A New Direction for Safety Policy: The Offshore Oil Industry and Safety Regulation of Technology

Technology in Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-510

  Falker III, John M ^a   Nickerson, William ^a  

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EID: 0043095318     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-791X(96)00028-0     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. U.S. Department of the Interior/MMS, "Technology assessment and research program for offshore," Minerals Management, inside cover.
2. WOAD Statistical Report, 1992, pp. 2.7, 2.8, 3.25, 3.4.
3. Federal Register, Vol. 59, p. 33779, June 1994.
4. This assessment is based on personal interviews with representatives of a number of offshore oil companies, conducted in Houston, Texas, January 4-9, 1995.
5. API RP 75, p. 6.
6. C. Perrow, Normal Accidents: living with High Risk Technologies (Basic Books. New York, 1984).