Analysis of Gulf Spill Calls for Integrated 'System Safety' Approach to Oil, Gas Drilling

摘要

The oil industry and its regulators need to adopt an integrated "system safety" approach to environmental protection and accident prevention so deficiencies in equipment or procedures are less likely to lead to another Deepwater Horizon incident, according to an analysis by the National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council. The report, released Dec. 14, was commissioned by the Interior Department to bring the expertise of independent engineering experts to bear on the April 20, 2010, loss of well control that killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history.