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Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf

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Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, from the Department of the Interior – Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, May 27, 2010

  • “The report recommends a number of specific measures designed to ensure sufficient redundancy in the blowout preventers (BOPs), to promote the integrity of the well and enhance well control, and to facilitate a culture of safety through operational and personnel management (see Table ES-1). Recommended actions include prescriptive near-term requirements, longer-term performance-based safety measures, and one or more Department-led working groups to evaluate longer-term safety issues. The recommendations take into account that drilling activities conducted in the deepwater environment create increased risks and challenges.”
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