BlM calls for safety reviews of onshore oil, gas activities

摘要

Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey called nfor reviews of onshore drilling safety procedures in a YouTube nannouncement released August 20, in the wake of the offshore nDeepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.nAbbey said he has requested reviews of onshore drilling nsafety procedures in a memo he sent to BLM’s state and field noffices, including a request that inspectors review the reliability nof blowout preventers being used onshore. nThe lessons from the Deepwater Horizon accident apply nequally to onshore operators as much as they do for offshore, nAbbey said in his announcement. The Deepwater Horizon drill-ning rig suffered a blowout and explosion on April 20 killing 11 nworkers, and sunk two days later, resulting in the largest oil spill nin US history.