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- Book Title
- Deepwater Horizon : a Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster
- Publication Name
- Deepwater Horizon
- Title
- Deepwater Horizon
- Subtitle
- A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster
- Contributor
- Peter G. Neumann (Foreword by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0674545230
- EAN
- 9780674545236
- ISBN
- 9780674545236
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Law, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Environmental, Organizational Behavior, Petroleum
- Release Date
- 06/09/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 22.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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In 2010 BP's Deepwater Horizon catastrophe spiraled into the worst human-made economic and ecological disaster in Gulf Coast history. In the most comprehensive account to date, senior systems engineers Earl Boebert and James Blossom show how corporate and engineering decisions, each one individually innocuous, interacted to create the disaster.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674545230
ISBN-13
9780674545236
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220548567
Product Key Features
Book Title
Deepwater Horizon : a Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Environmental, Organizational Behavior, Petroleum
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Law, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Lc Classification Number
Tn871.3.B64 2016
Reviews
Two senior systems engineers offer a comprehensive account of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, where escaping gas and oil destroyed the rig, killing 11, injuring dozens and creating the worst human-made ecological disaster ever in the Gulf of Mexico. The book sifts through the evidence, challenging the common explanation that the crew, under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes compounded by a safety device failure. Instead, individually innocuous corporate and engineering decisions combined to create the disaster. The complex interactions of technology, people and procedures involved in offshore drilling illustrate a systems approach that yields a better understanding of how to prevent similar disasters in the future., Deepwater Horizon is the definitive work on an event that not only had enormous ecological repercussions, but which also shook the oil industry to its foundations. Meticulously researched, the explanation of the disaster will be comprehensible to the interested layman, while numerous annotations add depth and detail for academics and professionals. The authors'e(tm) purpose is to analyze the event, detail the lessons learned, and thereby make everyone safer. The book fulfills the first two aims admirably, and the rest is up to us., Modern organization theory emphasizes the central role that organizational culture and structure play in outcomes, and though this book is not on organization theory per se, it is destined to be a classic case study in the field. A great deal of safety analysis focuses on searches for the root cause of accidents and disasters, but the Deepwater Horizon incident demonstrates that the causality of some disasters has a fundamentally multifactor nature. This book should be read by anyone concerned with safety of large complex systems., Deepwater Horizon is the definitive work on an event that not only had enormous ecological repercussions, but which also shook the oil industry to its foundations. Meticulously researched, the explanation of the disaster will be comprehensible to the interested layman, while numerous annotations add depth and detail for academics and professionals. The authorse(tm) purpose is to analyze the event, detail the lessons learned, and thereby make everyone safer. The book fulfills the first two aims admirably, and the rest is up to us., Deepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster shines a spotlight on the very high-risk situations that demand a consistent systems approach at all levels and from all parties. It demonstrates thate"however popular or trendy they are todaye"streamlined, agile approaches done(tm)t work in all situations. This book will be of value to business and engineering audiences, as well as anyone interested in technology policy., Modern organization theory emphasizes the central role that organizational culture and structure play in outcomes, and though this book is not on organization theory per se, it is destined to be a classic case study in the field. A great deal of safety analysis focuses on searches for the root cause of accidents and disasters, but the Deepwater Horizon incident demonstrates that the causality of some disasters has a fundamentally multi-factor nature. This book should be read by anyone concerned with safety of large complex systems., Deepwater Horizon is the definitive work on an event that not only had enormous ecological repercussions, but which also shook the oil industry to its foundations. Meticulously researched, the explanation of the disaster will be comprehensible to the interested layman, while numerous annotations add depth and detail for academics and professionals. The authors' purpose is to analyze the event, detail the lessons learned, and thereby make everyone safer. The book fulfills the first two aims admirably, and the rest is up to us., Deepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster shines a spotlight on the very high-risk situations that demand a consistent systems approach at all levels and from all parties. It demonstrates that--however popular or trendy they are today--streamlined, agile approaches don't work in all situations. This book will be of value to business and engineering audiences, as well as anyone interested in technology policy., Deepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster shines a spotlight on the very high-risk situations that demand a consistent systems approach at all levels and from all parties. It demonstrates that'e"however popular or trendy they are today'e"streamlined, agile approaches don'e(tm)t work in all situations. This book will be of value to business and engineering audiences, as well as anyone interested in technology policy., Most accounts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster dwell on the drama of the rig's last hours, as the crew struggled to cope with the well blowout and then fought to survive. Those events are also part of Boebert and Blossom's story, but the scope of their narrative is broader. Much of the action takes place deep underground, where drilling technology meets the uncertainties of geology, or else miles away in BP's Houston offices. Their approach is analytic rather than dramatic. Theirs is the account for readers who want to understand how such disasters come about and what strategies might have the best chance of preventing more of them., This book offers an extremely methodical approach to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It is written in a concise, no-nonsense style, and couched in terms that a layman can understand. It is a highly original work with a well-structured argument, providing insight into the BP oil spill unavailable elsewhere. A thoroughly recommended read not only for oilfield professionals, but for all concerned parties. -- Alastair R. Fleck, Shell Global Solutions Deepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster shines a spotlight on the very high-risk situations that demand a consistent systems approach at all levels and from all parties. It demonstrates that--however popular or trendy they are today--streamlined, agile approaches don't work in all situations. This book will be of value to business and engineering audiences, as well as anyone interested in technology policy. -- Marjory S. Blumenthal, technology policy expert Deepwater Horizon is the definitive work on an event that not only had enormous ecological repercussions, but which also shook the oil industry to its foundations. Meticulously researched, the explanation of the disaster will be comprehensible to the interested layman, while numerous annotations add depth and detail for academics and professionals. The authors' purpose is to analyze the event, detail the lessons learned, and thereby make everyone safer. The book fulfills the first two aims admirably, and the rest is up to us. -- Andrew Kay, independent oilfield consultant Modern organization theory emphasizes the central role that organizational culture and structure play in outcomes, and though this book is not on organization theory per se, it is destined to be a classic case study in the field. A great deal of safety analysis focuses on searches for the root cause of accidents and disasters, but the Deepwater Horizon incident demonstrates that the causality of some disasters has a fundamentally multifactor nature. This book should be read by anyone concerned with safety of large complex systems. -- Herb Lin, Stanford University Readers wanting to know just what happened and why in the Deepwater Horizon disaster will never find a better book. -- Steve Donoghue Open Letters Monthly Two senior systems engineers offer a comprehensive account of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, where escaping gas and oil destroyed the rig, killing 11, injuring dozens and creating the worst human-made ecological disaster ever in the Gulf of Mexico. The book sifts through the evidence, challenging the common explanation that the crew, under pressure to cut costs, made mistakes compounded by a safety device failure. Instead, individually innocuous corporate and engineering decisions combined to create the disaster. The complex interactions of technology, people and procedures involved in offshore drilling illustrate a systems approach that yields a better understanding of how to prevent similar disasters in the future. -- ISE Magazine Most accounts of the Deepwater Horizon disaster dwell on the drama of the rig's last hours, as the crew struggled to cope with the well blowout and then fought to survive. Those events are also part of Boebert and Blossom's story, but the scope of their narrative is broader. Much of the action takes place deep underground, where drilling technology meets the uncertainties of geology, or else miles away in BP's Houston offices. Their approach is analytic rather than dramatic. Theirs is the account for readers who want to understand how such disasters come about and what strategies might have the best chance of preventing more of them. -- Brian Hayes American Scientist, Readers wanting to know just what happened and why in the Deepwater Horizon disaster will never find a better book., This book offers an extremely methodical approach to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It is written in a concise, no-nonsense style, and couched in terms that a layman can understand. It is a highly original work with a well-structured argument, providing insight into the BP oil spill unavailable elsewhere. A thoroughly recommended read not only for oilfield professionals, but for all concerned parties., Deepwater Horizon: A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster shines a spotlight on the very high-risk situations that demand a consistent systems approach at all levels and from all parties. It demonstrates that-however popular or trendy they are today-streamlined, agile approaches don't work in all situations. This book will be of value to business and engineering audiences, as well as anyone interested in technology policy.
Table of Content
Cover Title Copyright Dedication Content Foreword Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Controlling Macondo Chapter 3. From Rig to Well Chapter 4. Weighing Macondo's Risks Chapter 5. The Struggle with Macondo Chapter 6. Planning the Production Tail Phase Chapter 7. The Production Casing Plan Chapter 8. The Cementing Plan Chapter 9. The Test and Displacement Plan Chapter 10. A Reconstructed Plan Chapter 11. The Systems of the Horizon Chapter 12. Up to the Edge Chapter 13. The Final Day Chapter 14. Going Over Chapter 15. The Lessons of Macondo Afterword: Evidence, Reports, and Conventional Wisdom Appendix: Technical Notes Notes Acknowledgments Index
Copyright Date
2016
Lccn
2015-051243
Dewey Decimal
363.11
Dewey Edition
23
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