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Answer each question in 2-3 sentences or a short paragraph. Your responses must be neatly typed, and free of major grammatical and spelling errors, Be specific - points will be deducted for vague or incoherent answers, as well as spelling and grammar problems, Review the details of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Wikipedia article titled "Deepwater Horizon explosion” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_explosion). a) Many warning signs and incidents occurred before the explosion, but engineers and management chose to ignore them. List three of these near-misses, and explain why each should have been viewed as a warning of the impending disaster (i.e. what specifically did they suggest might go badly wrong?) b) why were operational problems and concerns about safety not reported to (or acted on) by the upper management who were ultimately responsible for the Deepwater Horizon?

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Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, column stabilizing, dynamically positioning drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana. The drilling rig was owned and operated by Transocean and drilled for British Petroleum. On April 20, 2010, there was an explosion which led to the sinking of the rig and deaths of 11 workers, 17 others were injured. The explosion also caused the biggest oil spill in American history. At the time of the explosion, the rig was drilling an exploratory well.

a.) In February of 2009, BP had filed an exploration and environment impact plan with the Minerals Management Service, which said that it was unlikely that any accidental surface or subsurface oil spill would happen from the proposed activities. However, as is evident from the aftermath of the explosion, that was not the case. There were several signs and evidence that provided warnings to the impending accident. Let us look at these signs and their impact

b.) There were a lot of safety oversights that led to the accident. The fear of reprisal caused a lot of rig workers to not reveal their concerns about equipment reliability and possible safety hazards. Workers forged entries for a confidential safety survey conducted by Transocean. The results of this survey caused the company to have a warped view of the safety conditions at the rig.

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