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• Title:Deepwater Horizon : a systems analysis of the Macondo disaster / Earl Boebert, James M. Blossom.
  
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• Author/Creator:Boebert, Earl, 1939- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Blossom, James, 1950- author.
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TN871.3 .B64 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: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--Prevention.
  Offshore oil well drilling--Safety measures.
  Oil wells--Blowouts--Prevention.
  
• Description:x, 290 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"This book gives a detailed description and analysis of the events leading up to the explosion and fire at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010. The authors provide a comprehensive, fair account of what happened and why, and what could be done to minimize the risk of future business and engineering disasters. Boebert and Blossom question the disaggregated business model for companies that undertake risky, complicated engineering projects in difficult and dangerous environments. They argue that a systems approach, with hands-on attention from top management, is crucial. Writing for the general intelligent reader, the authors provide a clear description of the technicalities of the rig, how it was supposed to work, and how it failed"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780674545236 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
  0674545230 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / by Peter G. Neumann
  Introduction
  Controlling Macondo
  From rig to well
  Weighing Macondo's risks
  The struggle with Macondo
  Planning the production tail
  The production casing plan
  The cementing plan
  The test and displacement plan
  A reconstructed plan
  The systems of the Horizon
  Up to the edge
  The final day
  Going over
  The lessons of Macondo
  Afterword: Evidence, reports, and conventional wisdom
  Appendix: Technical notes.