01405cam a2200289 4500 243624780 TxAuBib 20151006120000.0 110103s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010051657 9780062063007 0062063006 TxAuBib Konrad, John. Fire on the horizon : the untold story of the gulf oil disaster / John Konrad and Tom Schroder. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper/HarperCollins Pub., 2011. xv, 270 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. This is a real insider's view of the BP spill. A veteran oil-rig captain, Konrad was a longtime employee of TransOcean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon, and knew many of the crewmembers personally. His one-on-ones with the crew here meld with former Washington Post editor/writer Shroder's reporting. The argument: there's a particular culture on an offshore oil rig that made it inevitable. 20151006. BP (Firm.) Oil spills Mexico, Gulf of. BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010. Oil wells Mexico, Gulf of Blowouts History 21st century. Shroder, Tom.