Concerns over Macondo's offshore safety legacy

摘要

US industry and regulators have made tangible and significant improvements in technology and the country's offshore safety framework in the decade since the deadly blowout and spill at the BP-operated Macondo well in 2010, industry observers tell Upstream.Claims money paid out by the UK supermajor is also funding what scientists say is unprecedented levels of research in the Gulf of Mexico which, despite questions about co-ordination and bureaucracy, advocates say will generate better science in relation to future spills.Watchdogs also worry that regulatory and safety agencies remain chronically underfunded amid broader concerns about US President Donald Trump's administration's general push to roll back regulations.An increase in offshore fatalities has also raised concern after a stretch of relatively quiet years.