The Macondo accident: 2010-14

Posted in: Featured, Macondo incident | April 21, 2014 at 9:37 am
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We have prepared a title list of 4 years of reporting by Mexico Energy Intelligence (MEI) on the Deepwater Horizon/Macondo accident of 2010. During this time, neither the government nor industry has taken ownership of the role of human error in the unfolding of that accident.

Evidence? People still talk about “Stop Work Authority,” as if that notion had any credibility or relevance in matters of process safety. At the end of OTC 2013, BSEE published a list of attributes of a “culture of safety,” but simultaneously announced that compliance would not be audited.

You may download this title list here. The title list will be periodically updated.

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Mexico Energy Intelligence

Baker & Associates offers niche-market business and policy intelligence related to Mexico's oil and gas, power and chemical industries. Over 1,000 reports have been issued in the last 20 years. Subject matter expert and publisher George Baker, who directs the firm, has carried out consulting assignments starting in the late 1970s at the height of the Oil Boom in Mexico. He brings bilingual and bicultural skill-sets to understanding and responding to challenges of business and public policy, coupled with a deep familiarity with the history and idiosyncrasies of the Mexican operating environment.