Blowout in the Gulf : the BP oil spill disaster and the future of energy in America /

The authors feel that BP's Oil Spill Response Plan was pure fantasy. For the future, our emphasis needs to be on true prevention, and our risk-management polices need to be based on better understandings of humans as well as hardware.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Freudenburg, William R. (Author)
Other Authors:	Gramling, Robert, 1943-2014
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Subjects:	BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010. Oil spills > Mexico, Gulf of. Drilling platforms > Accidents > Mexico, Gulf of. Offshore oil industry > Environmental aspects > Mexico, Gulf of. Explosion de la plateforme Deepwater Horizon et marée noire dans le golfe du Mexique, 2010. Déversements de pétrole > Mexique, Golfe du. Plateformes de forage > Accidents > Mexique, Golfe du. Pétrole offshore > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Mexique, Golfe du. Drilling platforms > Accidents Offshore oil industry > Environmental aspects Oil spills Gulf of Mexico 2010 Nonfiction.
Online Access:	http://mitpress-ebooks.mit.edu/product/blowout-in-gulf

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The deep-water horror zone
A question for our time
The Macondo mess
Stored sunlight and its risks
Colonel of an industry
Barons and barrels
Off the edge in all directions
"Energy independence"
To know us is to love us?
Cleaning up
Today and tomorrow.