S1E15 DOOMWATCH - THE DEEPWATER CONSPIRACY THEORY

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SEASON 4 EPISODE 15

THE DEEPWATER

CONSPIRACY THEORYWritten by MATTHEW SPENCER

Joseph Goldsmith couldnt write the report, no matter how much he needed to. He had

struggled so much, fearing the information that he had uncovered and how this would

affect the world. After a brandy and four cigarettes he sat down to pen the report. To

help him focus, allow him to connect all the dots, he picked up the file next to himand thumbed through the timeline of events inside:

19 April 2010: Reports of arguments over the decided removal ofdense drilling mud from the pipes of the BP (British Petroleum) ownedDeepwater Horizon offshore oil platform and its replacement withlighter sea water, even though a second cement plug had yet to beplaced and greatly escalating the risk of an explosion.

20 April 2010: After weeks of frequent and forceful contact with

volatile natural gasses released from the ocean bed the DeepwaterHorizon exploded, causing the deaths of 11 workers and the leakage ofseveral thousand tons of oil from a ruptured pipe line. Initialinvestigation into the matter revealed that BP, who was leased theplatform, Transocean and Halliburton had all failed to maintain currentsafety check procedures and investigate potential solutions to the everpresent problem of the flammable gas pockets which were reported astravelling up the pipes.

26 May 2010: A US Facebook group demanding the abolition of BPsAmerican stations is created; Boycott BP. It has over 1,000 activeusers. Protesters have begun sitting in American BP station forecourtsto prevent the flow of custom. National outrage is pointed squarely atBP for the damage to the environment and the repercussions it willhave in the near future.

29 May 2010: An estimated 7,000 to 10,000 tons of oil has leaked intothe Gulf of Mexico. Attempts at plugging the hole with debris such astyres and hair have been put into motion.

02 June 2010: BP announces it will be personally paying for all coastal

barricades around the oil-inflicted areas. The operation is set in motion


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to cordon off all public access to the ravaged areas. Pressure isincreasing from the public to cut Americas ties with BP.Today saw the launch of the first response to close up the damagedlength of piping; earlier this afternoon a diamond-tipped saw has beensent to the source of the leak to sever the pipe and seal off the spill.

BP is confident this will pave the way to settling the incident.

03 June 2010: President Barack Obama stated during a public addressthat was angry and frustrated by BPs handling of the DeepwaterHorizon incident, suspending all drilling operation in the Gulf ofMexicos 33 oil wells until tighter regulations have been emplaced. Theoil sheen has been sighted just 10 miles off of Floridas white-sandsbeach. Attempts to block the pipe have proven unsuccessful.

Yesterdays attempt at sealing the pipe failed when the diamond sawbecame snagged. Alternative methods in closing the pipe were

employed via the use of robotic shears have since been dispatched toclamp the ends of the pipe. Plans for the digging of two relief wellshave been discussed by the heads of BP although they fear it will besome weeks until this project is put into operation.

05 June 2010: Plans for surface oil to be salvaged by BP trawler shipsare discussed for the following days.

Joseph skims this last page which has several of the days news reports paper clipped

to it and moves on to a handwritten piece. With no further information at hand the

timeline from here was merely predictions of future events; however Joseph isincreasingly inclined to believe this potential flow of events

19 June 2010: BP launches its trawler clean up procedure nearly twoweeks later than planned.

26 June: The surface water oil clean up is disbanded after minimalprogress. Only several hundred tons of oil are salvaged and provideslittle to no benefit to the environmental damage.

12 July 2010: BP faces heavy profit losses across the eastern coast of

America and the southern belt within heavily Republican states.

06 August 2010: The first of two relief wells is dug successfully beginsits first day of construction, however experts argue that this providesno solution to the 17,000 tons of oil that has escaped the burst well,and that the project will end up costing more than the company couldpossibly justify.

10 August 2010: The relief well project is disbanded. Americanshareholders are abandoning the failing company, sending BP shares

into an all time low. The far reaching effect this will have on Europeanand Asian investors has yet to be determined.


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29 August 2010: BPs foreign shares are at an all time low and profitloss far outweighing profits. Domestic shares are in BP rapid decline.With the unsalvageable loss of over 13, 000 tons of oil from the worldreserves, the Obama administration calls a crisis in global oil stocks. In

response America increases the domestic cost of oil and oil-basedproducts, and raise the price of foreign exports by 39%. Foreignimporters are predicted to fall as a direct result.

31 August 2010: No European investors have displayed interest inproviding relief funds for BP.

09 September 2010: BP makes a public declaration of bankruptcy. Dueto the crippling losses there is no relief fund or pension plan for its96200+ employees. Union leadings responded by organising a

picketing of BP home office by all employees to get some form ofcompensation.

14 September 2010: At 16.00 MGT, Halliburton, Oil States Industries,Tide Water, ConocoPhillips, Transocean and Baker Hughes Inc.announce intentions to buy up BPs remaining properties and reserves.

19 September 2010: BP worldwide is officially closed down and itsassets liquidated to the American and Mexican governments asreparations for the incident.

The unionised picketing proved ultimately unsuccessful. Unemploymentis predicted to rise exponentially due to the massive layoffs and thedomino effect of BPs closure, both foreign and domestic.Corporate buy-outs of BPs assets place a majority of British oil wellsunder American ownership.

11 October 2010: Facing pressure from within and a power strugglefrom the Republican Party, the Obama Administration announces

America will be reducing its exportation of domestic oil to foreignbuyers by half. Prior to this the country imported a record high offoreign oil. Foreign backlash is set to resort to boycotting non-essential

American products in an attempt to strangle hold the country.

08 December 2010: The foreign power struggle increase betweenAmerica and the UN, who previously declared their disapproval ofAmericas hoarding of oil in the face of dwindling reserves. Americaremains steadfast in its refusal to export additional oil.

18 April 2011: In the 7 months since its forceful independence fromAmerican oil, the EU, Middle Eastern, Russian and Asian governmentshave agreed an alternate solution to world energy will be essential

within the next two decades. America is absent from these discussions.


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17 December 2012: The Republican Party wins the Presidential electionby a landslide. The President Elect declares that his administration willchange the way America does international business and push thecountry into a new age of prosperity.

Joseph sighs and puts down the paper. Everything from here was pure speculation yetbased on what he had uncovered so far and after hypothesising the situation from

every angle it was the only logical outcome. Dragging over his laptop he opened the

document and began to add new amendments.

12 February 2013: The Republican Party take presidential office andmake good on their electoral promise by swiftly cutting all oil exports.Some politicians are feeling threatened by the growth of relationswithin Europe and feel they can restore Americas dominance bywithholding oil until the nations are desperate enough to bow to

Americas will.

July 2014: European oil stocks are at crisis level, CNN earlier reported,allowing Middle Eastern oil companies to demand higher export tariffsfollowing the unplanned destruction of several Russian oil platforms.Russian reporters cite these incidents as a lapse in health and safetyprotocols among many of their more antique stations and will hitch uptheir prices, furthering the stranglehold oil exporters have over Europe.The added knock on effect will be a drive towards a new energy sourcethat unites all the key players of Europe in a single goal.

January 2021: Europe is now totally free from its oil dependency,having discovered a renewable energy source as a direct consequenceof the constraints of the oil embargo, allowing money to be invested inbetter educational, public, and scientific sectors. With oil no longer aviable export; talks are to take place with Middle Eastern and Asianelectorates to discuss joining the EU energy programme.

May 2022: European relations with the Middle East have improved butthere is no end to the persecution of Israeli and Palestinian citizens.Despite this, the EU is confident that the strengthening of West-East

relations can be considered the first major step in ending the crisiswithin the next few generations.

March 2023: American national wealth decreases for the seventhfinancial year as a direct result of the oil export embargo. There ismixed public and political reaction to possibly reopening trade withEurope at high cost.

April 2023: America attempts talks with the EU over re-opening traderoutes, however the offer is declined due to new found self-sufficiency

between the nations of Europe and the success of the renewableenergy programme.


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June 2023: In the wake of failed negotiations with Europe, Americanfinancial experts predict an onset of depression to hit the countrywithin the next 2-3 years as a direct consequence of the oil trade. Onequarter of American towns and cities will become host to expanding

slum areas as poverty becomes a more widespread occurrence.

October 2023: America opens trade routs with China exporting oil forhalf the desired price. Though this is predicted to bring in an initialflood of wealth, the over all scheme will do little to solve the economiccrisis facing America.

August 2025: The total number of slum areas in the US will double thatof figures taken just 8 years prior. The areas most likely to be hit arecity districts with already low public spending and employment

prospects. Despite this many of the central metropolitan areas remainunaffected.

September 2029: The first cases of civil unrest are reported in Americaover dwindling oil stocks and inflation of petrol. Riots are predictable,most likely at service stations possibly without intent. There will bedeaths and large numbers of wounded as authorities are called in todeal with the escalating situation. Increased incidences of rioting andnew anti-authoritarian sentimentality will appear in the north-westcoast regions first, spreading along the north-south divide states and

with lesser cases occurring on the eastern coast.

Joseph throws precaution to the wind as his typing becomes faster and his writing less

halting, predicting the future..

Autumn 2030: Petitions for a new government and a renewal of talkswith Europe are rife along social networking sites and high streets thecountry over. Gas stations throughout the country face eitherboycotting protesters or panicked looters as the country descends intoanarchy in all but the richer regions.In the face of growing civil upheaval a stateofemergency isannounced. America is now under martial law until the military is ableto restore civic peace. The White House and Congress go intoemergency lock-down until such time as the peace has been restored.Winter 2030: Amidst rising civil unrest the President holds a publicaddress from the steps of Congress, his first public appearance sincemartial law was declared last month. Although the Secret Service wereclearly expecting to see a riot no one could have predicted the crowdssurge en mass and assault the podium. From what sources close to theincident are saying, the guards opened fire after warning the crowd

several times. Anarchy reigns supreme. America tears itself apart andenters a new pre-industrial decline as the united world watches.


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Report ends.

Joseph saves the document and closes the laptop. He couldnt believe that in this

period of economic crisis the rich oil barons were crushing the poor like some throw

back to Catholicism in the 11th century. Yet back then there was less chance of thesanario self-cannibalising, unlike nowadays where information is readily available for

all those dedicated enough to search for it. Problems only happen when people are

blind sighted by their own ignorance, and what better way for keeping a populous

ignorant than an age of instant gratification, commodification and consumerism that

keep them contented while the bureaucrats and politicians work out how to screw the

next guy over. Scratch that Joseph could believe it, after all; why use weapons of

mass destruction when you can convert the people to weapons of mass consumption?

This all came about while digging deeper into the Deepwater incident, specifically the

direction of funding and demolition equipment from American oil companies with

direct links to the Republican Party during the salvage attempts. The trail had led him

through various contacts he had with former congressmen who had since fledunderground. In the end it all came down to the bottom dollar. Oil was and is still the

easiest and quickest way to retrieve the money owed America by other countries for

war aid loans, and so the world is made increasingly dependent on US oil. America

had been getting uncomfortable around the western drive towards cheap renewable

energy when the sale of oil kept the country afloat. Political and financial figures

agreed that gluttonously draining the worlds raw resources and sinking other

countries deeper into debt over extortionate oil prices was a small price compared to

the continuation of the American Dream. In order to achieve this they had driven

away foreign oil companies from wells within the American territories, sabotaging all

attempts at closing off the Deepwater leak they had instigated using their men on the

inside, and ruining the reputation of BP internationally until the company had no

choice but to withdraw and sell off its remaining assets to the highest bidders

naturally these buyers would be American. His theory of a Russian oil platform

catastrophe and the knock-on effect this would have on increasing Eastern export

prices was one Joseph was proud of, in the most cynical of ways; Americas attempt

to make Europe pay dear when cheaper options were available elsewhere was a

foolhardy notion, and so by setting off events that would in turn make Russia an

equally expensive supplier America could tighten its income from Europe in a classic

stranglehold manoeuvre.

Joseph smiled grimly to himself. Naturally Americas downfall would be its inabilityto look for alternative fuels ready for the time of dwindling reserves. There was no

chance of risking its proud and lofty position by admitting they could be heading

down a path of destruction and squandering its precious reserves. Yet still he could

save this from becoming reality. By publishing his findings he could save BPs foreign

reputation and thus negating the destructive inflation of oil prices. But what if it

failed? What if instead there was a worldwide backlash that ended up causing more

problems than those America alone could face on this current course?

Better the devil you know? he exhaled with head perched contemplatively on palm,

flicking off the table lamp and brooding in the silent darkness.

Joseph needed council. The following day Joseph handed the report into Adam Quist.At the moment only a select few had seen it and there were mixed feelings on what


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exactly to do with the information. Exposure could prove disastrous yet the public had

the right to be informed. As Adam read the report Joseph was surprised at the lack of

emotion his face displayed displayed.

Well, what do you think Mr Quist?

Adam hesitated.

This could all be true?We believe it to be so.

We?

I have relatives who own shares in various oil companies BP, Dezak and such. Five

years ago I began an auditing position. It has always been encouraged that we should

apply creative accounting to our charters. I have little doubt as to the levels that these

people would go to.

Adam leaned back in his chair.

I see. So it seems that the stereotypical capitalist fat cats have nothing on these

criminals. Question is where do we go from here? This Intel could no damage

seriously shatter Anglo-American relations. If we could get people to believe it of

courseIve thought about the problems it could cause among the world powers. Worst case

sanario isnt a pretty one. Were talking anarchy that could tear America down from

within in less than thirty years.

Adam stood up tall and put the kettle on. He noticed a pigeon fly past the window.

The personal danger on you once they find out you were the one who published the

conspiracy only adds to the problem.

What about if I leak the document anomalously? Joseph inquired.

The exact same reaction: heads will roll officially and unofficially. And theyd find a

way of discovering who you are, no matter the lengths you go to. My friend you are in

an impossible situation. Damned if you do, damned if you dont. In the end its for

you to decide what is more important to you: your life or your soul?

With that Joseph seized the file and left. As the door closed Adam wished he could

have been of more assistance but he had his own demons to fight. He switched the

kettle off and then opened a nearby draw and pulled out a bottle of whisky.

That night Joseph sat in his home by the fire watching the document burn.

THE END

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