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ISBN: 9780985877231 Géneros: PD:RBG:THFP Sinópsis: The authorJ A John Turleyis a retired petroleumengineering professor drilling manager and oilandgas executive He wrote mysteries for ten years before BP’s April 2010 Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico after which he fully committed his research and writing time to the realworld disasterLooking for answers to an oftenrepeated questionWhat happened to that rig in the Gulfhe studied publicly available depositions well data and investigative reports ignored fingerpointing pontificating attorneys and hearsay evidence and assessed the cause of the disaster from engineering operations and management perspectives Defining the cause of the blowout and applying results to future wells became 1 the subject of his widely acclaimed book THE SIMPLE TRUTH BP39s Macondo Blowout and 2 the basis for his professional speaking platform with seventyfive presentations in eleven countries and across the US to operating companies professional societies technical conferences and petroleum engineering universities He was named a Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE Distinguished Lecturer for 20152016 through which he made his last 30 presentations to SPE sections on a global basis The book is written as narrativenonfiction with surrogate characters representing the 11 men who died as well as those who survivedTurley’s presentations consistently garner audience interest in his research findings and recommendations  That said taking away the audience translating inflected dialog into ink paper and pixels and preserving and further disseminating the message became the driving force in putting together his followon book FROM THE PODIUM The Cause of BP’s Macondo Blowout  Throughout the nonfiction book no people no dialog just facts he focuses strictly on the datadriven engineering and operating cause of the disaster as if from a podium in front of an academic and professional audience His presentationsand FROM THE PODIUM