Overcoming the Misery of Mega-Project Delivery
On 20 April 2010 an explosion took place in the Gulf of Mexico that forever altered the lives of many. The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig catastrophe was a night of unprecedented horror with 11 crew members killed and 17 seriously injured. It is considered the worst ecological disaster the U.S. has ever experienced. Images of the flotilla of boats battling to contain the raging inferno beamed across the world. And the whole incident cost the then-CEO, Tony Hayward, his job.
Accidents of this scale are not new in the extractives industry. The disasters of Texas City, Exxon Valdez, Piper Alpha and a host of others still linger in our memories.
