Sep 09, 2010– BP released their own internal investigation report yesterday into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, fire, sinking and then massive oil spill caused by the rupturing of the pipeline riser several thousand meters below the ocean surface of the Macondo well. However, there is no one cause that has been listed, but … Read more
22nd June, 2010 -Finally, acceding to requests from members of the public and their elected representatives, the US Chemical Safety Board, has agreed to investigate in depth (pun not intended), the circumstances that led to the explosion and sinking of BP’s Transocean Deepwater Horizon and consequent oil spill that has become a national disaster, worse … Read more
For excellent training courses on Safety Instrumented Systems, Hazardous Areas and Gas Monitors, please click here. ———————————————————————————– June 9, 2010– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) which is an important agency in the government that investigates accidents in the chemicals, oil & gas and similar industries, is being urged to investigate the BP/ Transocean oil … Read more
For a comprehensive course on Safety Instrumented Systems that covers Functional Safety, IEC 61508, IEC 61511 amongst many other topics, click here. —————————————————————————————————– May 07, 2010 -After the massive oil spill due to BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster, today the containment operation began when a large dome was lowered into the sea, to prevent … Read more
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