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Here's my desk.
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Here's a console where I
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monitor and control the rig.
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Right there's what's going on
above the rig floor right now.
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They're going down the well
right now with some pipe.
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I got two engines running,
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two broke down,
and two on standby.
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All's I gotta do is push that
little red button right there,
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emergency transfer to backup,
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and I'll be in control
of the rig.
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But I'll tell you what,
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I'll have a lot of people come
in here real quick.
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And I probably wouldn't
have a job after that.
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How do you know where
to pick a spot out, man?
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It's everywhere.
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I think it's moving,
like, north, northeast
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compared to where
we were at this morning.
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Oh, man, it's thick.
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It happened more than 50 miles
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out in the Gulf of Mexico.
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126 workers were believed to be
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on the Deepwater Horizon rigwhen it erupted in flames.
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Straight ahead,
Bart, on a 330...
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Flaps up.
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We're able to see
quite a bit still
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where the oil's creeping
northbound.
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Yeah, every day,
it's a different flight.
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Every day they're just trying
to get a picture
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of where it is
and where it's going.
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OK, we're past,
shouldn't be a problem.
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We're gonna climb up and
do a strip search
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with our Selex radar,
get a good picture
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of where the oil's
creeping northbound.
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The oil spill, drifting
toward the Louisiana Coast,
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is 80 miles long.
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It's about the sizeof Rhode Island.
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This oil rigwas kind of like the Titanic.
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It was this marvelof engineering.
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As the chief executive of BP,
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can you please tellthe American people
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what specificallyyou take responsibility for?
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I take full responsibility
to eliminate the leak
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as fast as we can
and clean up the oil.
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Well, this is
the mother lode right here.
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Yeah. Yeah, we're on it here.
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All right, sounds good.
Thanks, guys.
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Because there's never been
a leak this size at this depth,
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we need to know the facts
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before we allow deepwaterdrilling to continue.
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What they've
got us doing right now,
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this is our normal doors,
the doors here, the nets.
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It's what we use
to catch shrimp with.
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What they're trying to do
with this,
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all this underneath the surface
that you can't see,
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they're wanting us
to set our nets and drag them
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to see if we can locate it,
spot the oil.
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Personally, I don't think we're gonna be able
to retrieve the oil with the nets, you know?
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I mean, you know,
they're designed
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for water
to go through the nets.
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I mean, they catch fish,
shrimp, sea life,
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but you're not gonna hold oil
in them.
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Sir? Hold on. Hey.
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Oh, I didn't sign that.
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All right.
I just got word from Bob.
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We ain't supposed
to be talking to y'all.
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- I didn't know that.
- So, yeah.
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Uh, let's see...
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Here we go, "all"?
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Outside.
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I'm supposed to be monitoring
the cement job here.
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There it is,
that stairway right up there.
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That was the one
that we went up to escape.
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All that behind it
was completely blown away.
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There was nothing there.
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That's our lifeboat.
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That's number three.
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That's number four.
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And those are some inflatable
emergency rafts.
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There's the mighty,
mighty derrick.
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Doug Brown, what's up?
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What's up, homie?
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I'm making a movie for home.
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This is Tom,
my buddy electrician,
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working on a water-tight door.
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What's up, Douglas?
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The rig was all ours.
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Or I should sayall Transocean's.
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She was assembled in Korea.
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When I arrived there,
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it was still in piecesin a shipyard.
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I was there to spank it,bring it to life.
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I knew that thinglike the back of my hand.
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It was the newest generation,state-of-the-art rig.
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We drilled the deepestoil hole in the world.
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It was an outstanding rig
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because of the crewthat was on it.
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They knew what they were doing.
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So it was like we didn't evenhave to talk to each other.
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And it worked.
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Oh, shoot, here comes a storm.
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It's blowing pretty darn good
out here right now.
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We just got an upgraded
weather report,
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condition red for thunder,
lightning, and water spouts.
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Whoo!
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I knew my job was dangerous.
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That was one reasonwhy I took the job.
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I always thought, "Wow,
that's cool, you know?
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And, I like hurricanes...
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I was always like,
uh, Lieutenant Dan,
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you know,
at the top of the mast.
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"Whoo-hoo,
is that all you got?"
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Because of the safetythat was involved with this,
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visitors and familywere never allowed out there.
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Basically, a lot of us livedin a secret world.
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OK, I'm right above
the drill floor now.
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Let's try to sneak up
so we can look down.
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Shh, be quiet.
Don't say anything.
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People forget that it wasa very prestigious job
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to work onthe Deepwater Horizon.
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The last wellthat they drilled,
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Gordon said for weeks,
they told them,
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"Dry hole, dry hole,
this is a dry hole."
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And they kept drilling,
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and found the second biggestoil reserve
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in the historyof the United States.
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Gordon was on the rigwhen they hit that.
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It was a lot of fun.
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He said when they find oilon the rig you're working on,
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everybody gets a bonus,everybody.
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You got snow in your hair, kid.
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We were proud of himfor doing so much so soon.
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I bragged about
getting Gordon that job.
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I'm gonna throw it at Mom.
You ready?
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Set?
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Ow, shit!
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But then when that jobcost him his life...
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I had to stop bragging and...
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...and feel responsible.
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I'm sorry,
I know this is not a good time,
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but this is the two minutes our
child will have of his birthday.
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Mmm.
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I'll give you the ultimate
bittersweet experience.
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It's having a new grandson
whose daddy just died.
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And this was a time
of such happiness,
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and we just hugged
and cried and cried.
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And it was just
so emotionally wrenching
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for us to see that Gordon...
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Not there, to be there.
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Gordon's supposed to be there.
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There's me. Yeah.
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"Even a cave man can do it."
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There's a crane operator,
Heavy D.
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His name was Dwayne,
but we called him Heavy D
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because he was a big guy.
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This is Jason Anderson,
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this is one of the guys that got
killed out there.
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But he was always making funny
faces in the meetings. So...
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We were all inside,
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up on the front here,
when everything happened.
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So that's why I was so close
to the, the lifeboats.
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Luckily I was, being asleep,
I was right there at it.
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And then all these guys
working were, like,
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up here in the center and stuff,
and this crane here
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on the other side,
that's the one that Dale was in,
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when it came out,
when he got blew out.
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There's me.
See, this is a crane pedestal.
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So that crane
that I was showing you,
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this is what it's sitting on.
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And that's, you know,
that's probably
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like a 50-foot drop at least.
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Ah, I found it.
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See? That was my room, 338.
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This is the one I grabbed
and wore out of the rig,
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something that I wanted.
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I felt that, you know, if they
were gonna get mad
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for me stealing a life jacket,
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then, oh, well
at that point, you know?
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Come on you guys, answer.
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Hello?
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There we go.
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Hey, John.
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Yeah, I'm gonna take
control back here, I think, OK?
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For some reason,Transocean started saying,
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"We don't need that many people
to properly maintain the rig,"
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so they started
eliminating positions.
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At first, it seemed OK because,you know, equipment's new.
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It doesn't break downvery much when it's new.
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But pretty soon,started getting too much
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for us to keep up with.
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The accidentaboard the drilling platform,
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you've made clearthat that was the fault
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of that drilling company, butit was your oil
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that was coming out here and is
now poisoning the Gulf of Mexico.
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What kind of oversight did you
have on that drilling operation?
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We can review the issuesaround that in the future.
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Our focus todayis responding to the incident.
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We're focused oneliminating the leak,
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and we're focusedon defending the shoreline.
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I'm pleased to announcethat BP has agreed
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to set aside $20 billionto pay claims
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for damages resultingfrom this spill.
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It is my great pleasure
to introduce
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the person known as
"the $20 billion man,"
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the man selected to handle
the $20-billion fund,
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Mr. Kenneth Feinberg.
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BP decided we do not want to go
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the Exxon Valdez
litigation route.
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The Exxon Valdez spill
is now more than 20 years old.
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They're still litigating.
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Let's just front the money.
The President wants us to do it.
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There's political pressure.
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We'll do it.
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BP's only got 10 or
15 percent of that oil floating.
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The rest of it is on the bottom
of that Gulf and in our bay.
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Are y'all gonna eat
any of them crabs?
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You gotta eat the whole crab.
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I don't know whether I'm gonna
eat the whole crab or not.
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Let me ask you a question.
You're an expert.
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How long do you think
it will be
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before you'll be able
to harvest those crabs
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again at the bottom
of the Gulf?
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Over 30 years!
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Well, then you've
got a total loss!
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I think
I've been chosen to do this
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because... of credibility.
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I've done it before,
going back to the 1980s
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with Vietnam veterans
and Agent Orange.
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It worked.
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9/11. It worked.
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If you think this is a trick,
you can go file a lawsuit.
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But my friends, I'm telling you,
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you'll litigate for years.
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You may not win.
You gotta pay a lawyer.
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I suggest to you
that the program
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I am setting up
is absolutely the way to go.
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Take the money. It's a gift!
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Here's a box of yogurt.
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OK, Alex. This one's ready.
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If you'll just sit right there,
we'll take care of you, sir.
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How you doing?
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I got enough,
give me some yogurt!
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I got that...
Give me some yogurt.
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Not around here.
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These is coming out of
Louisiana.
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We was working seven days a week
before the oil spill.
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But not now.
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We're not working
but three days a week,
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and we out of here
by 10:00, 10:30.
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Today's the longest day
we've had in I don't know when.
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But they gave me
the emergency money,
252
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and gave me for so much a week.
253
00:22:12,338 --> 00:22:13,704
But after that,
they hadn't paid me nothing.
254
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They hadn't paid me
my four times the amount.
255
00:22:18,309 --> 00:22:21,410
And I don't know
why they won't,
256
00:22:21,412 --> 00:22:23,845
because I have
all my documentation
257
00:22:23,847 --> 00:22:27,348
that they asked for,
where I file my taxes.
258
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:30,084
Everything they asked for,
they got it.
259
00:22:30,086 --> 00:22:32,820
They offered me $1,500.
260
00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:14,050
It look like somebody's home
over there today.
261
00:24:14,052 --> 00:24:15,918
We'll go over there.
262
00:24:17,554 --> 00:24:19,320
What's going on with ya?
263
00:24:19,322 --> 00:24:21,322
I gotta box of bananas
back there.
264
00:24:21,324 --> 00:24:23,157
You want some of 'em?
265
00:24:26,562 --> 00:24:29,029
You want some of these bananas?
266
00:24:33,935 --> 00:24:36,969
I have a lawyerfighting these BP people
267
00:24:36,971 --> 00:24:40,539
'cause I got two checks,
and that's it.
268
00:24:40,541 --> 00:24:42,841
And that was only 2,000.
269
00:24:42,843 --> 00:24:44,776
And that's how I bought
my mom's trailer,
270
00:24:44,778 --> 00:24:47,245
just so my kids
would have a home.
271
00:24:47,247 --> 00:24:50,548
I've been shucking oysters
since I was six years old.
272
00:24:50,550 --> 00:24:52,783
And my husband,
he was an oyster catcher.
273
00:24:52,785 --> 00:24:55,685
He's a shrimper. He does both.
274
00:24:55,687 --> 00:24:57,553
I hope we get
something out of it,
275
00:24:57,555 --> 00:25:00,455
me and my husband both
because we deserve it.
276
00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:04,425
But right now, the...
the shrimp boats
277
00:25:04,427 --> 00:25:07,861
really ain't doing that good,
you know?
278
00:25:07,863 --> 00:25:10,663
They ain't really doing
that good at all.
279
00:25:10,665 --> 00:25:12,564
Been junking.
280
00:25:12,566 --> 00:25:14,966
But that's done fade away, too,
281
00:25:14,968 --> 00:25:17,935
'cause we done cleaned
this whole area up down here.
282
00:25:17,937 --> 00:25:19,970
People let us have their junk
in their yard.
283
00:25:19,972 --> 00:25:23,440
Cleaned up this whole place
down here, but my hus...
284
00:25:23,442 --> 00:25:25,408
That's what my husband's
out doing right now
285
00:25:25,410 --> 00:25:26,876
is cutting up a big old frame
286
00:25:26,878 --> 00:25:28,944
so we can pay our light bill
when it comes in.
287
00:25:28,946 --> 00:25:30,445
Go in Fire River.
288
00:25:30,447 --> 00:25:32,480
You know where Fire River at,
don't ya?
289
00:25:32,482 --> 00:25:33,814
Go in there where
them black folk live at
290
00:25:33,816 --> 00:25:35,448
and see what they got
in their yard.
291
00:25:35,450 --> 00:25:36,749
I sure will.
292
00:25:36,751 --> 00:25:38,984
They're all my folks.
293
00:25:38,986 --> 00:25:41,319
Tell them you know Roosevelt
and Roosevelt sent you down here
294
00:25:41,321 --> 00:25:42,787
to get, so that you get some,
295
00:25:42,789 --> 00:25:44,789
some junk from these houses.
296
00:25:44,791 --> 00:25:47,258
And tell em you ain't got
no money to give 'em.
297
00:25:47,260 --> 00:25:48,859
"Just give me the junk."
298
00:25:48,861 --> 00:25:50,827
Yeah, just give me the junk,
and I'll clean your yard.
299
00:25:50,829 --> 00:25:53,590
- Clean your yard, that's all you tell 'em.
- That's right.
300
00:27:02,766 --> 00:27:04,832
The actual offshore oiland gas industry
301
00:27:04,834 --> 00:27:07,434
started here in Morgan Cityin 1947,
302
00:27:07,436 --> 00:27:09,769
when a group went from
Morgan City out into the Gulf,
303
00:27:09,771 --> 00:27:12,304
built a platform,
put a land rig on the platform,
304
00:27:12,306 --> 00:27:14,472
drilled a well,
couldn't see land.
305
00:27:14,474 --> 00:27:16,040
So they were offshore.
306
00:27:16,042 --> 00:27:17,608
This is the first
movable rig ever built.
307
00:27:17,610 --> 00:27:18,842
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
308
00:27:18,844 --> 00:27:21,678
So it went to work in 1954.
309
00:27:25,650 --> 00:27:27,690
This is how they lived,
this is the living quarters.
310
00:27:29,486 --> 00:27:32,887
So when this quarters was built,
it was built for all men.
311
00:27:32,889 --> 00:27:35,122
So community bathroom,
community shower room, and...
312
00:27:35,124 --> 00:27:38,191
You mean my dad might sleep
in one of these beds?
313
00:27:38,193 --> 00:27:40,092
This is how he lives
when he's offshore.
314
00:27:40,094 --> 00:27:42,360
This is the type of room
he stays in.
315
00:27:42,362 --> 00:27:44,762
All right,
this is the drill floor.
316
00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:47,064
So this is where all the
drilling activity takes place.
317
00:27:47,066 --> 00:27:50,400
This is the whole reason we built
the rig is for this drill floor.
318
00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:52,869
So oil is made from the earth?
319
00:27:52,871 --> 00:27:56,539
One of the theories is that
oil, it comes from fossils.
320
00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:58,807
- Yeah, fossil fuel!
- Fossil fuels.
321
00:27:58,809 --> 00:28:01,509
- But is it a fossil fuel?
- I don't believe so.
322
00:28:01,511 --> 00:28:04,712
You don't believe so?
No, 'cause it's just a theory.
323
00:28:04,714 --> 00:28:07,648
Now I'll give you
the theory I live by.
324
00:28:07,650 --> 00:28:09,683
God created the earth
to sustain life.
325
00:28:09,685 --> 00:28:12,952
So he gives us wind,
he gives us solar,
326
00:28:12,954 --> 00:28:16,955
thermal, nuclear,
coal, oil, gas.
327
00:28:16,957 --> 00:28:20,591
All of these things
are all created by God.
328
00:28:22,161 --> 00:28:24,060
The White Houseis putting a hold
329
00:28:24,062 --> 00:28:27,830
on any new offshore oilprojects until safeguards...
330
00:28:27,832 --> 00:28:29,932
...continuingto drill at these depths
331
00:28:29,934 --> 00:28:32,801
without knowing what happened,does not make any sense.
332
00:28:32,803 --> 00:28:34,669
That's whyI've issued a moratorium
333
00:28:34,671 --> 00:28:36,404
on deepwater drilling.
334
00:28:38,641 --> 00:28:40,040
260-1870 is the number.
335
00:28:40,042 --> 00:28:41,908
Have you been affectedby the moratorium?
336
00:28:41,910 --> 00:28:44,110
Has your company hadto start laying off people?
337
00:28:44,112 --> 00:28:45,911
Have you lost your jobbecause of it?
338
00:28:45,913 --> 00:28:49,514
I have read estimatesfrom upwards of 400,000 jobs,
339
00:28:49,516 --> 00:28:52,917
9,000 jobs here immediatelyon the Gulf Coast,
340
00:28:52,919 --> 00:28:54,752
with upwards to 23,000.
341
00:28:54,754 --> 00:28:56,954
I mean, exactlywhat are we talking about?
342
00:28:56,956 --> 00:28:59,677
Larry, up in Avondale, what's
happening, Larry? How you making?
343
00:29:00,959 --> 00:29:02,525
I'm getting there, Bubba.
344
00:29:02,527 --> 00:29:04,093
What you think about all this?
345
00:29:20,910 --> 00:29:24,177
All right, thanks for the call.
346
00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:26,479
Hope you knowwhat you're getting into.
347
00:29:28,483 --> 00:29:29,915
Hello, hello.
348
00:29:29,917 --> 00:29:31,516
Can I get your name?
349
00:29:31,518 --> 00:29:33,150
Latham Smith.
350
00:29:36,054 --> 00:29:37,386
What company you with?
351
00:29:37,388 --> 00:29:38,587
Smith Maritime.
352
00:29:38,589 --> 00:29:39,888
And where you headed to, sir?
353
00:29:39,890 --> 00:29:41,890
For the barge, uh, BB1-10.
354
00:29:41,892 --> 00:29:44,158
- All right.
- That's my barge.
355
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,193
Sure.
356
00:30:10,485 --> 00:30:12,885
Catch it. Catch it right in that
loop like you did before.
357
00:30:12,887 --> 00:30:16,855
Real short. Run it right
through the loop back to you.
358
00:30:23,095 --> 00:30:25,829
We have donemiscellaneous contracts
359
00:30:25,831 --> 00:30:28,431
for the Transocean people,
360
00:30:28,433 --> 00:30:32,101
and just about everybodyin the oil field.
361
00:30:32,103 --> 00:30:35,270
Anybody that builds an oil rigthat needs it picked up,
362
00:30:35,272 --> 00:30:39,273
we drive over and reach overon the land and pick it up.
363
00:30:40,542 --> 00:30:43,409
This is a big pipe-lay
rig here.
364
00:30:43,411 --> 00:30:47,179
This is a typical thing that we
would tow with one of our tugs.
365
00:30:47,181 --> 00:30:50,649
But we're going through
a serious rethink
366
00:30:50,651 --> 00:30:55,453
on the whole industry in the Gulf
of Mexico since the big BP spill.
367
00:30:55,455 --> 00:31:00,357
One of the big issues is now that they're
just simply not issuing permits to drill.
368
00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:07,863
In normal times, you'd see several
hundred people working in these yards.
369
00:31:07,865 --> 00:31:11,566
Now they're down
to skeleton crews.
370
00:31:20,109 --> 00:31:24,110
This conglomeration was drifting
around the Gulf of Mexico
371
00:31:24,112 --> 00:31:26,278
two miles offshore Mobile Bay.
372
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,713
You'll see water boiling
out of this
373
00:31:28,715 --> 00:31:30,147
if you get it a little hot.
374
00:31:30,149 --> 00:31:32,282
It's slippery. It slides.
375
00:31:32,284 --> 00:31:36,452
Its consistency's considerably
stiffer than that of peanut butter.
376
00:31:36,454 --> 00:31:38,821
It probably would stick
to the roof of your mouth
377
00:31:38,823 --> 00:31:40,823
and not go down your throat.
378
00:31:40,825 --> 00:31:44,959
And handling it
is a bit of an art form.
379
00:31:44,961 --> 00:31:47,928
Chocolate mousse,
somebody says.
380
00:31:47,930 --> 00:31:49,729
But it's not chocolate mousse.
381
00:31:49,731 --> 00:31:53,199
It's heavier than that,
and it tastes a bit different.
382
00:32:01,842 --> 00:32:03,741
For years I had this theory
383
00:32:03,743 --> 00:32:06,076
that if you didn't get thrown
out before the end of the night,
384
00:32:06,078 --> 00:32:07,177
you weren't having a good time.
385
00:32:07,179 --> 00:32:09,546
That's what I thought, too.
386
00:32:09,548 --> 00:32:13,216
I guess I been living wrong.
I've never been to jail.
387
00:32:13,218 --> 00:32:15,918
Honey, you never been to jail?
388
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,120
- Donnie has, I'm sure.
- - Three times.
389
00:32:18,122 --> 00:32:20,589
I threw a railroad tie through
the back window of a suburban.
390
00:32:20,591 --> 00:32:23,158
What?
Y'all a bunch of degenerates.
391
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,661
I was wanted in Venezuela
for about 15 years.
392
00:32:26,663 --> 00:32:28,195
How many? 15?
393
00:32:28,197 --> 00:32:30,397
About 15,
years I was wanted in Venezuela.
394
00:32:30,399 --> 00:32:34,234
I go to these oil conventions
in Texas or wherever,
395
00:32:34,236 --> 00:32:36,202
and the Chinese
are real big in this.
396
00:32:36,204 --> 00:32:39,104
And the Chinese are building
oil rigs cheaper and faster
397
00:32:39,106 --> 00:32:40,772
and better than we are.
398
00:32:40,774 --> 00:32:43,975
Houston used to be
the epicenter of oil,
399
00:32:43,977 --> 00:32:46,310
and China's taken over that.
400
00:32:46,312 --> 00:32:48,845
People don't even want a car
that they can't drive
401
00:32:48,847 --> 00:32:50,446
at 2:00 in the morning.
402
00:32:50,448 --> 00:32:53,115
They want a car they can drive
any damn time they want to,
403
00:32:53,117 --> 00:32:55,650
they want a light bulb they can
turn on any time they want to.
404
00:32:55,652 --> 00:32:58,252
They want an air conditioner
they can turn on when it's hot,
405
00:32:58,254 --> 00:33:00,220
not just when the wind blows.
406
00:33:00,222 --> 00:33:03,523
- Right.
- And it's coal and diesel fuel
407
00:33:03,525 --> 00:33:06,792
that transports everything
that makes everything.
408
00:33:06,794 --> 00:33:11,329
And the, uh, the idea that...
409
00:33:11,331 --> 00:33:14,332
The idea that civilization
can last three hours without oil
410
00:33:14,334 --> 00:33:16,534
is ridiculous at this stage.
411
00:33:31,250 --> 00:33:33,450
You see the enormity
of the oil that got spilled
412
00:33:33,452 --> 00:33:36,686
by the blowout
at the Deepwater Horizon,
413
00:33:36,688 --> 00:33:41,490
and realize that there
are hundreds of rigs out there,
414
00:33:41,492 --> 00:33:47,295
and I just started noticing
how many cars there are
415
00:33:47,297 --> 00:33:52,232
out all the time
burning gasoline.
416
00:33:52,234 --> 00:33:55,235
And how insatiable
417
00:33:55,237 --> 00:33:59,539
our thirst is for gasoline.
418
00:34:01,442 --> 00:34:05,343
I think that everybody
on the Gulf Coast
419
00:34:05,345 --> 00:34:10,014
kind of knows what side
of their bread is buttered on,
420
00:34:10,016 --> 00:34:12,383
and they don't want that
to change.
421
00:34:12,385 --> 00:34:16,720
What are these people gonna do
if they got no oil?
422
00:34:32,504 --> 00:34:35,338
Once you go into it,
it gets in your blood.
423
00:34:35,340 --> 00:34:39,741
I know of nobody that went
into the oil business
424
00:34:39,743 --> 00:34:43,845
and stayed two years
and has ever left it.
425
00:34:52,321 --> 00:34:54,287
Kind of think of it
as a job most of the time,
426
00:34:54,289 --> 00:34:55,721
but every once in a while,
427
00:34:55,723 --> 00:34:59,091
we start really thinking
why we're out here.
428
00:34:59,093 --> 00:35:01,493
It's... A lot of it'sfor the money.
429
00:35:01,495 --> 00:35:04,262
A lot of it'sfor the excitement.
430
00:35:04,264 --> 00:35:06,264
A lot of it'sfor the challenge.
431
00:35:06,266 --> 00:35:09,533
But then again, a lot of it's
for your kids, too.
432
00:35:09,535 --> 00:35:13,270
A lot of the work, especially
on the drilling rig floor,
433
00:35:13,272 --> 00:35:14,738
can be very, very dangerous.
434
00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:17,507
Everything's heavy.Things are moving fast.
435
00:35:17,509 --> 00:35:19,475
It's kind of a macho world.
436
00:35:19,477 --> 00:35:22,478
When I was running fourdrilling rigs at one time,
437
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,313
I was running 24 hours a day,
438
00:35:24,315 --> 00:35:26,281
not realizing thatI was probably
439
00:35:26,283 --> 00:35:29,250
the most unsafe guyin the field.
440
00:35:29,252 --> 00:35:32,720
But that is what,
in the industry,
441
00:35:32,722 --> 00:35:34,822
is kind of the culture.
442
00:35:37,993 --> 00:35:42,762
If people were more involvedwith how much energy they use,
443
00:35:42,764 --> 00:35:46,065
if they'd realize the dangerinvolved in providing
444
00:35:46,067 --> 00:35:47,699
that gasoline for their car,
445
00:35:47,701 --> 00:35:50,868
then I think that they woulddemand more accountability.
446
00:35:54,506 --> 00:35:56,305
I worked for the crane,
so I was the guy
447
00:35:56,307 --> 00:35:58,106
down on the deck
that would tie the ropes to it
448
00:35:58,108 --> 00:36:01,042
and hook it up to the crane
and, you know, stabilize it
449
00:36:01,044 --> 00:36:03,144
while he was picking it up,
and then help him set it down.
450
00:36:03,146 --> 00:36:05,045
Roustaboutis the name of the job,
451
00:36:05,047 --> 00:36:08,348
and that's your main focus ofthat job is to do that,
452
00:36:08,350 --> 00:36:12,251
but basically, you dowhatever they want you to.
453
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:13,652
I never had anybody say like,
454
00:36:13,654 --> 00:36:15,286
"Oh, you can't go get
a drink of water,"
455
00:36:15,288 --> 00:36:16,887
but there's definitely,
like, you say,
456
00:36:16,889 --> 00:36:18,722
"Hey, I'm going in to
get something to drink
457
00:36:18,724 --> 00:36:20,557
because I think I'm gettingdehydrated,"
458
00:36:20,559 --> 00:36:22,492
there's gonna be ramificationsfor that.
459
00:36:22,494 --> 00:36:25,761
I've had them tell me not touse safety as a crutch.
460
00:36:25,763 --> 00:36:28,330
The senior toolpusher told me that.
And I told him, I said,
461
00:36:28,332 --> 00:36:30,999
"Well, we're out here for 12 hours, and
it's like 100-something degrees outside."
462
00:36:31,001 --> 00:36:33,835
I was like, there's gotta be a certain
pace you have to assign yourself
463
00:36:33,837 --> 00:36:36,704
to make it through the daysafely."
464
00:36:36,706 --> 00:36:41,775
BP had in placea policy on every rig,
465
00:36:41,777 --> 00:36:45,411
before the Deepwater Horizon
blew out.
466
00:36:45,413 --> 00:36:48,414
If anybody on the rig,BP employee or not,
467
00:36:48,416 --> 00:36:54,018
anybody on the rig submitted
an idea that saved BP money,
468
00:36:54,020 --> 00:36:56,687
they'd get a bonus.
469
00:36:58,424 --> 00:37:00,690
Transocean is growingquite large.
470
00:37:00,692 --> 00:37:03,225
It's the largest offshoredrilling company in the world.
471
00:37:03,227 --> 00:37:05,827
And I think they may have overreached
themselves, because they were building
472
00:37:05,829 --> 00:37:09,397
all these new rigsthat they had to finance.
473
00:37:09,399 --> 00:37:12,233
I think there was definitelysome tension out there.
474
00:37:12,235 --> 00:37:14,001
Like, people were...people were aware
475
00:37:14,003 --> 00:37:16,003
that things weren't goingproperly, you know?
476
00:37:16,005 --> 00:37:18,038
But we were a little bitbehind schedule.
477
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,874
So it was startingto cost them a lot of money.
478
00:37:20,876 --> 00:37:25,744
That's when the caution was starting
to get smaller and smaller.
479
00:37:25,746 --> 00:37:28,546
BP brought a companycalled Schlumberger out
480
00:37:28,548 --> 00:37:32,382
to do a pressure teston the hole.
481
00:37:32,384 --> 00:37:34,384
But instead of doing that,
482
00:37:34,386 --> 00:37:37,520
they just turned aroundand sent them home.
483
00:37:37,522 --> 00:37:40,222
And I thought,
"That's... that's kind of odd."
484
00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:42,958
But I figured, well, OK,
they're the experts.
485
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,793
They know what they're doing.
486
00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:49,864
Then the one morningbefore everything happened,
487
00:37:49,866 --> 00:37:53,334
in a safety meetingthat we all have to attend,
488
00:37:53,336 --> 00:37:55,636
the BP managers were saying,"OK, well,
489
00:37:55,638 --> 00:37:58,305
we're going to be doingthis and this and this."
490
00:37:58,307 --> 00:38:00,340
And my bosseson the Transocean side
491
00:38:00,342 --> 00:38:03,242
were saying, "We can't do that.
492
00:38:03,244 --> 00:38:04,543
No, that's against the rules."
493
00:38:04,545 --> 00:38:06,611
The BP guy's saying, "Well, I'msorry.
494
00:38:06,613 --> 00:38:12,483
But that's the way it is.That's it, bottom line. Tough."
495
00:38:12,485 --> 00:38:17,020
And, well,
the day went on normally.
496
00:38:22,693 --> 00:38:24,659
9:40, 9:45,
497
00:38:24,661 --> 00:38:29,563
we started hearingextremely loud hissing noise.
498
00:38:31,433 --> 00:38:33,733
I called back to Brent,I asked him, you know,
499
00:38:33,735 --> 00:38:35,668
"Why don't you go aheadand call the bridge
500
00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:39,905
and ask themif everything's OK?"
501
00:38:39,907 --> 00:38:44,376
They told him that we wereunder a well-control situation.
502
00:38:44,378 --> 00:38:49,647
But that's not really abnormal. We have
well-control situations all the time.
503
00:38:50,750 --> 00:38:52,883
The two enginesthat we had running,
504
00:38:52,885 --> 00:38:55,986
engine three and six,both of them
505
00:38:55,988 --> 00:38:59,723
started increasing their RPMS.
506
00:38:59,725 --> 00:39:03,926
They just kept going uphigher and higher and higher.
507
00:39:03,928 --> 00:39:06,528
Which is impossible.
508
00:39:09,299 --> 00:39:12,466
Then the lights went out, bang.
509
00:39:12,468 --> 00:39:15,469
Light bulbs blew upover our heads.
510
00:39:15,471 --> 00:39:18,672
Computer consoles went "pfft,"
and they're dead.
511
00:39:21,443 --> 00:39:25,744
We were in the dark.
It was quiet, nothing.
512
00:39:25,746 --> 00:39:30,615
I only had enough time to tell
my guys that, "We're in trouble.
513
00:39:30,617 --> 00:39:34,785
Something's wrong, guys.
We are in trouble."
514
00:39:34,787 --> 00:39:37,854
And then the first explosion
hit us.
515
00:39:43,194 --> 00:39:47,295
It picked me up and flung me
and flipped me through the air
516
00:39:47,297 --> 00:39:50,030
like I was nothingbut a ragdoll.
517
00:39:55,269 --> 00:39:57,102
I couldn't move.
518
00:39:58,438 --> 00:40:02,473
Alls I can hearwas screaming...
519
00:40:02,475 --> 00:40:05,742
...incoherentscreamings of pain...
520
00:40:05,744 --> 00:40:09,578
...screaming, "I'm dying.I'm hurt.
521
00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:11,846
Somebody help me."
522
00:40:18,053 --> 00:40:22,355
Someone crawled, screaming,
over the top of me.
523
00:40:27,428 --> 00:40:29,461
I fought my way through,
524
00:40:29,463 --> 00:40:33,231
and I worked my wayout of the wreckage.
525
00:40:33,233 --> 00:40:38,902
People were totally...losing it.
526
00:40:38,904 --> 00:40:42,538
They were screamingthat we had to get off the rig,
527
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:44,439
that it was sinking.
528
00:40:44,441 --> 00:40:48,142
The fire was comingand we were gonna burn.
529
00:40:48,144 --> 00:40:52,612
I saw men just completelylose control
530
00:40:52,614 --> 00:40:56,649
and run to the side of the rigand jump overboard.
531
00:41:01,622 --> 00:41:03,622
I'm getting in the lifeboat,
532
00:41:03,624 --> 00:41:05,757
it was almost likeit's like a dream,
533
00:41:05,759 --> 00:41:07,625
you know,it's like I wasn't even there.
534
00:41:07,627 --> 00:41:10,260
And then, you know,it's like you remember
535
00:41:10,262 --> 00:41:13,796
just the waves rocking youback to the world, you know?
536
00:41:16,433 --> 00:41:20,201
At that point the panic is starting
to calm down a little bit.
537
00:41:20,203 --> 00:41:22,536
We were starting to realize,OK, we made it out.
538
00:41:22,538 --> 00:41:25,939
We survived it, we're gonna live
through this, hopefully.
539
00:41:25,941 --> 00:41:27,840
And then, you know,
you started to realize
540
00:41:27,842 --> 00:41:31,109
that some of these guys didn't
get off, you know?
541
00:41:37,183 --> 00:41:40,817
There were 26 separateand distinct things
542
00:41:40,819 --> 00:41:43,920
that were doneon or off the rig,
543
00:41:43,922 --> 00:41:47,890
that made itmore likely to blow out,
544
00:41:47,892 --> 00:41:52,594
and that were done to save
money or to save time,
545
00:41:52,596 --> 00:41:55,896
which, on an oil rig,
certainly is money.
546
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,340
Nobody meantfor a blowout to happen.
547
00:42:09,342 --> 00:42:13,310
Nobody thought a blowoutwas gonna happen.
548
00:42:13,312 --> 00:42:18,581
Everybody knew that they were
doing things in a way
549
00:42:18,583 --> 00:42:20,349
that, little by little,
550
00:42:20,351 --> 00:42:24,753
took away all these redundantprotections that exist
551
00:42:24,755 --> 00:42:28,490
to make a blowout so unlikely:
552
00:42:28,492 --> 00:42:33,928
Mechanical devices,procedures, tests,
553
00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:36,630
fluids, cement.
554
00:42:36,632 --> 00:42:41,134
They were cast aside,
one by one.
555
00:42:52,913 --> 00:42:56,614
They knewwhen the decision was made
556
00:42:56,616 --> 00:42:59,216
to cut corners to finishthat job a day or two earlier.
557
00:42:59,218 --> 00:43:01,585
They knew the cement hadn't cured.
They knew they didn't have
558
00:43:01,587 --> 00:43:04,020
enough centralizers on there. They
knew that the blowout preventer
559
00:43:04,022 --> 00:43:06,355
may not prevent a blowout because
the hydraulics weren't working.
560
00:43:06,357 --> 00:43:08,824
They knew all kinds of problems. They
knew that there was rubber in the mud
561
00:43:08,826 --> 00:43:11,827
that was coming back up. You're
not drilling through rubber tires
562
00:43:11,829 --> 00:43:14,629
in the bottom of the ocean. If
you've got rubber in the mud,
563
00:43:14,631 --> 00:43:16,197
it came from the blowout
preventer.
564
00:43:16,199 --> 00:43:17,598
That tells you something.
565
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:19,466
They're still told
to keep going.
566
00:43:19,468 --> 00:43:21,701
When the gas is kicking back,
they're told to keep going.
567
00:43:21,703 --> 00:43:24,236
These are things that everybody
knows are wrong
568
00:43:24,238 --> 00:43:26,271
and know that it's putting them
at increased risk.
569
00:43:26,273 --> 00:43:28,706
Yet everybody just puts their
head down and keeps swimming.
570
00:43:28,708 --> 00:43:31,909
And the problem is that
with that type of attitude
571
00:43:31,911 --> 00:43:36,680
that's rewarded by the company,
it induces that behavior.
572
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,667
The oil companies
before us today amassed
573
00:43:58,669 --> 00:44:03,705
nearly $289 billion in profits
574
00:44:03,707 --> 00:44:05,940
over the last three years.
575
00:44:05,942 --> 00:44:11,111
Yet the average investment
for safety, accident prevention,
576
00:44:11,113 --> 00:44:15,815
and spill response was less than
one-tenth of one percent
577
00:44:15,817 --> 00:44:17,750
of their profits.
578
00:44:17,752 --> 00:44:23,789
Mr. McKay,
as the president of US BP,
579
00:44:23,791 --> 00:44:28,126
were you aware of any of these
concerns or problems
580
00:44:28,128 --> 00:44:33,230
that existed with this well
prior to it blowing?
581
00:44:33,232 --> 00:44:34,898
No, I was not.
582
00:44:37,302 --> 00:44:40,403
The committee asked eachof the five major oil companies
583
00:44:40,405 --> 00:44:44,173
for their oil-spillresponse plans.
584
00:44:44,175 --> 00:44:47,876
But what they show
is that Exxon-Mobil, Chevron,
585
00:44:47,878 --> 00:44:51,179
ConocoPhillips and Shell
are no better prepared
586
00:44:51,181 --> 00:44:55,383
to deal with a major oil spill
than BP.
587
00:44:55,385 --> 00:45:00,821
Mr. Tillerson, like BP,
on page 11-6 of your plan,
588
00:45:00,823 --> 00:45:05,158
"Exxon Mobil's Gulf of Mexico
Oil Spill Response Plan"
589
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:09,828
lists walruses under sensitive
biological and human resources.
590
00:45:09,830 --> 00:45:15,633
As I am sure you know, there aren't
any walruses in the Gulf of Mexico,
591
00:45:15,635 --> 00:45:19,370
and there have not been
for 3 million years.
592
00:45:19,372 --> 00:45:22,673
It's unfortunate that walruses
were included,
593
00:45:22,675 --> 00:45:25,909
and it's... it's an embarrassment
that they were included.
594
00:45:25,911 --> 00:45:28,511
But that's part of a larger
marine mammal study
595
00:45:28,513 --> 00:45:30,145
that is used in...
596
00:45:30,147 --> 00:45:32,847
that's used in preparing
regional response plans.
597
00:45:32,849 --> 00:45:34,181
Mr. Mulva,
598
00:45:34,183 --> 00:45:40,019
uh, your plan as well
includes walruses.
599
00:45:40,021 --> 00:45:41,854
You got the call on April 20th.
600
00:45:41,856 --> 00:45:45,557
"Your well just blew." What
would you have done?
601
00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:48,326
We, we would activate our
Spill Response plan.
602
00:45:48,328 --> 00:45:50,928
That's about five pages, I
think, in your proposal, right?
603
00:45:50,930 --> 00:45:52,863
- Yes, sir.
- To remove the oil?
604
00:45:52,865 --> 00:45:57,367
Your plan is written by
the same contractor that BP is.
605
00:45:57,369 --> 00:46:01,104
BP relied on Marine Spill
Response Corporation
606
00:46:01,106 --> 00:46:05,074
to provide response equipment,
and so does your plan.
607
00:46:05,076 --> 00:46:07,276
So if you can't handle 40,000,
608
00:46:07,278 --> 00:46:11,813
how are you gonna handle 166,000
per day as you indicate?
609
00:46:11,815 --> 00:46:14,682
The answer to that
is when these things happen,
610
00:46:14,684 --> 00:46:17,217
we are not well-equipped
to deal with them.
611
00:46:17,219 --> 00:46:19,919
So when these things happen,
these worst-case scenarios,
612
00:46:19,921 --> 00:46:22,187
we can't handle them, correct?
613
00:46:22,189 --> 00:46:24,022
We are not well-equipped
to handle them.
614
00:46:24,024 --> 00:46:27,291
There will be impacts,
as we are seeing.
615
00:47:12,337 --> 00:47:14,704
Houston is the centerof the universe
616
00:47:14,706 --> 00:47:16,105
for the oil and gas business.
617
00:47:16,107 --> 00:47:17,873
A lot of the companiesare still downtown.
618
00:47:17,875 --> 00:47:20,041
Some have moved out
to big campuses.
619
00:47:20,043 --> 00:47:22,143
Like BP has a large campus
on the west side,
620
00:47:22,145 --> 00:47:25,012
but downtown is still kinda
the center for energy.
621
00:47:25,014 --> 00:47:26,980
For instance,
if you look at this,
622
00:47:26,982 --> 00:47:28,848
the large silver building here,
623
00:47:28,850 --> 00:47:31,550
this is the second Enron
building.
624
00:47:31,552 --> 00:47:33,919
Enron actually never moved in.
625
00:47:33,921 --> 00:47:36,554
They went bankrupt
and had the criminal charges
626
00:47:36,556 --> 00:47:38,589
before they ever moved in.
627
00:47:56,541 --> 00:48:01,576
Advanced generationsystem frequency control.
628
00:48:01,578 --> 00:48:05,546
Automatic high-speed loadshedding and load restoration.
629
00:48:05,548 --> 00:48:10,050
The automated control functionsof the Powermax prevent,
630
00:48:10,052 --> 00:48:12,719
detect, and mitigatesystem blackouts.
631
00:48:12,721 --> 00:48:17,523
Learn more about Powermaxat booth 7743 in Reliant arena.
632
00:48:17,525 --> 00:48:21,793
What we've got here is a sub-sea
separation and boosting system.
633
00:48:21,795 --> 00:48:24,028
You've got gas in green
going out the top.
634
00:48:24,030 --> 00:48:26,096
You've got oil and water,
yellow and blue,
635
00:48:26,098 --> 00:48:28,498
going down the bottom
into the baffle arrangement
636
00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:33,135
and into the Caisson
gravity separation system.
637
00:48:33,137 --> 00:48:35,337
You hook up
all three reservoirs.
638
00:48:35,339 --> 00:48:39,941
Then you've got a very, very
good return on your investment.
639
00:48:39,943 --> 00:48:42,076
This is where the "B" s are.
640
00:48:42,078 --> 00:48:44,445
We don't seem to have you,
I'm afraid.
641
00:48:44,447 --> 00:48:46,547
If you're not here,
then you can go down to the end.
642
00:48:46,549 --> 00:48:48,615
The thing aboutthe oil and gas industry
643
00:48:48,617 --> 00:48:51,084
is thatthese aren't bad people.
644
00:48:51,086 --> 00:48:54,720
It's just that the industry
thinks that regulations
645
00:48:54,722 --> 00:48:57,088
get in the way of innovation.
646
00:49:36,696 --> 00:49:40,931
And we'd like to thank
our major sponsor this year, BP.
647
00:49:46,137 --> 00:49:51,039
In this room, you have most of the
major oil company executives,
648
00:49:51,041 --> 00:49:53,274
you have most of
the major energy providers.
649
00:49:53,276 --> 00:49:56,644
We're discussing things like the
regulatory environment, which obviously
650
00:49:56,646 --> 00:50:01,081
is changing very rapidly here in the
US after the Macondo event last year.
651
00:50:01,083 --> 00:50:04,417
People beginning to think even about the
arctic, what will it take to get up there?
652
00:50:04,419 --> 00:50:08,354
And, you know, even though our policies
have a diverse range of energy,
653
00:50:08,356 --> 00:50:12,390
oil and gas is gonna bethe staple for decades to come.
654
00:50:18,163 --> 00:50:20,563
Saddam Hussein
was wearing a 45.
655
00:50:20,565 --> 00:50:24,466
He took his 45,
put it on the table,
656
00:50:24,468 --> 00:50:26,835
and he threw it across
the table, and he goes,
657
00:50:26,837 --> 00:50:29,204
"Oscar Wyatt,
you've been a friend
658
00:50:29,206 --> 00:50:33,040
of this country for many,
many years.
659
00:50:33,042 --> 00:50:36,209
I trust what you say is true.
660
00:50:36,211 --> 00:50:38,811
I trust what you say
that I'm not doing is correct.
661
00:50:38,813 --> 00:50:41,346
Your plane
will not go back empty."
662
00:50:41,348 --> 00:50:43,114
My father said,
"Thank you, Mr. President."
663
00:50:43,116 --> 00:50:46,851
They went and all...
the plane was filled
664
00:50:46,853 --> 00:50:49,553
with Texas and Oklahoma
oil field workers.
665
00:50:49,555 --> 00:50:51,855
Within 30 minutes
of him taking off,
666
00:50:51,857 --> 00:50:56,025
Saddam Hussein released
the other 3,000 hostages.
667
00:50:56,027 --> 00:51:00,828
Your father got up
and made a short speech,
668
00:51:00,830 --> 00:51:04,031
and he was very,
very emotional.
669
00:51:04,033 --> 00:51:07,234
I think President Bush
was a little bit upset,
670
00:51:07,236 --> 00:51:13,173
but what upset everybody so much
is in January 21 of 1991,
671
00:51:13,175 --> 00:51:15,842
even though the hostages
were released,
672
00:51:15,844 --> 00:51:18,177
President Bush ordered
the bombing.
673
00:51:18,179 --> 00:51:19,444
Remember that?
674
00:51:19,446 --> 00:51:22,713
Everybody at this table
has been a part
675
00:51:22,715 --> 00:51:25,515
of the golden era
of the oil industry
676
00:51:25,517 --> 00:51:28,885
back in the late 70's
and 80's which...
677
00:51:28,887 --> 00:51:30,653
You had no faxes.
678
00:51:30,655 --> 00:51:34,189
You did everything by phone.
Your word was your bond.
679
00:51:34,191 --> 00:51:36,057
Everybody made a lot of money.
Everybody got spoiled.
680
00:51:36,059 --> 00:51:37,358
Houston got big.
681
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,526
Everybody had Texas Longhorns
682
00:51:39,528 --> 00:51:41,794
on their Cadillac
driving around.
683
00:51:41,796 --> 00:51:46,164
Everybody hammers big oil.
What is Google?
684
00:51:46,166 --> 00:51:48,199
Google earns billions.
685
00:51:48,201 --> 00:51:51,902
Yet big oil gets the hammer.
They get all the bad press.
686
00:51:51,904 --> 00:51:56,072
Where I think we should be
thanking our lucky stars
687
00:51:56,074 --> 00:52:00,108
that we should have
four dollar gas.
688
00:52:00,110 --> 00:52:01,576
When you have...
When you pay for...
689
00:52:01,578 --> 00:52:03,611
- In Europe it's...
- It's ten dollars a gallon.
690
00:52:03,613 --> 00:52:05,879
I agree, Hal. I'm starving.
691
00:52:05,881 --> 00:52:08,581
Let's fucking eat.
692
00:52:37,944 --> 00:52:40,544
The memoryof the 2010 Gulf oil spill
693
00:52:40,546 --> 00:52:43,046
is still pretty freshfor families in the Gulf Coast.
694
00:52:43,048 --> 00:52:45,782
Sheila Hagler noticed herstudents needed an outlet,
695
00:52:45,784 --> 00:52:49,352
a way for them to talk about what
their families are going through.
696
00:52:49,354 --> 00:52:51,687
And since todayis the 23rd anniversary
697
00:52:51,689 --> 00:52:56,224
of the Exxon Valdez,
we wanted to partner with kids
698
00:52:56,226 --> 00:52:58,192
who were kids back then
in Alaska
699
00:52:58,194 --> 00:52:59,960
with our kids here today.
700
00:52:59,962 --> 00:53:05,265
I wanted to introduce
our two Skype scientists.
701
00:53:05,267 --> 00:53:07,867
Kara works at the Prince William
Sound Science Center,
702
00:53:07,869 --> 00:53:11,470
and Scott works at
the Oil Spill Recovery Institute
703
00:53:11,472 --> 00:53:13,104
figuring out how we can deal
704
00:53:13,106 --> 00:53:15,773
with recovering
from an oil spill.
705
00:53:15,775 --> 00:53:19,443
Did anyone lose jobs
or businesses get shut down
706
00:53:19,445 --> 00:53:21,711
because of the oil spill
like what happened to us?
707
00:53:21,713 --> 00:53:24,280
The economy's changed here.
708
00:53:24,282 --> 00:53:28,017
You know, the biggest one is the
loss of the herring fishery,
709
00:53:28,019 --> 00:53:29,718
which for us would meanthat the boats
710
00:53:29,720 --> 00:53:32,821
would be starting to workright about now.
711
00:53:32,823 --> 00:53:37,391
Now they don't start tillmid-May instead of mid-March.
712
00:53:37,393 --> 00:53:40,861
And so that means that we don'thave the fishermen in town
713
00:53:40,863 --> 00:53:42,329
bringing in the revenue,
714
00:53:42,331 --> 00:53:45,298
which affectsall the businesses.
715
00:53:53,274 --> 00:53:57,109
I don't know if theywould risk extinction.
716
00:53:57,111 --> 00:53:59,845
Definitely local depletionsare possible.
717
00:53:59,847 --> 00:54:04,416
Do you feel like you understood what
was going on with the oil spill?
718
00:54:04,418 --> 00:54:07,952
Does anyone think that they should have
talked about it a little bit more in school?
719
00:54:07,954 --> 00:54:09,920
Yeah?
720
00:54:09,922 --> 00:54:13,323
I think they should have talked about
it more because it was like...
721
00:54:13,325 --> 00:54:15,992
I'm pretty sure it wasn't
important to, like,
722
00:54:15,994 --> 00:54:18,761
the northern states,
but it was important to us.
723
00:54:18,763 --> 00:54:22,231
And how we grew up here
and the businesses
724
00:54:22,233 --> 00:54:25,300
down in the Bayou and stuff,
so.
725
00:54:39,648 --> 00:54:42,615
The culture shockin Mobile wasn't that bad.
726
00:54:42,617 --> 00:54:46,218
The culture shock in thebayous, Bayou La Batre,
727
00:54:46,220 --> 00:54:49,020
that's where
I met Debruce Nelson,
728
00:54:49,022 --> 00:54:50,921
one of the, um, claimants, who,
729
00:54:50,923 --> 00:54:53,790
when I asked him
for his tax returns, said,
730
00:54:53,792 --> 00:54:57,126
"We do things
with a handshake down here."
731
00:54:57,128 --> 00:55:00,863
Big problem. Big problem.
732
00:55:00,865 --> 00:55:02,598
Proof.
733
00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:22,082
Peggy, I need ice on my tray!
734
00:55:23,452 --> 00:55:25,919
BP says they're gonna
responsible for everything.
735
00:55:25,921 --> 00:55:28,554
But now, look like they
kinda back out of it, you know?
736
00:55:28,556 --> 00:55:33,692
They're not doing what they say they
gonna do or back us up or anything.
737
00:55:33,694 --> 00:55:36,828
We'll still, you know,
try to manage without them,
738
00:55:36,830 --> 00:55:39,463
you know,
but it couldn't get worse.
739
00:55:39,465 --> 00:55:42,399
We need to see,
um, what's his name?
740
00:55:42,401 --> 00:55:44,100
Kenneth Feinberg?
741
00:55:44,102 --> 00:55:46,936
I need him to come out here,
stay for a couple hours,
742
00:55:46,938 --> 00:55:49,971
sit on this stool,
see how it feels like.
743
00:55:53,743 --> 00:55:55,609
Nobody had had lunch yet today.
744
00:55:55,611 --> 00:55:57,277
Everybody trying to catch on.
745
00:55:57,279 --> 00:56:00,012
You know,
trying to work out what we got.
746
00:56:01,949 --> 00:56:04,582
You know, without seafood,
we don't know what else to do
747
00:56:04,584 --> 00:56:07,451
because most people
don't even speak English.
748
00:56:07,453 --> 00:56:11,220
It's hard for them
to make a living.
749
00:56:11,222 --> 00:56:12,487
I got two girls.
750
00:56:12,489 --> 00:56:13,988
I got a 15-year-old and
an 8-year-old.
751
00:56:13,990 --> 00:56:17,157
My 15-year-old,
she come help me on weekends.
752
00:56:17,159 --> 00:56:20,927
She want to be a doctor, but,
you know, you never know.
753
00:56:28,169 --> 00:56:30,669
We was fine, everybody was fine
before the oil spill.
754
00:56:30,671 --> 00:56:34,172
Now you can see people,
you know, fighting,
755
00:56:34,174 --> 00:56:35,706
fussing,
begging for some stuff.
756
00:56:35,708 --> 00:56:39,910
I mean, it's just not
Bayou La Batre anymore.
757
00:56:39,912 --> 00:56:43,713
You hear me run my mouth.
I'm behind, so far behind now.
758
00:56:54,224 --> 00:56:56,123
Nah.
759
00:57:00,728 --> 00:57:02,094
No.
760
00:57:05,499 --> 00:57:07,499
Yes, you do,
you got a little bit.
761
00:57:07,501 --> 00:57:09,000
You got a little bit.
762
00:57:15,841 --> 00:57:18,441
My mom wants me to be a model.
763
00:57:25,182 --> 00:57:27,482
My cousin's supposed
to come work down here
764
00:57:27,484 --> 00:57:30,117
at the Waffle House,
and I might get a job with her.
765
00:57:47,335 --> 00:57:49,401
What could you say, baby?
766
00:57:49,403 --> 00:57:51,870
That's a lot of children!
767
00:59:01,207 --> 00:59:02,873
- OK, I appreciate it.
- I appreciate you.
768
00:59:02,875 --> 00:59:05,075
- Thank you.
- And thank you, ma'am.
769
00:59:14,085 --> 00:59:16,051
Be for real.
770
00:59:16,053 --> 00:59:18,053
- Be for real when you talk to him.
- I know.
771
00:59:18,055 --> 00:59:20,688
You have to get real
with these people.
772
00:59:20,690 --> 00:59:23,590
- You got to get real, to be.
- Yep.
773
00:59:25,093 --> 00:59:27,126
I'm used to seeing dirt,sand, something like that.
774
00:59:27,128 --> 00:59:29,561
But I ain't never seen
no kind of black,
775
00:59:29,563 --> 00:59:32,830
like a black...
like a black oily look.
776
00:59:33,933 --> 00:59:36,900
I just caught these shrimp.
Look how they look.
777
00:59:36,902 --> 00:59:40,036
These shrimp, see the black
in them and stuff?
778
00:59:40,038 --> 00:59:43,872
See? That's a subversant
came out of the water.
779
00:59:43,874 --> 00:59:46,574
That came out of that shrimp.
780
00:59:46,576 --> 00:59:49,043
While that shrimp
was in the freezer freezing,
781
00:59:49,045 --> 00:59:52,746
- that's what came out of the shrimp.
- Ew.
782
00:59:52,748 --> 00:59:57,617
Why, why is this gulf open?
783
00:59:57,619 --> 00:59:59,518
People don't want to talk
to people
784
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:02,687
because they scared it's gonna
hurt the Gulf.
785
01:00:02,689 --> 01:00:05,322
But it's best for the Gulf
they shut it down.
786
01:00:05,324 --> 01:00:09,693
Let the... Send somebody to clean it all up,
get that subversants out of that water.
787
01:00:09,695 --> 01:00:12,228
All right, all right, well,
see, you just come down,
788
01:00:12,230 --> 01:00:14,863
and you tell the lawyer
what happened to you.
789
01:00:14,865 --> 01:00:19,234
Oh, yeah. It ain't just me.
It's the whole community.
790
01:00:19,236 --> 01:00:22,337
All right, all right, well, you
could tell about yourself.
791
01:01:46,254 --> 01:01:50,889
The culturalbarriers, the skepticism,
792
01:01:50,891 --> 01:01:53,758
the suspicion of workers,
793
01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:57,127
concern about their family.
794
01:01:58,330 --> 01:02:00,730
Important barriers
that I think probably precluded
795
01:02:00,732 --> 01:02:02,231
some people from filing.
796
01:02:02,233 --> 01:02:05,801
But we did our best to encourage
them to file a claim.
797
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:15,942
116,000 of the 331,560
claims processed
798
01:02:15,944 --> 01:02:17,610
have been refused payment.
799
01:02:17,612 --> 01:02:20,879
Are you stating that those
that have been refused payment
800
01:02:20,881 --> 01:02:23,147
are because of fraud?
801
01:02:23,149 --> 01:02:25,349
No, not at all.
802
01:02:25,351 --> 01:02:27,017
If we have refused claims,
803
01:02:27,019 --> 01:02:28,785
it can be
for a number of reasons.
804
01:02:28,787 --> 01:02:30,386
No documentation,
805
01:02:30,388 --> 01:02:33,222
insufficient documentation,
ineligible.
806
01:02:33,224 --> 01:02:35,991
Moratorium claims,
unfortunately, are eligible.
807
01:02:35,993 --> 01:02:38,994
There are all sorts of reasons
that we...
808
01:02:38,996 --> 01:02:43,097
that we, either deny claims
or deem claims to be deficient.
809
01:02:43,099 --> 01:02:46,733
Be very careful
when vulnerable people
810
01:02:46,735 --> 01:02:48,601
are expecting compensation.
811
01:02:48,603 --> 01:02:51,637
Be very careful about
over-promising, which I did.
812
01:02:51,639 --> 01:02:53,271
I made a mistake
by telling them,
813
01:02:53,273 --> 01:02:56,040
"You'll be paid in a couple of
days, you'll be paid in a week."
814
01:02:56,042 --> 01:02:57,775
It turned out
that calculating damages
815
01:02:57,777 --> 01:02:59,743
and looking at proof
took longer.
816
01:02:59,745 --> 01:03:03,246
And people got frustrated
and angry.
817
01:03:09,119 --> 01:03:13,054
Despite the Gulf oil spill,executives with the company
818
01:03:13,056 --> 01:03:17,091
that own the Deepwater Horizonrig recently got big bonuses.
819
01:03:17,093 --> 01:03:19,026
Transocean says, quote,
820
01:03:19,028 --> 01:03:21,695
"Notwithstandingthe tragic loss of life
821
01:03:21,697 --> 01:03:23,229
in the Gulf of Mexico,
822
01:03:23,231 --> 01:03:27,433
we achieved an exemplarystatistical safety record."
823
01:03:33,840 --> 01:03:36,173
Uh, you know,
we're doing all right.
824
01:03:36,175 --> 01:03:37,874
I mean, we're not doing great,
825
01:03:37,876 --> 01:03:40,877
but slowly trying
to pay down some debt
826
01:03:40,879 --> 01:03:43,012
and get back in school
and do something, you know,
827
01:03:43,014 --> 01:03:46,415
besides just
kind of sitting here.
828
01:03:46,417 --> 01:03:49,317
We sent in the stuff
with the Gulf Coast Fund,
829
01:03:49,319 --> 01:03:52,920
like, twice, and they denied it
for, you know, state taxes,
830
01:03:52,922 --> 01:03:56,056
which Texas doesn't have
state taxes so...
831
01:03:56,058 --> 01:03:57,924
it seems like they were
just kicking the can
832
01:03:57,926 --> 01:04:01,727
down the road until it
pretty much dissolved itself,
833
01:04:01,729 --> 01:04:04,162
and we just got stuck
out of the loop.
834
01:04:10,269 --> 01:04:12,802
Got some Nietzsche up here,
Animal Farm,
835
01:04:12,804 --> 01:04:15,871
Plato, Five Dialogues.
836
01:04:15,873 --> 01:04:18,273
A lot of Hemingway,
short stories.
837
01:04:18,275 --> 01:04:22,443
We got the Bible, and we got Richard
Dawkins, The God Delusion,
838
01:04:22,445 --> 01:04:25,045
Christopher Hitchens
and Sam Harris.
839
01:04:25,047 --> 01:04:27,514
There is one book, though.
840
01:04:28,483 --> 01:04:30,216
The Razor's Edge.
841
01:04:31,219 --> 01:04:33,052
I read this book
when I was younger.
842
01:04:33,054 --> 01:04:36,722
And it really moved me,
but it's about a guy
843
01:04:36,724 --> 01:04:38,957
who has post-traumatic
stress disorder, really,
844
01:04:38,959 --> 01:04:41,960
and his understanding
of how he changes
845
01:04:41,962 --> 01:04:44,762
and how it clashes
with what his life used to be.
846
01:04:44,764 --> 01:04:47,231
I've always thought it was a
beautiful story, but now it's just
847
01:04:47,233 --> 01:04:50,133
vibing with me on a
different level, you know?
848
01:04:56,307 --> 01:05:00,042
Let's see,
this is Sheila Clark.
849
01:05:00,044 --> 01:05:05,347
She's the wife of Donald Clark,
who died on the rig.
850
01:05:05,349 --> 01:05:07,682
This is from when
she was hearing testimony
851
01:05:07,684 --> 01:05:10,818
about the Deepwater Horizon.
852
01:05:10,820 --> 01:05:14,287
And I just saw just
such a sadness in her.
853
01:05:16,624 --> 01:05:19,257
So this is Chris Jones.
854
01:05:19,259 --> 01:05:23,594
He is the brother
of Gordon Jones.
855
01:05:23,596 --> 01:05:25,829
We sat in the same room
856
01:05:25,831 --> 01:05:29,932
when his father started
testifying.
857
01:05:29,934 --> 01:05:31,333
And I just saw his...
858
01:05:31,335 --> 01:05:36,203
I saw Chris just, like,
literally close down...
859
01:05:36,205 --> 01:05:39,506
...and try to hold it together.
860
01:05:43,678 --> 01:05:45,978
For me, this is what
Stephen looked like
861
01:05:45,980 --> 01:05:47,579
for almost two years.
862
01:05:47,581 --> 01:05:50,348
He was just inflated.
863
01:05:50,350 --> 01:05:55,319
I think he just questions
why he wasn't one of them.
864
01:06:01,960 --> 01:06:03,559
It's scary to me, like,
865
01:06:03,561 --> 01:06:04,927
I scared myself quite a bit
866
01:06:04,929 --> 01:06:06,428
'cause... I can't remember.
867
01:06:06,430 --> 01:06:08,062
I think I had to callthe bank or something,
868
01:06:08,064 --> 01:06:10,565
and it just turned outto be a disaster.
869
01:06:10,567 --> 01:06:13,367
Before I realized what was happening,
I took a pair of scissors,
870
01:06:13,369 --> 01:06:15,369
and you can't really
see them now,
871
01:06:15,371 --> 01:06:17,537
but I had sliced up my arm quite
a bit with a pair of scissors.
872
01:06:17,539 --> 01:06:19,605
I don't even think
I realized I was doing it.
873
01:06:19,607 --> 01:06:23,942
I think I just wanted to see if
I'd feel it, you know?
874
01:06:23,944 --> 01:06:27,045
And I did, I felt it.
875
01:06:27,047 --> 01:06:28,446
That was, uh...
876
01:06:28,448 --> 01:06:31,982
That was one of the
tougher days, you know?
877
01:06:39,657 --> 01:06:44,726
I'm looking for our bi-monthly
check from Transocean,
878
01:06:46,129 --> 01:06:48,462
and it's not here.
879
01:06:49,698 --> 01:06:52,865
Doug went from six figures
880
01:06:52,867 --> 01:06:56,934
to less than $1,000 a month.
881
01:06:56,936 --> 01:06:58,856
This is my therapy bill
that I can't pay.
882
01:07:00,906 --> 01:07:03,806
After the accident,nobody from his company called
883
01:07:03,808 --> 01:07:05,407
to say, "How are you doing?"
884
01:07:05,409 --> 01:07:09,310
We've had to fight to get himmedical care.
885
01:07:09,312 --> 01:07:12,313
There's a lot of anger
involved with that,
886
01:07:12,315 --> 01:07:14,515
that my husband did
such a great job
887
01:07:14,517 --> 01:07:17,251
and was so dedicated
888
01:07:17,253 --> 01:07:19,620
and went out there extra
when, you know,
889
01:07:19,622 --> 01:07:21,288
they needed shifts to cover,
890
01:07:21,290 --> 01:07:23,290
and he worked really hard
891
01:07:23,292 --> 01:07:27,160
and then for them to seemto abandon him?
892
01:07:27,162 --> 01:07:29,262
There's a lot of anger.
893
01:07:35,036 --> 01:07:37,803
I can smell that night now.
894
01:07:42,642 --> 01:07:45,576
I can smell...
895
01:07:45,578 --> 01:07:48,045
I can smell smoke...
896
01:07:48,647 --> 01:07:50,346
...oil...
897
01:07:53,017 --> 01:07:54,383
...insulation.
898
01:07:54,385 --> 01:07:56,618
They had to cut it off of me
899
01:07:56,620 --> 01:08:01,456
'cause I was having
extreme difficulty moving.
900
01:08:14,771 --> 01:08:19,339
Having all this Transocean
stuff around and BP stuff,
901
01:08:19,341 --> 01:08:23,009
manuals and picturesincorporated in our daily life,
902
01:08:23,011 --> 01:08:24,543
it really was affecting Doug.
903
01:08:24,545 --> 01:08:29,080
So I removed everythingout of our house.
904
01:08:33,352 --> 01:08:36,619
And Doug would kinda sneak out
and look at the stuff,
905
01:08:36,621 --> 01:08:41,256
and this is ultimately
where he was planning a suicide
906
01:08:41,258 --> 01:08:44,726
was... around all this crap.
907
01:08:50,867 --> 01:08:53,934
It's like he feltthis magnetism towards it.
908
01:08:53,936 --> 01:08:57,837
He had to see it.He had to know it was his.
909
01:09:02,443 --> 01:09:04,843
It was likea constant reminder to him
910
01:09:04,845 --> 01:09:08,479
of so many accomplishments
that he did in his life
911
01:09:08,481 --> 01:09:11,748
and his career
that he was so proud of.
912
01:09:15,353 --> 01:09:19,254
I, um... I've constantly thought
913
01:09:19,256 --> 01:09:22,223
if I should just get rid
of all of this stuff.
914
01:09:24,794 --> 01:09:27,661
Why haven't you yet?
What is it about it?
915
01:09:29,598 --> 01:09:33,799
I still think that there's a lot
of positivity with this stuff.
916
01:09:33,801 --> 01:09:37,469
Somehow Doug feels
that this stuff defines him.
917
01:10:03,095 --> 01:10:07,363
Doug had three prescriptions
before this accident.
918
01:10:38,829 --> 01:10:40,728
It's OK.
919
01:10:44,600 --> 01:10:48,467
It makes me feel guilty'cause I played along.
920
01:10:49,570 --> 01:10:52,737
A lot of things that
I was doing I knew were wrong.
921
01:10:52,739 --> 01:10:54,705
That is not going
to be on the film.
922
01:10:54,707 --> 01:10:57,307
Because you didn't do
anything wrong.
923
01:10:59,978 --> 01:11:03,346
Yeah, I feel really guilty
for working for them.
924
01:11:03,348 --> 01:11:07,650
I feel really guilty
for working for BP.
925
01:11:26,437 --> 01:11:28,170
Members of the committee,
926
01:11:28,172 --> 01:11:29,671
you cannot allow BP
and Transocean
927
01:11:29,673 --> 01:11:31,906
to continue
to conduct business this way.
928
01:11:31,908 --> 01:11:34,608
I hope that my testimony here
today leads to changes
929
01:11:34,610 --> 01:11:36,810
that make drilling rigs
safer places to work,
930
01:11:36,812 --> 01:11:38,945
so that a tragedy like this
never happens again.
931
01:11:38,947 --> 01:11:41,180
I had a statement I prepared,
and I was really nervous.
932
01:11:41,182 --> 01:11:43,115
You know,
I was kind of on autopilot.
933
01:11:43,117 --> 01:11:46,251
I was... The doctors had me
on some medication.
934
01:11:46,253 --> 01:11:48,019
So I was pretty heavily
medicated,
935
01:11:48,021 --> 01:11:50,554
and you know, still drinking
a lot at that time.
936
01:11:50,556 --> 01:11:53,223
So, you know, I just wasn't
feeling very well.
937
01:11:53,225 --> 01:11:55,024
But, you know,
938
01:11:55,026 --> 01:11:57,026
I recognize that it was important,
so I wanted to go do that.
939
01:11:57,028 --> 01:12:00,662
When we first went to
work on the Deepwater Horizon,
940
01:12:00,664 --> 01:12:03,131
we had a fully manned
engine room
941
01:12:03,133 --> 01:12:05,633
which consisted of six people.
942
01:12:05,635 --> 01:12:09,570
Over the years, after Transocean
began lessening the crew,
943
01:12:09,572 --> 01:12:11,772
I and others complained
that we need more help.
944
01:12:11,774 --> 01:12:15,675
They just kept telling us that
they would see what they could do.
945
01:12:17,412 --> 01:12:20,012
We have heard over and over
that the value
946
01:12:20,014 --> 01:12:24,582
of BP's stock has fallen.
But BP is selling
947
01:12:24,584 --> 01:12:28,485
for about the same price it was
a year ago today.
948
01:12:28,487 --> 01:12:32,655
So BP, Transocean, Halliburton,
and any other company
949
01:12:32,657 --> 01:12:36,891
will be back because
they have the infrastructure
950
01:12:36,893 --> 01:12:42,563
and economic might
to make more money.
951
01:12:42,565 --> 01:12:45,232
But Gordon'll never be back.
952
01:12:45,234 --> 01:12:46,999
Never.
953
01:12:49,770 --> 01:12:53,505
And neither will any of the ten
good men who died with him.
954
01:13:29,474 --> 01:13:31,974
Yes, I'm heading down
towards Morgan City.
955
01:13:31,976 --> 01:13:34,376
You can go in front of me
if you want to.
956
01:13:38,614 --> 01:13:41,481
You see that giant thing
with the yellow cranes on top?
957
01:13:41,483 --> 01:13:43,549
That didn't exist
six months ago.
958
01:13:43,551 --> 01:13:45,984
The moratorium on drilling
959
01:13:45,986 --> 01:13:48,786
and permitting
in the Gulf is over.
960
01:13:48,788 --> 01:13:51,922
Price of oil
has stabilized very high.
961
01:13:51,924 --> 01:13:56,525
Money is coming in,
and it is being spent.
962
01:13:58,662 --> 01:14:00,862
A few days ago,
somebody lit a torch
963
01:14:00,864 --> 01:14:04,965
and blew up an oil platform,
and a couple of guys died.
964
01:14:04,967 --> 01:14:07,000
I suppose I don't know
who else, what,
965
01:14:07,002 --> 01:14:12,071
but when you're doing this,
it can happen.
966
01:14:12,073 --> 01:14:15,074
Oil is the prize.
967
01:14:15,076 --> 01:14:19,511
Gold, in past lives,might have been the prize,
968
01:14:19,513 --> 01:14:22,480
but right now,energy is a currency.
969
01:14:22,482 --> 01:14:25,683
You can buy it with whatever,dollar or euro
970
01:14:25,685 --> 01:14:28,452
or whatever you want,but it is great wealth.
971
01:14:28,454 --> 01:14:30,654
And people fightand die over great wealth.
972
01:14:30,656 --> 01:14:33,023
They have forever.
973
01:14:34,826 --> 01:14:40,095
We have more oil rigsoperating now than ever.
974
01:14:40,097 --> 01:14:42,397
That's a fact.
975
01:14:42,399 --> 01:14:45,466
We've approved dozensof new pipelines
976
01:14:45,468 --> 01:14:48,569
to move oil across the country.
977
01:14:48,571 --> 01:14:52,372
So do not tell methat we're not drilling.
978
01:14:52,374 --> 01:14:55,742
We're drillingall over this country.
979
01:15:17,331 --> 01:15:19,297
It's thefirst oil and gas lease sale
980
01:15:19,299 --> 01:15:21,732
in the Central Gulfsince the Deepwater Horizon
981
01:15:21,734 --> 01:15:24,034
exploded more thantwo years ago.
982
01:15:24,036 --> 01:15:27,737
39 million acres of potentialoil and gas drilling
983
01:15:27,739 --> 01:15:30,506
are up for grabsin the Central Gulf of Mexico,
984
01:15:30,508 --> 01:15:33,442
a massive sale,with 48 companies
985
01:15:33,444 --> 01:15:35,377
submitting bidson hundreds of tracts.
986
01:15:35,379 --> 01:15:39,680
Anywhere from three milesto more than 230 miles
987
01:15:39,682 --> 01:15:42,215
off the Louisiana coast.
988
01:15:43,651 --> 01:15:46,485
One bid,
Exxon Mobil Corporation:
989
01:15:46,487 --> 01:15:50,488
$920,550.
990
01:15:52,291 --> 01:15:55,592
Lot 822, one bid...
991
01:15:55,594 --> 01:15:57,894
The oil concessions
that are granted offshore
992
01:15:57,896 --> 01:16:00,730
belong to the government,
and in order for BP
993
01:16:00,732 --> 01:16:02,732
or anyone else to drill,
they have to submit
994
01:16:02,734 --> 01:16:04,934
an application and bidand get a permit,
995
01:16:04,936 --> 01:16:08,370
and then they're givena lease to extract that oil
996
01:16:08,372 --> 01:16:09,637
that belongs to our government.
997
01:16:09,639 --> 01:16:11,372
Our government then gets paid
998
01:16:11,374 --> 01:16:15,642
by whoever produces that oilas a royalty interest.
999
01:16:15,644 --> 01:16:18,778
So our government isencouraging companies to go out
1000
01:16:18,780 --> 01:16:21,914
and exploit these oils becauseour government gets paid.
1001
01:16:44,804 --> 01:16:48,672
It is a bit disingenuousfor a US Agency
1002
01:16:48,674 --> 01:16:51,074
to be issuing permits
1003
01:16:51,076 --> 01:16:54,577
and then receiving
huge revenues from that,
1004
01:16:54,579 --> 01:16:56,712
but yet then politicians
beating up
1005
01:16:56,714 --> 01:17:00,281
on those very same companies for
their activities in the Gulf.
1006
01:17:17,266 --> 01:17:20,734
Generally it takes somekind of a traumatic event
1007
01:17:20,736 --> 01:17:23,069
to change people's behavior.
1008
01:17:23,071 --> 01:17:25,337
I'd hoped
that the Deepwater Horizon
1009
01:17:25,339 --> 01:17:29,707
was gonna raise everyone's
consciousness, but it didn't.
1010
01:17:29,709 --> 01:17:32,543
We had a moment in time
1011
01:17:32,545 --> 01:17:34,778
where everybody was payingvery close attention,
1012
01:17:34,780 --> 01:17:37,180
where we couldactually change the way
1013
01:17:37,182 --> 01:17:39,782
we think about burninghydrocarbons in this country.
1014
01:17:39,784 --> 01:17:42,851
And the political pressuresfrom the Congress,
1015
01:17:42,853 --> 01:17:45,854
from the Senate,and in the White House
1016
01:17:45,856 --> 01:17:51,226
pushed those issues to the side
and voted to stay status quo.
1017
01:18:08,444 --> 01:18:10,944
When BP madea commitment to the Gulf,
1018
01:18:10,946 --> 01:18:12,879
we knew it would take time,
1019
01:18:12,881 --> 01:18:15,014
but we were determinedto see it through.
1020
01:18:15,016 --> 01:18:18,584
I'm glad to report all beaches
and waters are open
1021
01:18:18,586 --> 01:18:20,719
for everyone to enjoy.
1022
01:18:20,721 --> 01:18:22,854
I hate the commercials.
1023
01:18:22,856 --> 01:18:25,756
I hate that they can spendall this money
1024
01:18:25,758 --> 01:18:29,325
and tell everybodyhow great things are down here.
1025
01:18:30,961 --> 01:18:33,328
I guess if it wasn't having
a good effect for them,
1026
01:18:33,330 --> 01:18:35,663
they wouldn't still run the commercials,
'cause they've been doing it
1027
01:18:35,665 --> 01:18:37,464
for a year and half at least.
1028
01:18:37,466 --> 01:18:42,202
And they've really picked it up
now that the trial's going on.
1029
01:18:53,748 --> 01:18:58,917
The trial that's going on is the biggest
civil-damage trial there's ever been.
1030
01:18:58,919 --> 01:19:01,986
Maybe there'll ever be,for all I know.
1031
01:19:04,256 --> 01:19:10,259
Now, I'm not on the trial team,
so I don't need to be here.
1032
01:19:10,261 --> 01:19:12,727
But nothing...
1033
01:19:14,430 --> 01:19:18,231
...is going on in the world...
1034
01:19:19,033 --> 01:19:21,700
...that's more important to me.
1035
01:19:21,702 --> 01:19:24,736
I want to hear
all the evidence.
1036
01:19:24,738 --> 01:19:28,439
I want to be there
when the world finds out
1037
01:19:28,441 --> 01:19:30,741
what these people have to say.
1038
01:19:50,896 --> 01:19:54,063
In this trial, the fine may be
1039
01:19:54,065 --> 01:19:57,733
many billions of dollars.
1040
01:19:57,735 --> 01:20:01,769
This is money we're talking
about that runs countries.
1041
01:20:03,606 --> 01:20:07,974
That's the kind of money that strongly
affects the United States budget.
1042
01:20:10,445 --> 01:20:12,445
I certainly thinkthat the people
1043
01:20:12,447 --> 01:20:15,314
who have the most stock,
1044
01:20:15,316 --> 01:20:20,451
that being an awful lotof executives at BP,
1045
01:20:20,453 --> 01:20:23,687
that means that they wouldreally feel it.
1046
01:20:23,689 --> 01:20:28,591
And somebody with BP ought
to start feeling something.
1047
01:20:28,593 --> 01:20:34,028
Sometimes somebody
ought to feel something...
1048
01:20:34,563 --> 01:20:36,162
...other than...
1049
01:20:36,697 --> 01:20:38,229
...greed.
1050
01:20:42,868 --> 01:20:45,134
Production in the US Gulf
1051
01:20:45,136 --> 01:20:47,236
is probably three yearsbehind schedule
1052
01:20:47,238 --> 01:20:49,071
because of the Macondo well.
1053
01:20:49,073 --> 01:20:50,639
But that's also
the next frontier, too,
1054
01:20:50,641 --> 01:20:54,075
the US Gulf, in terms of,
for production and discoveries.
1055
01:20:54,077 --> 01:20:55,709
It's unbelievable really.
1056
01:20:55,711 --> 01:20:58,712
The renaissance in United States
drilling is unbelievable.
1057
01:20:58,714 --> 01:21:02,382
What people don't realize
on energy is that effectively,
1058
01:21:02,384 --> 01:21:06,252
energy has been cheap in the
United States from day one.
1059
01:21:06,254 --> 01:21:08,988
I really believe
the US economic advantage
1060
01:21:08,990 --> 01:21:11,490
for the last 100 years
has been cheap energy.
1061
01:21:11,492 --> 01:21:13,925
Yeah. And it's gonna turn
to that again.
1062
01:21:13,927 --> 01:21:15,326
It's turning right now.
1063
01:21:15,328 --> 01:21:17,761
What about
the impact of shale gas?
1064
01:21:17,763 --> 01:21:20,830
- Exactly.
- - And oil. Both.
1065
01:21:20,832 --> 01:21:22,131
Coal. Coal.
1066
01:21:22,133 --> 01:21:23,899
We have enough
coal to last 150 years.
1067
01:21:23,901 --> 01:21:25,200
We're the Saudi Arabia of coal.
1068
01:21:25,202 --> 01:21:27,302
It's too dirty,
but the engineers...
1069
01:21:27,304 --> 01:21:29,737
- You know, between carbon sequestration...
- They're shutting them down.
1070
01:21:29,739 --> 01:21:31,305
You know where
the dirty coal's going?
1071
01:21:31,307 --> 01:21:33,040
Going to China
because they don't care,
1072
01:21:33,042 --> 01:21:34,941
and they're going to
burn it all.
1073
01:21:34,943 --> 01:21:37,476
If it's the cheapest BTU,
China takes it.
1074
01:21:37,478 --> 01:21:39,277
Bill Richardson was
at this hotel the other night,
1075
01:21:39,279 --> 01:21:41,045
giving a talk, they said,
"Mr. Secretary,
1076
01:21:41,047 --> 01:21:44,681
what do you feel about
the future for solar and wind?"
1077
01:21:44,683 --> 01:21:46,749
And he said, "Well,
let me tell you this.
1078
01:21:46,751 --> 01:21:50,219
The sun don't always shine,
and the wind don't always blow."
1079
01:21:50,221 --> 01:21:53,422
So natural gas is our future.
1080
01:21:53,424 --> 01:21:55,023
And I agree with that.
1081
01:21:55,025 --> 01:21:58,292
In the next 10 to 20 years,
I agree with that totally.
1082
01:21:58,294 --> 01:22:00,294
I think longer term,
solar will have a place.
1083
01:22:00,296 --> 01:22:04,097
At the end of the day, people are
concerned about the environment.
1084
01:22:04,099 --> 01:22:08,668
And what plays into gas is
we had an explosion in the Gulf.
1085
01:22:08,670 --> 01:22:13,171
We had the nuclear meltdown
in Japan.
1086
01:22:13,173 --> 01:22:16,040
- Which is scary.
- Which is scary, so...
1087
01:22:16,042 --> 01:22:19,710
- Wanna pay more for that?
- So what's your poison?
1088
01:22:19,712 --> 01:22:23,346
- Like, Al Gore once...
- Let's not say poison. Let's say, what's...
1089
01:22:23,348 --> 01:22:25,314
- What's your preference?
- What's your cost tolerance?
1090
01:22:25,316 --> 01:22:28,050
What's your cost tolerance
for something you think
1091
01:22:28,052 --> 01:22:29,518
is politically acceptable?
1092
01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:31,253
Yeah, but why is it
that the oil industry
1093
01:22:31,255 --> 01:22:33,755
doesn't do a better job
of educating the public
1094
01:22:33,757 --> 01:22:37,792
when we're the most high-profile
industry out there and yet...
1095
01:22:37,794 --> 01:22:42,196
Led by the big international
majors, Exxon, Shell, and BP,
1096
01:22:42,198 --> 01:22:44,131
they didn't think they have
to answer to anybody.
1097
01:22:44,133 --> 01:22:46,266
They thought it was going to be
beholden to the legislators
1098
01:22:46,268 --> 01:22:47,967
to be open and transparent.
1099
01:22:47,969 --> 01:22:49,768
They didn't want
to talk to anybody.
1100
01:22:49,770 --> 01:22:51,870
There was an arrogance
there, too, was a problem.
1101
01:22:51,872 --> 01:22:55,139
There's a huge arrogance. Why
should we have one dollar gasoline?
1102
01:22:55,141 --> 01:22:58,308
Or two dollar gasoline or three
dollar? Why should we have that?
1103
01:22:58,310 --> 01:23:00,043
Personally,
I think we should tax
1104
01:23:00,045 --> 01:23:01,744
the living hell out of gasoline,
I think we should...
1105
01:23:01,746 --> 01:23:04,813
That's a political statement,
not an energy statement.
1106
01:23:04,815 --> 01:23:09,617
OK, but in general, if you want to curb
emissions, right, curb energy use...
1107
01:23:09,619 --> 01:23:11,952
People will be looking for cars
that drive 30 miles a gallon.
1108
01:23:11,954 --> 01:23:13,520
Do you really want to?
I don't know.
1109
01:23:13,522 --> 01:23:14,921
Do you really want to?
1110
01:23:14,923 --> 01:23:17,790
Is it a false god
we're trying to worship?
1111
01:23:17,792 --> 01:23:21,627
Americans in general believe
they should have cheap gasoline.
1112
01:23:21,629 --> 01:23:24,162
- Gasoline should be cheap.
- Americans in general believe that.
1113
01:23:24,164 --> 01:23:26,030
Well, why should we have
cheap products?
1114
01:23:26,032 --> 01:23:28,165
They love their cars,
and they like to drive.
1115
01:23:28,167 --> 01:23:30,200
They think it's our birthright.
1116
01:23:30,202 --> 01:23:32,969
I don't think people realize
how lucky we are.
1117
01:24:56,753 --> 01:24:58,152
Baby...
1118
01:25:01,724 --> 01:25:04,124
You don't get burned.
1119
01:25:23,477 --> 01:25:25,510
You need four?
1120
01:27:14,149 --> 01:27:16,549
Lord, hear our prayers.
1120
01:27:17,305 --> 01:27:23,722
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