javeling it into a nearby truck, as you can see in this picture. amazingly, nobody was killed. there was only one injury associated with this accident. one concussion. oil industry veteran bob cavnar who blogs put us on to in this week. this is incredible. that frac stack which went flying which hempville county is part of the truck it s like a blowout preventer, you might remember from the deepwater horizon disaster. the frac stack is supposed to function sort of like that, to keep the wellhead under control if something goes wrong. well, this is the hole where the wellhead used to be after this kerfuffle in hempville county. spectacular and very visible failure in the world s most profitable industry is often a very, very visible form of failure. and in that regard, i see you hempville, texas, fracking accident and i raise you the career of one very senior shell oil executive. a very weird story. that s coming up.
associated with this accident. one concussion. oil industry veteran bob cavnar who blogs put us on to in this week. this is incredible. that frac stack which went applying which hempville county is part of the truck it s like a blowout preventer, you might remember from the deepwater horizon disaster. the frac stack is supposed to function sort of like that, to keep the well head under control if something goes wrong. well, this is the hole where the well head used to be after this kerfuffle in hempville county. spectacular and very visible failure in the world s most profitable industry is often a very, very visible form of failure. and in that regard, i see you hempville, texas, fracking accident and i raise you the career of one very senior shell oil executive. a very weird story. that s coming up.
off of that island, and shell is now making preparations to drag it away, maybe to asia for repairs. but if it makes that journey, it will join its sister ship, this other one, which is also on its way to asia. this is the one where the crew had to get lawyers to avoid talking to the coast guard about all the safety violations. these are the two ships that shell sent up there after they got those coveted permits. when the coast guard originally boarded that rig back in november, they found 16 safety violations. well, thanks to congressman edmaed mark markey s office, we got the list. it s not a good list. violation number four, main engine piston cooling water is contaminated with sludge and oil. crew skims the oil off with a ladle and bucket during rounds. yes, that sort of ladle. yes, that sort of bucket. well called bob cavnar today who has been a guest a number of our times. we wanted to get his take on the violation. he told us the most serious aren t the ladle and bucket thing, b
now making preparations to drag it away, maybe to asia for repairs. but if it makes that journey, it will join its sister ship, this other one, which is also on its way to asia. this is the one where the crew had to get lawyers to avoid talking to the coast guard about all the safety violations. these are the two ships that shell sent up there after they got those coveted permits. when the coast guard originally boarded that rig back in november, they found 16 safety violations. well, thanks to congressman ed markey s office, we got the list. it s not a good list. violation number four, main engine piston cooling water is contaminated with sludge and oil. crew skims the oil off with a ladle and bucket during rounds. yes, that sort of ladle. yes, that sort of bucket. well called bob cavnar today who has been a guest a number of our times. we wanted to get his take on the violation. he told us the most serious aren t the ladle and bucket thing, but the ones related to things like self-cl
creating the potential for a major oil spill. that was april 22enned of last year, we did not know, of course, how bad it would get. those 11 workers who went missing that night never returned home. we could not know that the blown well would keep spewing millions of barrels of oil for three months into the gulf of mexico. we did not know that night what had precipitated the accident. now we know some of what went wrong, but congressional action to fix it has so far consisted of $40 billion worth of correspondent welfare for the industry, and making it quicker for them to get their permits, no matter how safe this sort of drilling is. joining us now is bob cavnar. he was president and ceo of an oil drilling firm. he s author of the book, disaster on the horizon. thanks for joining us tonight. good to be with you, rachel.