Disaster on the Horizon For media inquiries contact:

Elliott Bent
The Deepwater Well Blowout: What elliott@ksefocus.com
Happened and Why 802.238.0666

Bob Cavnar Kevin Ellis

$14.95 US • Paperback kevin@ksefocus.com
ISBN 978-1603583169 802.371.8112
5 3⁄8 x 8 3⁄8 • 224 pages

Release Date: October 15, 2010 Chelsea Green Publisher:

Pub Date: November 1, 2010 Margo Baldwn
mbaldwin@chelseagreen.com
http://chelseagreen.com 802.295.6300 ext.102

Chelsea Green Publishes First Book on Gulf Oil Disaster

Critical Investigation from Industry Insider
White River Junction, VT --- Chelsea Green Publishing announced today that it will publish the first book on the Gulf oil
disaster by a prominent oil industry insider – and do it in record time.
The Vermont-based publisher will publish Disaster on the Horizon: The Deepwater Well Blowout: What Happened and
Why by oil industry executive and analyst Bob Cavnar.
“There will be many other books on this disaster but Bob Cavnar brings a unique perspective from inside the industry,’’
Publisher Margo Baldwin said. “He is the only knowledgeable oil man who can write the book that will dissect and explain
what happened and what BP has done to keep the full story from public view. He has been in constant demand from the
media for expertise on the accident from outlets such as MSNBC and TODAY.”
Disaster on the Horizon is a behind-the-scenes investigative look at the worst oil well accident in US history, which has
led to the current environmental and economic catastrophe in the Gulf. Cavnar uses his 30 years in the business to take
readers inside the disaster, exposing the decisions leading up to the blowout and the immediate aftermath. It will provide a
layman’s look at the industry, its technology, people, and risks. It will deconstruct events and decisions made by BP, Trans-
ocean, and the US Government before and after the disaster, and the effects of those decisions, both good and bad.
Cavnar explains what happened in the Gulf, explores how we arrived at deep water drilling in the first place and then charts
a course for how to avoid these disasters in the future.
Disaster on the Horizon will be published simultaneously as a paperback and e-book.

Bob Cavnar is a 30-year veteran of the oil and gas industry with deep experience in operations,
start-ups, turn-arounds, and management of both public and private companies. He was most
recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Milagro Exploration, a large, privately held oil and gas
exploration firm based in Houston, Texas with operations along the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi Gulf
Coasts, and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Cavnar holds a Master of Business Administration degree
from Southern Methodist University and completed the Program for Management Development at the
Harvard Business School. He lives in Houston, Texas and blogs at DailyHurricane.com

About Chelsea Green For 25 years, Chelsea Green has been the publishing leader for books on the politics
and practice of sustainable living. We are a founding member of the Green Press Initiative and have been printing
books on recycled paper since 1985, when our first list of books appeared. We lead the industry both in terms of
content—foundational books on renewable energy, green building, organic agriculture, eco-cuisine, and ethical
business—and in terms of environmental practice, printing 95 percent of our books on recycled paper with a minimum 30 percent post-
consumer waste and aiming for 100 percent whenever possible. This approach is a perfect example of what is called a “triple bottom
line” practice, one that benefits people, planet, and profit, and the emerging new model for sustainable business in the 21st century.

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