Deepwater Horizon

A Systems Analysis of the Macondo Disaster

James M. Blossom

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HARDCOVER

$42.00 • £33.95 • €38.00

ISBN 9780674545236

Publication Date: 09/06/2016

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304 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

64 halftones, 8 line illustrations

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Foreword by Peter G. Neumann
1. Introduction
2. Controlling Macondo
3. From Rig to Well
4. Weighing Macondo’s Risks
5. The Strug gle with Macondo
6. Planning the Production Tail Phase
7. The Production Casing Plan
8. The Cementing Plan
9. The Test and Displacement Plan
10. A Reconstructed Plan
11. The Systems of the Horizon
12. Up to the Edge
13. The Final Day
14. Going Over
15. The Lessons of Macondo
Afterword: Evidence, Reports, and Conventional Wisdom
Appendix: Technical Notes
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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An ISE Magazine Best Book of 2016

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