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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458495203321

Autore

Freudenburg William R

Titolo

Blowout in the Gulf [[electronic resource] ] : the BP oil spill disaster and the future of energy in America / / William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011

ISBN

1-282-89932-5

9786612899324

0-262-29412-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GramlingRobert

Disciplina

363.738/28

Soggetti

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010

Offshore oil industry - Environmental aspects - Mexico, Gulf of

Oil spills - Mexico, Gulf of

Drilling platforms - Accidents - Mexico, Gulf of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.