Deep Water Horizon Questions

My dad was the company man to its sister rig the day it sunk. Very stressful day for us bc for about 6 hours all we knew was a Deepwater Transocean rig blew and that was it. All communication was cut off in case it was a terrorist attack

My parents tailgate for baseball games with a couple that have a son that was on the rig when it all went down. He had to jump off the rig, and is deaf in one hear now. He got a settlement and bought properties and lives off that income.

I wonder how realistic the movie was to reality?

My brother ran a supply boat out there and helped with disaster on site.

A friend of mine sold and provided the shear that cut the wellhead, or whatever was cut on the sea floor.

Halliburton, Transocean, and BP all contributed to the accident. BP being the operator ends up with almost all the liability because Halliburton and Transocean were working at their discretion. Typically when things go south in the oilfield all the different companies litigate it in court after things are brought under control. The Horizon incident was no different in this regard other than the massive scale and huge dollar amounts.

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Halliburton, Transocean, and BP all contributed to the accident. BP being the operator ends up with almost all the liability because Halliburton and Transocean were working at their discretion.

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This. But where I would put Halliburton and Transocean at fault is for not stepping in to tell BP to stop the job because it was unsafe. Instead, they went along with what BP wanted to do.

I work for one of these companies (I won't specify) and heard multiple views on what went wrong. The common narrative was BP wanting to cut corners.

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Watching the movie...

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Sorry you had to sit thru that.

Literally one of the worst movies I have ever watched.

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I work for one of these companies (I won't specify) and heard multiple views on what went wrong. The common narrative was BP wanting to cut corners.

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The Government report specifies the causes of the incident. BP was dealing with a tricky formation and didn't want mud or cement losses into what was obviously a productive zone. They stopped drilling when the margin got slim on over-balance/under-balance and performed a nitrified cement job to limit fluid loss. That job clearly failed. They misinterpreted tests on the cement job after deciding not to run cement bond logs. They then used a riskier than normal temporary abandonment procedure displacing more mud than usual. While they were gaining mud back and obviously getting a kick MI-Swaco was transferring mud to the supply vessel to prepare to move the rig. Halliburton and Transocean made some decisions that contributed especially in regards to the cement job testing (Halliburton) and interpretation of tests/not detecting the kick (Transocean) but BP was the operator.

My understanding of the movie is the producers had the deceased families relatives come to the set so they could learn about the person that their character was portraying.