Cold Hard Cache: The Arctic Drilling Controversy
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- Under pressure, in the dark and all at sea. McKenna, Phil // New Scientist;5/15/2010, Vol. 206 Issue 2760, p20
The article examines how accidents during deep-water drilling operations, such as the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, can be prevented. An overview of the Deepwater Horizon drilling accident is presented which includes a discussion regarding what preventative measures could have been taken to...
- OFF THE DEEP END IN BRAZIL. Margolis, Mac // Newsweek;6/21/2010, Vol. 155 Issue 25, p4
The article describes how countries like Brazil are beginning to engage in more deepwater offshore oil drilling despite the environmental concerns raised by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Insurers, reinsurers start assessing rig explosion losses. Bradford, Michael // Business Insurance;5/3/2010, Vol. 44 Issue 18, p21
The article reports on the move of insurers and reinsurers to start assessing their rig explosion losses following claims from the loss of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig.
- Claims could get messy after huge, costly oil spill. Phillips, Zack // Business Insurance;5/10/2010, Vol. 44 Issue 19, p1
The article focuses on the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill involving the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible rig used by BP P.L.C. on April 22, 2010. Eleven workers were killed and three leaks resulted from the explosion of the rig. Firm and government officials believe completely stopping...
- Accidents will happen. Woodard, Don // Fort Worth Business Press;5/24/2010, Vol. 22 Issue 21, p31
A letter to the editor is presented about an accident that happened at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
- BP report: human, mechanical errors to blame. Francis, Robert // Fort Worth Business Press;9/13/2010, Vol. 22 Issue 37, p4
The article reports on the internal investigation by BP PLC on the April 20, 2010 blowout at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig points, which blames a series of human and mechanical errors as the cause of the incident.
- Normalization of Deviance. Petroski, Henry // Design News;Jan2012, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p14
The article discusses the engineering phenomenon of normalization of deviance, in which design faults come to be accepted by engineers and product managers. The author provides the example of faulty blowout preventers, which caused the 2011 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He...
- Spilling the Blame. Wade, Jared // Risk Management (00355593);Jul2010, Vol. 57 Issue 6, p6
The article examines how the blowout preventer was unsuccessful in preventing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which occurred in April 20, 2010. The economic and ecological impact of the spill is seen to remain unknown even if recovery takes place. It offers details on how a blowout preventer...
- A sad tragedy in the Gulf. Reid, Keith // National Petroleum News;May/Jun2010, Vol. 102 Issue 5, p4
The article offers the author's view on the impact of the BP PLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He mentions that the crude oil from it will create a landfall in large quantities and severe ecological disaster. He also points out that the disaster will add traction on the energy policy issued...
