Deepwater Horizon : : A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster / / Earl Boebert, James M. Blossom.
On April 20, 2010, the crew of the floating drill rig Deepwater Horizon lost control of the Macondo oil well forty miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more. The emergency spiraled into the worst huma...
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Boebert, Earl, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Deepwater Horizon : A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster / Earl Boebert, James M. Blossom. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017] ©2016 1 online resource (280 p.) : 64 halftones, 8 line illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Controlling Macondo -- 3. From Rig to Well -- 4. Weighing Macondo’s Risks -- 5. The Struggle with Macondo -- 6. Planning the Production Tail Phase -- 7. The Production Casing Plan -- 8. The Cementing Plan -- 9. The Test and Displacement Plan -- 10. A Reconstructed Plan -- 11. The Systems of the Horizon -- 12. Up to the Edge -- 13. The Final Day -- 14. Going Over -- 15. The Lessons of Macondo -- Afterword: Evidence, Reports, and Conventional Wisdom -- Appendix: Technical Notes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star On April 20, 2010, the crew of the floating drill rig Deepwater Horizon lost control of the Macondo oil well forty miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Escaping gas and oil ignited, destroying the rig, killing eleven crew members, and injuring dozens more. The emergency spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history. Senior systems engineers Earl Boebert and James Blossom offer the most comprehensive account to date of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Sifting through a mountain of evidence generated by the largest civil trial in U.S. history, the authors challenge the commonly accepted explanation that the crew, operating under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes that were compounded by the failure of a key safety device. This explanation arose from legal, political, and public relations maneuvering over the billions of dollars in damages that were ultimately paid to compensate individuals and local businesses and repair the environment. But as this book makes clear, the blowout emerged from corporate and engineering decisions which, while individually innocuous, combined to create the disaster. Rather than focusing on blame, Boebert and Blossom use the complex interactions of technology, people, and procedures involved in the high-consequence enterprise of offshore drilling to illustrate a systems approach which contributes to a better understanding of how similar disasters emerge and how they can be prevented. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021) BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010. Deepwater Horizon (Drilling rig). Offshore oil well drilling Accidents Prevention. Offshore oil well drilling Accidents Mexico, Gulf of. Offshore oil well drilling Safety measures. Oil wells Blowouts Prevention. Oil wells Mexico, Gulf of Blowouts. Technology & Engineering / Petroleum. bisacsh Blossom, James M. , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Neumann, Peter G., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110638585 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674545267 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674545267 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674545267.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Controlling Macondo -- 3. From Rig to Well -- 4. Weighing Macondo’s Risks -- 5. The Struggle with Macondo -- 6. Planning the Production Tail Phase -- 7. The Production Casing Plan -- 8. The Cementing Plan -- 9. The Test and Displacement Plan -- 10. A Reconstructed Plan -- 11. The Systems of the Horizon -- 12. Up to the Edge -- 13. The Final Day -- 14. Going Over -- 15. The Lessons of Macondo -- Afterword: Evidence, Reports, and Conventional Wisdom -- Appendix: Technical Notes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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