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Marker.

Action!

Lift the cards up.

I can't see them down there.

"Every year...

"hundreds of thousands

of Porcupine caribou...

"make their way down

from the Ogilvie Mountains...

"to the coastal plains of Alaska.

"They come to feed

off the tundra grasses...

"and to have their children.

"Children like these little guys...

"right here.

"You see, we at Aegis Oil believe...

"in protecting our natural treasures.

"We believe in keeping them safe...

"for future generations to enjoy.

"After all...

"the earth is our home too.

"Who cares?

"We do, at Aegis Oil."

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F***, these animals stink!

Bring me a washcloth!

Take that.

Tell me more about the fire.

What exactly did we lose?

We lost the rig.

- File a claim with Lloyd's of London.

- Already done.

There were three fatalities.

We'll know about two others today.

- All roughnecks?

- Yes, sir.

Offer the standard settlement.

Bruce, would you get the f*** out of here,

please?

Sir, I glanced at the standard settlement

recently...

and I think that the long-term benefits

for the surviving spouses are...

unnecessarily generous.

Now you know why I love this woman.

Amend the settlement as you see fit.

What's the position on Aegis-1?

Surely you understand that

on any substantial construction project...

particularly one of this size,

there are inevitable delays.

How long do they say now?

Twenty-one days.

Goddamn it, we have 13 days!

Thirteen!

Sir, we have two crews working full-time.

Put on a third crew!

Why is this so hard for you to understand?

Get out of here!

I don't give a sh*t! Let me explain...

- You look ten years younger.

- Get out!

Aegis-1 is going to be the biggest rig

and refinery...

on the face of this planet.

And if it is not on-line and operational

in 13 days...

then the oil rights will revert back

to the goddamn Eskimos.

That is not going to happen.

There's something else.

A friend of mine at the EPA says he hears

that they have an unnamed source...

making noises

about substandard equipment...

at Aegis-1.

There was discussion

of faulty preventers, specifically.

Hugh...

Palmer.

Now, wouldn't that be lovely?

We'd lose the oil rights...

worth billions of dollars a week.

I don't need that kind

of problem right now.

You're the people I hired...

to help me get rid

of these kinds of problems.

Life goes on.

Sure does.

Holy sh*t!

Sir, security alert in progress.

I'll take it on the box.

Nothing major, but you'd red-flagged

Forrest Taft for security access.

Yes, of course.

Well, he's into an Aegis-1 requisitions file.

He used his security code to gain access

to the main computer?

That is correct.

Well done.

It seems your friend, Forrest Taft...

has gained access

to a restricted Aegis-1 file.

A requisition file...

that includes the purchase

of all preventers.

That is a problem.

If I might...

l'd like to be the first to volunteer

to take care of that problem as well.

I suggest you take care

of the Hugh Palmer problem first.

He's the immediate threat.

He certainly is.

And change the access code.

Hugh?

Hello? Anybody home?

- Sh*t!

- Hugh?

Hugh Palmer.

There you are.

Good morning. How are you?

Otto and l...

came to offer you a ride

to Mr. Jennings' press conference.

It starts in a few hours.

He'd like you to be there with him

just to clear up a few things.

What kind of things?

Well....

Actually, why don't we sit down?

Yeah, please, it's your home.

For starters, Hugh...

that spill in the cove the other day

was actually nobody's fault but your own.

And all this business

about substandard equipment...

has nothing to do with anything, does it?

You tell Jennings...

l've rolled over for you bastards

long enough.

If he uses those same preventers

when Aegis-1 goes on-line...

there'll be a goddamned disaster.

And I don't want any part of it.

It's just one guy talking, but I gotta tell you

that's a very poor attitude on your part.

Here's what we're gonna do.

Let's skip the press conference

all together?

Good.

Because if this is what you truly believe...

l just don't see how your being there

will help Mr. Jennings in any way.

I am, however, gonna have to ask you

for your pipe tally books.

I'm certain you know

which ones I'm talking about.

They were the ones that you promised

to supply the EPA with.

Listen!

Stupid sh*t!

Tie him up!

You with me?

I've got nothing here!

You consider yourself a modern guy?

Sometimes modern guys...

are a little too modern

for their own f***ing good.

- What the...

- Sh*t.

Which I think is going to be the case here...

because most modern guys put a logbook

under their computer.

Only thing is...

your computer's been downloaded.

I'm afraid that's a problem.

That's your problem.

Oh, yeah.

Why don't we cut through all this rat sh*t?

At present count,

you only have ten fingers.

I honestly don't want to have

to ask you ten times.

Where are your books?

I want the disks and I want those books.

I'm telling you, I don't have them!

Have you listened to yourself lately?

Have you?

Everything with you is "l, l, l."

There is no "l" in "team."

It is T-E-A-M.

Team!

Better quit while you're ahead.

You know what I'm saying?

While you can still play marbles.

Where are the disks?

Where are the books?

F*** you!

F*** me? No, f*** you!

Hugh.

Go to hell.

Okay.

Okay, I'll go to hell.

Hugh, you want to talk

about faulty equipment?

I want to see how faulty this pipe cutter is.

It's about the end of the line for you.

God, no! Otto, what are you doing?

Aegis Oil has now determined...

that what little spillage there was

in this accident...

was contained so effectively

by our environmental-impact crews...

that only minimal disruption

of the area's ecosystem will result.

What do you mean by "minimal"?

According to our analyst,

the presence ofpetroleum by-products...

and other toxins in lnulat Cove

will be back down to acceptable levels...

according to EPA guidelines...

within three months.

So, by the time your next fishing season

starts, the cove will be back to normal.

- There'll be a written statement.

- Wait.

Things won't ever be the same.

Aegis Oil always wants to talk about...

acceptable levels of this

and acceptable levels of that.

But the people want to talk

about the poisons in their environment...

that weren't here

before Aegis Oil came to town.

We want to talk about the increased rates

of skin cancer...

women who fail to ovulate.

And when they do,

they give birth to abnormal babies.

That's what the Tribal Council wants

to talk about.

Is this the same Tribal Council...

who sold its oil and mineral rights

to my company 20 years ago?

Thank you very much.

The same Tribal Council

that will get those rights back...

12 days from today when you don't make

the start-up deadline for Aegis-1.

We'll make the deadline.

We'll see about that, Mr. Jennings.

Is that a threat?

Blood of our people is upon you,

Mr. Jennings.

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