Beyond Compliance: Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Beyond Compliance Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry The offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico is among the most developed in the world. It provides thousands of jobs in the Gulf Coast region and supplies a sizable portion of the U.S.
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2 Beyond ComplianCe Incidents with extensive repercussions, such as the Macondo well blowout of 2010, are unlikely. Yet when they do occur, they can have severe consequences for offshore workers, people in the communities that support the oil and gas industry, those whose livelihoods are affected, the assets of the operator and its contractors, the environment, and the industry as a whole.
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Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry 3 statements from the U.S. oil and gas industry focused on explaining why a Montara-like blowout could not happen in the United States, rather than expressing the industry's intent to learn more about the Montara incident and its causes and share that knowledge industry-wide.
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Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry 5 Government, industry organizations, and individual companies have taken many actions to improve safety over the past several years. Nonetheless, more work remains to be done to effect safety improvements throughout the U.S.
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