The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

Summary by Krater

This investigation examines BP's corporate culture of cost-cutting and risk-taking, tracing how leadership decisions and ignored safety warnings contributed to catastrophic incidents including the Texas City refinery explosion, the Prudhoe Bay pipeline spills, and the Deepwater Horizon blowout.

From the video

Answers: What caused BP's series of catastrophic safety failures and disasters?

• BP safety culture and cost-cutting
• Texas City refinery explosion
• Prudhoe Bay pipeline corrosion and spills
• Deepwater Horizon blowout
• Corporate accountability in the oil industry

What it concludes

• BP's relentless focus on cost-cutting and maximizing profit led to chronic neglect of safety infrastructure and a series of preventable disasters.
• Internal documents and investigations revealed that BP management routinely deferred maintenance, ignored worker warnings, and employed unqualified inspectors.
• Despite repeated catastrophic failures across its refineries and pipelines, top executives faced no personal criminal charges and corporate safety culture remained compromised.