First, the actual disaster itself. And it can be practically anything. And it can occur practically anywhere around the globe. It might be a “natural disaster” or [in this case] one that is considerably more “man-made”.
Then the countdown to the movie begins.
This one revolves around the disaster that created “the worst oil spill in U.S. history”. The explosion of the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon out in the Gulf of Mexico. In April of 2010. The film basically takes us there. It recreates the incident. We are then able to imagine what it might have been like to be on the rig…to experience the explosion [and the aftermath of it] as it actually unfolded back then.
Thus there are two trajectories. The first revolves around the men and women who were there. Around “the experience” itself. The second revolves around the “politics”. Why did it happen? Should it have happened? What was the role played by a corporate mentality concerned only with the bottom line? The part that more or less revolves around this:
A layman’s description and example of the Cement Bond Log, a.k.a. CBL; upon landing on the rig, the OIM (Kurt Russel) asks the departing logging crew if they completed their CBL/VDL run. The logging engineer shrugs and proceeds to board the helicopter. Shortly after, the OIM confirms with the BP Well Site Leader, or “Company Man”, that no CBL was run. The CBL is used to verify the casing to cement and formation to cement presence and its “bonding” to the casing and to the formation. A “sonic” logging tool is lowered into the well, all the way down towards the zone of interest. The tool is then activated and slowly pulled out of the hole. When energized, the “sonic” transmitter sends acoustic pings around a 360 degrees motion, and detectors placed at various distance in the tool “listen” for the return of these pings, monitor the time it took for the ping to return and how much it was attenuated by the presence or not of cement. Take a large rimed glass (any glass will do though) and put it in an empty sink with the drain plugged. Flick your fingers at the top of the glass rim, and listen for the sound. Fill up the sink around the glass, and once the glass is immersed in the water, repeat the finger flick. Listen for the sound difference. Now imagine the glass is the casing, and the water is the cement, and you have pretty much understood what a CBL tool does.
And, finally, when all is said and done, should we be using these “fossil fuels” at all?
IMDb
[b]The film is based on the 2010 oil rig explosion at the deepwater horizon oil rig. It is the biggest oil disaster in U.S. history causing 11 deaths. The fire lasted for 2 days, until the rig sank and then the oil continued to leak into Gulf of Mexico for 87 days until it was finally capped off.
An oil rig was built just for this film, this rig is located in Chalmette, Louisiana where filming mostly took place. It has been coined as the largest set piece ever built.
A large number of oilfield workers in the Gulf of Mexico were against the making of the film, because they felt that it could dishonor the men who died during the actual event. However Mike Williams (one of the survivors) was all in for the film and actually worked on it with the crew along with another survivor of the event. He felt it was a good way of showing people the circumstances that the crew members went through and that the goal of the film crew was to make it look as real as possible. [/b]
at wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_(film
trailer: youtu.be/8yASbM8M2vg
DEEPWATER HORIZON [2016]
Directed by Peter Berg
[b]Senator: Mr. Williams, can you tell what happened on the Deepwater Horizon?
Mike: Around 9:30, I was on the phone with my wife. It was when I heard that whistle. I heard the engines rev. The hiss became a roar. So strong that I could not describe it. A few seconds later, there was a huge explosion. Projectiles flying everywhere. The heat was overwhelming.
Senator: Can you explain how the Deepwater Horizon alarm work?
Mike: The general alert to all platforms. One: fire, two: combustible gas, three: toxic gas. Each hazard has a particular siren and a particular light.
Senator: Have you hear any of these alarms on the Deepwater Horizon?
Mike: No sir.
Senator: Do you know why you did not hear the alarm, sir? Mr. Williams?
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Felicia: Buy gas to get to work to buy gas to go to work again. To buy more gas to get to work.
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Jummy: Listen, you mind losing that tie?
O’Brien: I would.
Jimmy: It’s not the tie, it’s the color.
O’Brien: Purple?
Jimmy: More magenta.
O’Brien: And?
Jimmy: Well, magenta alarm on an oil rig is as bad as it gets. That’s worthy of a superstition.
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Andrea: What did Mr. Skip say?
Jimmy: They were supposed to test to see whether the cement was holding. I guess they left without doing it.
Andrea: What? Hold up, they didn’t…
Jimmy: Those BP sons of bitches sent the Schumberger guys home.
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Mike: Hey Shane! Schumberger run a cement bond log test?
Shane: I don’t know. I don’t think they did.
Mike: Is that stupid?
Shane: I don’t know if it’s stupid…but it ain’t smart.
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Mike: Mr. Jimmy wants to know if the team from Schumberger ran a cement bond log test.
Kuchta: No, Vidrine, Kaluza sent 'em home without testing anything.
Mike: Well, why in the hell would they do that?
Kuchta: They never feel the urge to take me through their thinking, Mike, but I assume it’s got something to do with “money, money, money, money”.
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Kuchta: Doing it all with band-aids and bubble gum, my man.
Mike: Everytime I peel one off, I find three or four more. Spit and glue ain’t getting it done.
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Jimmy: Walk with me, Mike.
Mike: Where we going?
Jimmy: To murder some BP company men.
Mike: Shit, I got a hammer, a screwdriver.
Jimmy: Excellent.
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Jimmy: So, we got all 500 feet of cement poured, huh?
Vidrine: Yep.
Jimmy: That cement’s the only thing between us and a blowout. And it’s cured?
Vidrine: Yes.
Jimmy: Had enough time? Takes time to do it right. I mean if that cement job is compromised then everything above it is too.
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Jimmy: You don’t want to know if that cement job on this well is shit 'cause you’re 43 days and 50 million dollars over budget.
Kaluza: You really ought to include yourself in that.
Jimmy: BP picked this spot to drill, Bob. Consequences of that is on you guys…The point is you sent the testing team home before they could do their job…What would it have cost to run the test…125 grand? You’re a 180 billion dollar company and you’re cheap.
Vidrine: That’s why we are a one hundred and eighty six billion dollar company. We worry about those bills.
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Vidrine: Name a few. I would love to hear exactly what piece of mission critical equipment are down.
Mike: Shit, where do I start. “A” drilling chair. Process station 18. BOP control pods. Telephone system. Pipe-racking system. GPS antenna. Direct TV system. Wireless internet. Iron roughneck. Top drive rack back system. Auxillary draw-works control. Salt water service pumps. Smoke alarms in the galley. And the reason why you’re sweating so hartd is 'cause the compressor for the AC on this deck is down too.
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Mike [to Vidrine]: Nope. Hope ain’t a tactic, Don.
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Mike [sarcastically to Vidrine]: That’s 43 days behind, not 50. Simple mathematics. Original completion date was March 8th. It’s April 20th today, 43 days. You’d think you money-hungry sons of bitches would at least be good at math.
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Jimmy [to Mike]: We should have seen some mud…
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Felicia [on Skype]: Mike, what is that? Is everything okay?
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Caleb: We gotta go!! We gotta go right now!!!
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Felicia [on Skype]: Is it just me or did it get real bright in there all of a sudden? Mike, what is that? Is everything ok? Mike?
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Andrea: Magenta! Magenta alarms!! The well is blowing out!!!
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Andrea: I’m gonna cut the pipe.
Kuchta: Hey, hey, hey. Andrea get your ass back on station. We don’t have the authority.
Andrea: I’m gonna seal the well.
Kuchta: Do not touch that button!
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Vidrine [to Andrea]: What happened?
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Mike [watching a lifeboat leave the rig]: They left us! They left us!
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Mike: Listen to me. Look at me. We came up higher, so we can jump out further. Okay? We’re gonna jump over the fire.
Andrea: I can’t. Jump.
Mike: Trust me. We’re not gonna hit the fire.
Andrea: I don’t wanna die. I don’t wanna die. I don’t wanna die.
Mike: You’re not going to die. Our choice…our choice right now is to burn or jump.
Andrea [hysterically]: Don’t touch me! don’t touch me! Don’t touch me!..Do what you want.
Mike: I’m gonna do whatever you do. My wife’s name is Felicia. My daughter’s name is Sydney. And I will see them again. Do you understand me?!
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Title card: BP supervisors. Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine were convicted of manslaughter. In 2015, these charges were dismissed. 11 men died aboard the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010. The blowout lasted 87 days and spilled an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It was the worst oil disaster in US history.[/b]