Deepwater Horizon : a Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster /

Deepwater Horizon : a Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster / Earl Boebert, James M. Blossom.

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Boebert, Earl, 1949-
Other Authors: Blossom, James M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
2010
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Deepwater Horizon (Drilling rig)
Offshore oil well drilling > Accidents > Mexico, Gulf of.
Oil wells > Mexico, Gulf of > Blowouts.
Offshore oil well drilling > Accidents
Oil wells > Blowouts
Gulf of Mexico
Table of Contents:
  • 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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