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Final Macondo report calls for 'system safety' approach

12/26/2011
By Nick Snow
Two US scientific academies urged companies involved in offshore oil and gas activities to take a "system safety" approach to anticipate and manage possible dangers at every operating level. The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council also said in their final report on the 2010 Macondo deepwater well incident that an enhanced regulatory approach should combine strong safety goals with mandatory oversight at critical operating points. "Industry and regulators need to include a factual assessment of all the risks in deepwater drilling operations in their decisions and make the overall safety of the many complex systems involved a top priority," said...
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