Preaction What rules and regulations are important on an oil rig and why?
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Fault lay primarily with the oil company for mismanagement and cutting corners. Much of the cleanup relied on chemicals that made the oil digestible for natural oceanic microbes, which worked well. Still, studies are ongoing to determine the full environmental and economic impact of the spill. The oil company pleaded guilty to felony manslaughter, environmental crimes and obstruction of Congress. It was sentenced to pay over $65 billion in fines.
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Health, safety and environment $IWHU WKH 'HHSZDWHU +RUL]RQ GLVDVWHU WKHUH ZHUH PL[HG messages around health and safety on the rigs. Some workers said that the work culture had an environment where safety training was done regularly, while others stated that they were not equipped to respond to the incidents and that there was a sense of confusion and panic when it came to evacuating the rig. A report from an independent commission concluded that the accident could have been avoided and that the explosion could be traced to a series of mistakes.
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Fire boats hose down the massive fire of the off-shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon.
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obstruction of Congress hindre arbeidet i Kongressen sentenced dømt fines bøter equipped utstyrt
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The 2016 American disaster film Deepwater Horizon is based on the accident.
