Could an Acoustic Switch Have Prevented the Gulf Leak?
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Could a $500,000 safety device have prevented the blowout in the Gulf, whose costs are running into the billions of dollars? Clean Skies Sunday takes an in-depth look at the "acoustic switch" a safety device is used as standard practice on deepwater rigs in Brazil and Norway, but not the U.S.
Should U.S. rigs use them in the aftermath of the Transocean Horizon disaster?
Published: 07/12/10 3:32pm
Running Time: 05:34
Related Keywords: Politics (Oil), Industry (Oil), Oil, Clean Skies News, Daniel J. Goldstein, Tyler Suiters, Andy Radford, Lindsay MacDonald, acoustic switch, American Petroleum Institute, blowout, deadman switch, Deepwater Horizon, drilling rig, gulf disaster, Nautronix, Norway, offshore rig
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