Exploration, Drilling, and Extraction U.S. Environmental and Safety Records

Colin Read
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Colin Read: SUNY College

Chapter 11 in BP and the Macondo Spill, 2011, pp 80-93 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The oil exploration and drilling industry has long maintained a reputation of roughnecks, John Wayne-type rugged individuals swiftly executing dangerous procedures in search of a volatile and explosive liquid contained in pressurized pockets beneath the earth’s surface. When things, go wrong, as they occasionally do, a daring Red Adair-type individual sweeps in to explode the runaway well back into the earth.48

Keywords: Safety Record; Directional Drilling; Responsible Party; Deep Water Drilling; Royal Dutch Shell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230305083_11

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