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Oil

It’s April 20, 2010.

The team of the Deepwater Horizon is in a hurry to finish their latest drilling project.

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They’re the best in the industry. Last year, they set the record for the deepest oil-well on Earth.

One of the men is checking the equipment, but something isn't right... mud is coming up from the well.

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From the movie Deepwater Horizon

One of the best trailers I've seen in a long time. But as you learned in the previous quest: oil is mostly dead plants, not dinosaurs.

 

9 minutes later, the platform explodes.

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People head for the lifeboats, others jump into the oily ocean.

The platform burns for two days before it sinks and leaves behind a massive leak on the Ocean floor.

Disaster should have been avoided. But the company was taking risks to make more money.

All four share another record:

They’re part of the 100 companies that have produced 70% of the world’s emissions.

Source: The Guardian