The BP Mississippi Canyon MC 252 1-01 (Macondo) Blow-Out in the U.S. Sector of the Gulf of Mexico: The Technical, Legal and Regulatory Issues Which Still Remain
Article from: OGEL 3 (2012), in OGEL Ten Years Special Issue: Internationalisation of Energy Law
Introduction
Workers in the upstream petroleum industry (the geoscientists, the engineers, rig workers, seismic crews and support staff) regard themselves as an industrial elite, much like their fellow-workers in the other high-risk enterprises.......deep-mining, deep sea fishing and high-rise construction. However this does not mean that the oil and gas industry encourages risky behaviour. Far from it: its workers are obliged, by the iron code of the oilfields.....Good Oilfield Practice, to carry out their duties in a sober and conscientious manner. Risks should be carefully ...