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Offshore Safety Management : Implementing a SEMS Program.
2010 was a defining year for the offshore oil and gas industry in the United States. On April 20th 2010 the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) floating drilling rig suffered a catastrophic explosion and fire. Eleven men died in the explosion - seventeen others were injured. The fire, which burned for a day and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 2010 was a defining year for the offshore oil and gas industry in the United States. On April 20th 2010 the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) floating drilling rig suffered a catastrophic explosion and fire. Eleven men died in the explosion - seventeen others were injured. The fire, which burned for a day and a half, eventually sent the entire rig to the bottom of the sea. The extent of the spill was enormous, and the environmental damage is still being evaluated. Following DWH the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulations and Enforcement (BOEMRE) issued many new regulations. One of them is the Sa. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | ReferencesChapter 2-Major events; Introduction; Santa Barbara (1969) ; Flixborough (1974) ; Three Mile Island (1979) ; Piper Alpha (1988) ; Valdez (1989) ; Blackbeard (2006) ; Montara (2009) ; Deepwater Horizon (2010) ; The Event; Fukushima Dai-ichi (2011) ; Report of the DWH President's Commission; Need for New Standards; References; Chapter 3-Safety and environmental management programs; Introduction; API Standards; Center for Offshore Safety; Offshore Operators Committee; Fundamentals of Safety Management Systems; Recommended Practice 75; Elements of SEMP; General; SEMP and PSM; References. References. |
| ISBN: | 9780323262873 0323262872 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |