U.S. offshore oil exploration, the U.S. Mineral Resources Administration's endless corruption, bribery, dereliction of duty, and the delay in rescue and clean-up measures after disasters occurred, these American reasons are also not expanded in this film. . The only self-criticism in the film is like Mike Williams (Mark) being silent at the critical moment of decision-making, Jimmy Harrell (Kurt) being distracted by the award ceremony, and his subordinates There was another major concealment in the phone report. The negative descriptions of the Americans, such as Andrea (Gina) suddenly became weak when jumping into the sea, were too perfunctory to deceive themselves, and they rushed to use their heroic actions of rescue and stop loss. Come to wash the white, it really feels like a pot of dog blood is on the forehead.
In any case, the head of this criticism is open. Although it is not as bad as Anderson's "Blood Will Come", "Deep Sea Catastrophe" is still hearty, giving us a glimpse of how dire the energy industry has been in recent years.
First of all, of course, due to the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on the global economy, the international oil price plunged from $145 to $34 in July-December 2008; at the same time, in September 2008, the US Congress approved the lifting of the nearly 27-year-old offshore oil Exploration ban; in 2009, significant progress was made in shale gas exploration in the United States, with natural gas reserves increasing by 40%. From then to 2014, Russia, Argentina, Australia and China all made significant progress in shale gas exploration and production technology, followed by a rise in international oil prices. From a recovery of $100 in 2011, it fell to $45. Although there are still the influence of exchange rate, war, production restriction and futures market, the future trend of international oil price is already clear. If you don't catch the last train, you will only be the last naked swimmer. In this context, the Deepwater Horizon oil well in 2010, regardless of whether the technology is up, has to be dug up and realized quickly, which has naturally become the rational choice of businessmen and the top politics of politicians.
Human life is the most precious. This sentence is not the truth in ancient times, not the truth in modern times, nor is it the truth in the present and future. In ancient times, only the life of those with power was precious; in modern times, since Watt invented the steam engine in 1776, whether coal, oil, electricity, or nuclear energy, energy is the most precious; in today's information age, only knowledgeable people ( Intelligence) is valuable, and it is being replaced by the power of AI day and night. In short, ordinary people, manual laborers, have never been valued. Human life is like this, and animal life is even more insignificant.
Ecology, however, is another matter. It transcends people and animals. It shows the reincarnation of heaven with the grand perspective of material and energy circulation and the power that is unattainable for human beings. The oil spill seems to kill only salmon and seabirds, but in fact it releases giant beasts and devils on the seabed; a nuclear leak seems to be diluted by ocean currents and blown away by monsoons, but the bottom line has changed our species screening for billions of years The accumulated genetic heritage; the mine disaster seems to be able to be buried and compensated, but its normalization and the calculation of the mortality rate per ton of coal have already shattered the foundation of human survival ethics. The sun, the forest, the soil, and the wind must be laughing at us when the system of society eats people hysterically for energy. When one day they shrug their shoulders, landslides and rippling waves, maybe we will really understand what is in dire straits, maybe we will find a new horizon.
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*****The famous oil spill pollution case in world history*****
In March 1967, the Liberian tanker "Torrey Canyon" sank in the waters near the British Isles of Scilly , 120,000 tons of crude oil was dumped into the sea, and the oil slick floated to the coast of France.
In March 1978, the Liberian tanker "Amoco Cadiz" sank in the waters near Brittany in western France, spilling 230,000 tons of crude oil and polluting the 400-kilometer coastal area.
On June 3, 1979, the Mexico Stoke 1 (LXTOC1) oil well leaked 1 million tons (140 million gallons) of crude oil into the waters off the Yucatan Peninsula.
On March 24, 1989, the US Exxon company's "Valdez" oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, leaking 50,000 tons (11 million gallons) of crude oil and polluting 8,600 kilometers of coastline. In 1991, the U.S. government and Exxon reached a compensation settlement agreement with a fine of $25 million.
In January 1991, before Iraqi troops withdrew from Kuwait, they ignited oil wells in Kuwait, spilling as much as 1 million tons of oil, polluting a 500-kilometer area off the northwestern coast of Saudi Arabia.
On December 3, 1992, the Greek tanker "Aegean" ran aground off the northwest coast of Spain, spilling at least 60,000 tons (20 million gallons) of crude oil, polluting an area 200 kilometers off the coast of Galicia.
On June 5, 1993, the "Brill" ran aground in the waters off the Shetland Islands, northeast of Scotland, spilling 26 million gallons of oil.
On February 15, 1996, the Liberian tanker "Queen of the Seas" ran aground off the coast of Wales, spilling 147,000 tons of crude oil.
On December 12, 1999, the Maltese oil tanker Erica, a subsidiary of the French oil company Total, broke off on the west coast of France, leaking more than 10,000 tons of heavy oil and polluting the 400-kilometer coastal area. In January 2008, France awarded the responsible party 285 million US dollars in damages.
On November 19, 2002, the Bahamian oil tanker "Prestige" sank in the Spanish waters, leaking about 60,000 tons of fuel oil at a depth of 3,600 meters, polluting the 400-kilometer coast of Spain and Portugal.
On November 23, 2002, the cargo ship "Shunkai No. 1" collided with the 80,000-ton oil tanker "Tasman Sea" in the east waters of Dagukou, Tianjin, China, polluting 12 square nautical miles.
On November 11, 2007, the Russian tanker "Volga Oil 139" sank due to strong winds in the Kerch Strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, spilling more than 3,000 tons of heavy oil.
On December 7, 2007, a Hong Kong-registered oil tanker collided with a South Korean barge in the western waters of South Korea, spilling 10,500 tons of crude oil, causing at least 15 square kilometers of sea area to be polluted.
On April 20, 2010, BP's "Deepwater Horizon" drilling rig rented by Swiss Transocean Drilling Company in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, causing 43 million gallons of crude oil to leak 1,500 meters deep and polluting 2,000 square miles of water. The U.S. court has reached a criminal settlement agreement with a $4 billion fine and established a $20 billion civil compensation fund.
*****The famous nuclear leakage pollution case in the history of the world*****
On October 10, 1957, the graphite core of the Winskell nuclear reactor in Cumberland, England, caught fire, resulting in the leakage of a large amount of radioactive pollutants.
On January 17, 1966, a U.S. B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker while refueling off the coast of Spain. The two hydrogen bombs exploded when they landed, causing 490 acres (about 2 square meters) of Palimares, Spain. km) was contaminated with radioactive plutonium.
On January 21, 1968, a U.S. B-52 bomber caught fire, and the wreckage of the abandoned plane hit the sea ice near Thule Air Force Base in Greenland.
On December 18, 1970, a 10,000-ton nuclear device exploded during the Barnaberry nuclear experiment in Gaka Flat, Nevada, United States, resulting in the leakage of radioactive debris.
On March 28, 1979, a radioactive material spill (level 5) occurred at Reactor 2 of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant in the United States.
On August 10, 1985, the Soviet E-2 class K-431 nuclear submarine exploded during refueling in Vladivostok, and a radioactive gas cloud entered the air, killing 10 people and 49 people suffering from radiation damage.
On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union (in Ukraine) exploded, and more than 8 tons of strong radiation material leaked (level 7). 30 people died on the spot, 60,000 square kilometers of nuclear pollution, a total of 9 million victims, an estimated 270,000 people suffered from cancer, of which 93,000 died.
On September 13, 1987, workers at the Goiania garbage dump in Brazil pried open an abandoned radiotherapy machine to remove the highly radioactive cesium chloride, causing more than 240 people to be exposed to nuclear radiation.
On April 6, 1993, an explosion occurred during a nitric acid cleaning container in Tomsk, Siberia, causing a cloud of radioactive gas to be released from the Tomsk-7 recycling facility.
On September 30, 1999, a nuclear accident occurred at the Tokai Village Uranium Recycling and Processing Facility, northeast of Tokyo, Japan.
On March 11, 2011, the building where the No. 1 reactor of the No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, had a magnitude 9 earthquake and a tsunami exploded, causing nuclear leakage (level 6), and nuclear pollution of 252,000 square kilometers of sea area within 800 kilometers.
*****Famous coal mine disasters in world history and major mine disasters in my country*****
On December 12, 1866, a combustible gas explosion at the Oaks coal mine in South Yorkshire, England, killed 380 people.
On September 11, 1878, the Prince of Wales coal mine exploded, killing 259 people.
On June 25, 1894, a gas explosion at the Albion coal mine in England killed 290 people.
On March 10, 1906, the Catastrophe de Courrières mine in northern France killed 1,099 people.
On December 6, 1907, the Momonga mine disaster in West Virginia killed 362 people, possibly more than 500.
On October 14, 1913, a coal dust explosion at the Senghenydd coal mine in Wales, England, killed 439 people.
On December 15, 1914, a gas explosion occurred at the Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine in Fangcheng, Kyushu, Japan, killing 687 people.
On September 22, 1934, the Gresford mine in Wrexham, north Wales, England, killed 266 people.
On April 26, 1942, a gas explosion occurred at the Benxihu coal mine in Liaoning, China's puppet state of Manchukuo, killing 1,549 people, including 31 Japanese.
On February 27, 1950, a gas explosion occurred in the Laoligou well of the Yiluo Coal Mine of the Yima Mining Bureau of China, killing 174 people.
On December 6, 1954, a gas explosion at the Dafa Coal Mine of Baotou Mining Bureau of China killed 104 people.
On January 21, 1960, a coal mine collapsed in northern Coalbrook, South Africa, killing 435 people.
On May 6, 1960, a methane explosion at the Laobaidong coal mine in Datong, Shanxi, China killed 682 people.
On May 14, 1960, a coal and gas outburst occurred at Tonghua Coal Mine in Jiangjin Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, killing 125 people.
On November 28, 1960, a gas explosion occurred at the Longshanmiao coal mine of the Pingdingshan Mining Bureau in Henan, China, killing 187 people.
On December 15, 1960, a gas explosion occurred in the south well of the Zhongliangshan Coal Mine in China, killing 124 people.
On March 16, 1961, 110 people died in a fire outside the Shengli Coal Mine of Fushun Mining Bureau of China.
On November 9, 1963, a gas explosion at the Miike coal mine of Mitsui in Omuta, Japan, killed 458 people.
On May 28, 1965, an explosion at the Ghori Dhori coal mine near the town of Dhanbad in India killed 375 people.
On October 24, 1968, coal dust exploded in Huafeng Coal Mine, Xinwen Mining Bureau, China, killing 108 people.
On April 4, 1969, coal dust exploded in the Panxi Coal Mine of Xinwen Mining Bureau, China, killing 115 people.
On June 6, 1972, a methane explosion at the Wankie coal mine in northwestern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Africa killed 427 people.
On May 11, 1975, a gas and coal dust explosion occurred in Jiaoping Coal Mine of Tongchuan Mining Bureau of China, killing 101 people.
On February 24, 1977, a gas explosion at the Pinghu Coal Mine of Fengcheng Mining Bureau of China killed 114 people.
On December 24, 1981, a Minmetals gas explosion occurred at the Pingdingshan Mining Bureau in Henan, China, killing 133 people.
On April 21, 1991, a gas and coal dust explosion occurred at the Sanjiaohe Coal Mine in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, China, killing 147 people.
On November 27, 1996, a gas and coal dust explosion occurred at the Dongcun coal mine in Xinrong District, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China, killing 110 people.
On September 27, 2000, a gas and coal dust explosion occurred in Muchonggou Coal Mine of China Shuicheng Mining Bureau, killing 162 people.
On June 20, 2002, 115 people were killed in a gas explosion at the Chengzihe Coal Mine of China Jixi Mining Group.
On October 20, 2004, 148 people were killed in a gas explosion at the Daping Coal Mine of Zhengzhou Coal Industry Group in China.
On November 28, 2004, a gas explosion at the Chenjiashan Coal Mine of Tongchuan Mining Bureau of China killed 168 people.
On December 2, 2004, a gas explosion in Tongchuan coal mine in Shaanxi, China killed 166 people.
On February 14, 2005, a gas explosion occurred in the Haizhou well of the Sunjiawan Coal Mine of Fuxin Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. in Liaoning Province, China, killing 214 people.
On August 7, 2005, the Daxing Coal Mine in Huanghuai Town, Xingning City, Guangdong Province, China, was flooded and 123 people died.
On November 27, 2005, coal dust exploded at the Qitaihe Dongfeng Coal Mine of Longmei Group in Heilongjiang, China, killing 171 people.
On December 7, 2005, a gas explosion at the Liuguantun Coal Mine in Kaiping District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China killed 108 people.
On July 17, 2007, the Huayuan Coal Mine of China Xinwen Mining Group was flooded and 172 people died.
On August 17, 2007, two coal mines were flooded due to heavy rain in Xinwen, Shandong, China, and 181 people died.
On December 6, 2007, a coal dust explosion occurred in Hongdong, Shanxi, China, killing 105 people.
On September 8, 2008, the tailings dam of the Xiangfen coal mine in Shanxi, China collapsed, killing 276 people.
On November 21, 2009, an explosion occurred at the Xinxing Coal Mine of the Hegang Branch of Longmei Holding Group in Heilongjiang Province, China, killing 108 people.
On March 31, 2010, a coal and gas outburst accident occurred in the Yichuan Mine in Henan, China, resulting in a total of 108 deaths.
On May 13, 2014, an explosion at a coal mine in the western Turkish town of Soma killed at least 274 people.
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