Underwater mudslides are the biggest threat to offshore drilling, and energy companies aren't ready for them
Monday, March 11, 2019 - 09:20
in Mathematics & Economics
Like generals planning for the last war, oil company managers and government inspectors tend to believe that because they survived the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, they are ready for all contingencies. Today they are expanding drilling into deeper and deeper waters, and the Trump administration is opening more offshore areas to production.