Summary Of The Simple Truth By J. A. Turley

The Simple Truth by J.A. Turley is a dramatization of an actual event, the tragic oil spill that occurred in April 2010 on the site of BP’s Macondo drilling site. Because of this, Turley’s book is often highly technical and alludes to many actual people, places, and events. The whole story is meant to dissect the now distant disaster that resulted in over a dozen deaths, but also serves to entertain the reader, much in the same way James Cameron entertained movie goers in “Titanic”. The best place to start with understanding BP’s Macondo blowout is to first research the actual rig where the events leading up to the disaster took place. Additionally it is necessary to understand the personnel that live and work on the offshore drilling. Lastly understanding what a blowout is and how one actually occurs achieves a brief study into the Macondo blowout.
The company that actually owned the rig was Transocean, who then rented out the vessel to BP for drilling use on the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig itself was designed and built in 2000 to Reading and Bates Falcon RBS-8D design specifications. The dynamically positioned semisubmersible was also referred to as a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit or MODU. Water-rated to 10,000 feet and well-depth rated to 30,000 feet, the Deepwater Horizon was not surpassing its capacity in 2010 when it was drilling at water depth of only 5,000 feet and a well depth that never reached 20,000