Awards

• Runner-up for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Environment 2010
• Runner-up for ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Environment 2010.

Overview

Disaster on the Horizon is a behind-the-scenes investigative look at the worst oil well accident in US history, which led to the current environmental and economic catastrophe on the Gulf Coast. Cavnar uses his 30 years in the business to take readers inside the disaster, exposing the decisions leading up to the blowout and the immediate aftermath. It includes personal accounts of the survivors, assembled from testimony during various investigations, as well as personal interviews with survivors, witnesses, and family. It also provides a layman's look at the industry, its technology, people, and risks. It deconstructs events and decisions made by BP, Transocean, and the US Government before and after the disaster, and the effects of those decisions, both good and bad. Cavnar explains what happened in the Gulf, explores how we arrived at deep water drilling in the first place and then charts a course for how to avoid these disasters in the future.

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"""A clear-eyed look at what really happened on the Deepwater Horizon, and a dissection of the toxic regulatory system that mde it possible. This book packs a powerful one-two punch - all th emore devastating because it's delivered by an industry insider."" -- Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post"

A clear-eyed look at what really happened on the Deepwater Horizon, and a dissection of the toxic regulatory system that mde it possible. This book packs a powerful one-two punch - all th emore devastating because it's delivered by an industry insider. -- Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the Huffington Post

Cavnar captures all the drama of the disaster with an oilman's expertise. This book not only explains what happened on the well on April 20th, but all the decisions made in the past that led up to that fateful night. In the process, Cavnar hasn't just delivered a riveting story, but a political call to arms. --Mimi Schwartz, executive editor of Texas Monthly and co-author of Power Failure: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Enron

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With thirty years in oil and gas operations, insider Bob Cavnar provides a candid, engaging, and chilling look at the industry, its resistance to regulation, and the government concessions that are now putting people and coastlines in jeopardy. He brings the industry's technology and people to life, delivering the untold story of the blowout, response, and decisions made by BP, Transocean, and the US government. Ultimately, Cavnar charts a crucial course for how to avoid these disasters in the future.

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