An avoidable disaster!

Hans 2022-03-16 09:01:04

Very tongue-in-cheek and true: there is always a way to prove the one that proved you wrong before!


People's memory is easily broken, and cognition is always biased, and they only love to believe what they like to believe.

So it is good to watch more movies.

After reading it, think back:

It turns out that many natural disasters are actually all man-made disasters!

The storyline is quite simple:

BP (British Petroleum) rented a drilling platform for diamond oil. Due to geological reasons such as too high oil pressure, it needs to be plugged with cement to ensure drilling safety. --Already prompted a great security risk!

BP's supervisor is in a hurry to drill, and the construction period has been delayed for 43 days! --Has lost 50 million US dollars, and the supervisor is in a hurry to deliver!

The supervisor of the drilling platform insisted that the cement pressure test be done, and it is impossible to drill if it is not safe; after the test, the data is abnormal, the pressure of one square foot is more than 1750 pounds! -- Sure enough, there is clear evidence that there is a security issue!

Seeing that the work could not be started, the supervisor of BP thought of another way to do a pressure test on the feedback pipe. Who knew the result on this side would be normal again! (Actually, there was too much gushing mud, and the feedback pipe was blocked!)- - You can always find a satisfactory reason for yourself, while ignoring other risk warnings! --It's tongue-in-cheek and true: there's always a way to prove the one that proved you wrong before!

So he decided to drill down, and the results can be imagined. All remedial measures are in vain, and you can't win for dozens of seconds! --The platform supervisor bowed his head to Party A; however, in the face of the "absolute power" gushing out, all supervisors are ants!

Then there's the blowout, and then there's the whole rig that burns into a giant torch! --A disaster that could have been avoided has just come!

[Is there an inexplicable feeling of familiarity? 】

Of the 126 staff members, 11 were missing (that is, burned down), 7 were taken seriously, and there were countless minor injuries! The accident resulted in the worst oil spill in U.S. history! In order to catch up with the schedule, "BP" saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, and finally paid a fine of 20.8 billion dollars! The drilling platform that looks like a giant is completely vulnerable in the face of "absolute power"!

The film is based on the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Faithful to the facts, so there is no great individual hero, and there is no turning the tide.

The starring role of Mark Wilberg is just to help rescue two or three people. The first half is a bit dull, and the second half of the disaster scene is too real, it really feels like watching a documentary!

The movie is almost over here, but the reality is more dramatic! In reality: oil spills are getting worse - about 5,000 barrels per day, 5 times the original estimate! Blocking, pressure relief, failures in various ways! The pressure of public opinion is increasing! A month later, the daily spill volume rose to 25,000 to 30,000 barrels! ! ! ! ! ! (How many times the original estimate? I'm at a loss for words!) The Obama administration has faced accusations of poor handling. After experiencing various failures, on July 15, 2010, BP finally announced that it had successfully stopped the oil spill that lasted for nearly 3 months! Quoting the original text of 360 Encyclopedia: "The U.S. government and BP have successively tried the fire attack method, chemical decomposition, fencing sand dam, artificial island, drainage method, human hair hay adsorption method, siphon method, top extinction method, "little golden bell", etc. All kinds of methods have achieved little or no results. Relevant parties solicited nearly 7,800 suggestions from netizens all over the world on the Internet. The most peculiar methods include the "nuclear explosion method" and the production of honeycombs two miles long and wide. The cement market method, etc. Before the final success, people can only wait patiently for the test results again and again, the dolphins that have been " coughing " in the Gulf of Mexico have to swim away, and other marine animals and birds can only resign themselves to fate. " Fence the oil slick and burn it https://baike.so.com/doc/3777184-3967687.html


Disasters are different, but the incentives are often similar!

Or the same sentence: "There is nothing new under the sun!"

No matter where they are, people may face their own pressures and similar temptations; then Yucun's heart is lucky and repeats all kinds of disasters!

On the one hand, people sum up experience and strive to improve safety standards and inspection methods;

On the other hand, there are always people who don’t take it seriously. People make a fuss and take chances. No matter how expensive the preventive equipment is, it becomes worthless!

In the movie, John Markovic's "BP Supervisor" proudly stated the market value of BP, but unfortunately, in the face of the "absolute force" of nature, no big Mac is worth a show!

All stills and posters are from the Internet

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Extended Reading
  • Reyes 2022-03-22 09:01:43

    The leaders put pressure on the progress and the quality is not enough, which will eventually lead to disaster. It is also an adaptation of a real event. If the domestic film can also be a real event, it is estimated that there will be no worries about the lack of shooting content for decades. More than an hour before laying the groundwork, traditional disaster films, lack of bright spots. The pictures of real people at the end have become popular in recent years, but they are still heart-wrenching

  • Winnifred 2022-03-23 09:01:50

    The place feels good.

Deepwater Horizon quotes

  • Sydney: I only did not knock because I want a brother.

    Felicia: Okay. Well, that's disturbing. 'Cause you're not supposed to know anything about that! You're supposed to just think babies are cute!

  • Mike Williams: How do you compete with a penguin? There should be rules.