Blowout in the Gulf : the BP oil spill disaster and the future of energy in America / William R. Freudenburg and Robert Gramling.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011Description: xiii, 254 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780262015837 :; 0262015838 :Subject(s): BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 | Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of | Drilling platforms -- Accidents | Offshore oil industry -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico, Gulf ofDDC classification: 363.738/20916364 LOC classification: GC1221 | .F74 2011Summary: Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Spaulding Memorial Library | 363.73 FRE (Browse shelf) | Available | 24065 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-223) and index.
Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware.
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