Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Mohammed H.Alyami
Asia Renee Green
Jasmine Oliver
Erica Shoats

Who is responsible for the integrity

of the blowout preventer?
Systematic root causes and absence of reforms
Halliburton
Oil and gas equipment company.
Did an unsatisfactory job with cement in the spill
Even though tasks were accurately performed as
per the specification laid by BP, Halliburton must
have take care of.
Transocean
Rig owners of the company
Failed to maintain the blowout preventer
accurately.

Did the government inspectors

follow all the guidelines?
Lapses in regulatory enforcements
NEPA requirements for environmental

impact analysis were ignored.

Miscalculation of environmental risk.
Federal government was unprepared to
take the responsibility to clean the spill.
Financial interests in energy production so
did not bother much
Changes in reforms and regulations were
not made in a constant manner.

Did BP follow the guidelines?

The involved parties did not

follow the guidelines for safe

operations.
Lack of constant monitoring
and inspection.
NEPA requirements and
guidelines for environmental
impact analysis were ignored.

Who is responsible for the integrity of

the blowout preventer?

Negligence by Who?
BPs safety standards remain inadequate

meaning:
Disaster was preventable
Progressive guidelines and protocol were

blatantly disregarded.
Blowout was allegedly suspected by BP oil

workers weeks in advance.

Workers state that Management were

notified about faulty equipment.

BOP was led by the faulty clamp thats
supposed to close the well tightly shut
through the casting.

Who is at fault or is there someone

to blame?
The major issue within this case is the

blowout preventer.
Both BP and Transocean executives
approved of the installation of this device
to instill some form of safety compliance for
the workers.
Workers informed the stakeholders of the oil

safety faulty equipment and no immediate

repair action took place.
Executive decisions were not made for the
safety of the workers, but instead for profit.

Cutting Corners in the overall

construction, maintenance etc..
BP fabricated the recommendations on wildlife

contamination to get the approval of the

surrounding communities.
BP and Transocean Supervisors failure to
properly interpret pressure test for the well.
Oil rig safety test instructed by both
executive parties.
Safety tests Prompted by BP executives due to
reckless decisions for profit.
Blatant ignorance towards the severity of the faulty

oil safety equippment.

Could anything have been done to

prevent this disaster?
Prevention couldve been initiated

through:
Immediate action to revamp
faulty oil rig safety equipment.
Due to severity of the issue, all
production shouldve been shut
down until further notice.
Multiple equipment compliance
with safety guidelines shouldve
been checked weekly with BP and