By Gail Lethbridge
One year ago today, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, leading to the worst environmental disaster in US history.
It took lives – 11 workers died.
4.9 million barrels of oil leaked from the BP Macondo well, causing extensive damage to marine, air and land-based wildlife, and the fishing and tourism industries. It was 86 days before the spill was stopped.
Welaptega Marine helped with the solution. We built a high-resolution 3D model to confirm the dimensions of the damaged wellhead. A cap was successfully installed on July 15, 2010.
By MetaPower
The answer to this important question should not be about targeting managers as convenient scapegoats— the most available culprits when industrial accidents occur.
There are too many incidents for it to be a prob- lem with individual managers.
And we’ve witnessed our share of accidents lately—the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and mining catastrophes in West Virginia and Chile. Why is it that with all our technology we can’t pre- vent these disasters?
Many are starting to believe that the problem lies with the industry’s culture. Can this be true? Is it possible that all our technology is being thwarted by this nebulous thing called “culture”?
With the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) “Oil Spill Bill” in hand, roughly 209 members of Congress will leave for summer recess feeling secure. After all, they’ll have something to wave at their constituents back home to prove they’ve taken action to ensure that a disaster like the one in the Gulf of Mexico never happens again.
This commentary by Welaptega CEO Tony Hall appeared in newspapers and websites across the US
By Sunday, mud and cement will permanently seal the Macondo Well of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig that blew up on April 20th, killing 11 people. But we can’t bury what it uncovered.
