After the Dust Settles...
Article from: OGEL 3 (2010), in Oil Spills
Introduction
After the dust settles and the reporters go home, the various investigative groups selected to study the Gulf oil spill will still be under way, and the lawyers will still be on scene. The investigative group final reports are likely to be sprinkled with such phrases as "riser and Blow Out Prevention (BOP) package," drilling system, well casing, plumes, cement seal, "top kill," well design, acoustic switch, etc. Yet every major disaster that has been subject to investigation includes often blatant, sometime subtle, people, organizational and systemic ...