Blowout in the Gulf : The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America /

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Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Freudenburg, William R. (Author), Gramling, Robert, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Oil spills.
Offshore oil industry > Environmental aspects.
Drilling platforms > Accidents.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Petrole offshore > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Mexique, Golfe du.
Plateformes de forage > Accidents > Mexique, Golfe du.
Deversements de petrole > Mexique, Golfe du.
Explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon et maree noire dans le golfe du Mexique, 2010.
Offshore oil industry > Environmental aspects > Mexico, Gulf of.
Drilling platforms > Accidents > Mexico, Gulf of.
Oil spills > Mexico, Gulf of.
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Gulf of Mexico.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780262294126

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