Disaster on the Horizon: The Deepwater Well Blowout: What Happened and Why

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Book out 10/22/10. Bob Cavnar has been on Countdown repeatedly giving analysis of the Spill.

Product Description
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.

About the Author
Bob Cavnar is a 30-year veteran of the oil and gas industry with deep experience in operations, start-ups, turn-arounds, and management of both public and private companies. He was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Milagro Exploration, a large, privately held oil and gas exploration firm based in Houston, Texas with operations along the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi Gulf Coasts, and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Cavnar holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School. He lives in Houston, Texas and blogs at DailyHurricane.com

http://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Horizon-Deepwater-Blowout-Happened/dp/1603583165/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280948521&sr=8-1

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1. More about Bob Cavnar

Bob is a big supporter of Democrats and attends many local Democratic events. His wife, Gracie, is on the board of Michelle Obama's anti-childhood obesity program.

Just before the well blow-up, on his blog, The Daily Hurricane, Bob was very outspoken in a dialog with some redneck tea baggers. We can always count on him to speak his very informed and liberal mind. You can catch those blogs by checking his early April archives.

Many of us in the Houston oil and gas industry are so very proud of Bob Cavnar and his blog, which shows there are realistic professionals who don't walk lockstep with the Cheney/Bush types, in fact don't walk a step with them.

Bob has also become somewhat of a regular on Olbermann and Maddow. The links to his appearances are on on his blog.