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title: 60 Minutes, 05.16.10 - 60 Minutes - CBS News
date: 2010-05-25T10:01:03Z
modified: 2010-05-25T10:01:03Z
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  - Environment
author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2010-05-25T10:01:03Z
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  - Environment
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 via [cbsnews.com](http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6490509n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo)

CBS 60 Minutes interviewed Mike Williams chief electronics technician aboard Deepwater Horizon in Gulf of Mexico 
 Four weeks before the explosion, a blowout preventer was damaged in an accident. The blowout preventer is vital piece of protection equipment to seal the well shut in the event of a blowout, its the crews only hope. Large chunks of rubber part of the seal called the annular broke off the “BOP”, the supervisor of the rig said its no big deal.

Please watch the video to grasp what truly happened and watch experts analyze how dangerous the rush to move forward with operations pushed by BP led to the cataclysmic disaster that is dumping the equivalent to an Exxon Valdez every 4 to 7 days into the Gulf of Mexico 
To make matters worse learn about The Atlantis Offshore oil platform which may eclipse this disaster in the future.



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