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This chapter provides an overview of the Macondo accident with the Deepwater Horizon mobile drilling unit, in part based on Ref. [9]. An overview of what the investigations revealed is presented, together with the main findings. Lessons learned include well drilling lessons and lessons for emergency response planning. Environmental spill and clean-up is not covered in this chapter.
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A movie from 2016 illustrates quite well the challenges for the crew trying to control the event.
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Vinnem, JE., Røed, W. (2020). Lessons from Macondo Accident. In: Offshore Risk Assessment Vol. 1. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7444-8_5
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