ISO RELEASES ACTION PLAN TO PREVENT GULF OF MEXICO-STYLE OIL SPILLS
July 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PLAN has been released to update or create afresh 31 International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) standards covering offshore oil and gas drilling. Its goal, said ISO "is to help the oil and gas industry prevent or mitigate disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill..." The changes would cover drilling, well construction and well operations standards.
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A PLAN has been released to update or create afresh 31 International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) standards covering offshore oil and gas drilling. Its goal, said ISO "is to help the oil and gas industry prevent or mitigate disasters like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill..." The changes would cover drilling, well construction and well operations standards.
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