"Several extant and forthcoming titles about the April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico dwell on environmental or regulatory aspects of the incident. Konrad and Shroders differs from them by narrating the catastrophe as an industrial accident. Before describing the fateful moment when explosion and fire destroyed the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, the authors cover the Horizons construction and the backgrounds of several personnel who were on board when it blewsome, graduates of East Coast maritime colleges; others, working-class southerners making big money on oil rigs. Allusions to this distinction of statuses are woven throughout an account of the intricate technologies and processes of deep-sea oil drilling, in which controlling well pressure is critical. Recounting an ominous sequence of questionable operational decisions that immediately preceded the conflagration, the book crests with a frantic evacuation and the tally of the killed and injured. Former rig captain Konrad and journalist Shroders effort should gratify readers interested in the oil-rig world and in the Horizons crew." (Bookslist) Check Our Catalog
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