After the early confusion and panic dissipates following an oil spill on a marine drilling rig, there remain a lot of questions. Everyone involved will want to know what went wrong and in some cases, making this conclusion is easy as the cause will be obvious. That isn’t always the case and actually more often than not, the specific cause of an accident will be more complex and not easily determined. This is when a drilling operation conducts a marine accident investigation.
Having experts look into all aspects of the accident allows them to ultimately identify the chain of events they believe led to the spill. Without the knowledge of what mistakes were made, it is impossible to make the necessary changes to prevent a similar accident from happening in the future. Anyone that works in the marine drilling field knows how damaging an oil spill can be. Ideally, the operation will have used effective spill containment and oil spill cleanup methods to decrease the environmental damage and salvage some of the spilled oil. This also lessens the potential financial hit suffered by the drilling company.
In addition to being brought in to conduct a marine accident investigation, Stewart Technology Associates can also analyze these other areas and offer recommendations on how they can be improved. The range of services that STA is able to provide has made the consultancy and engineering firm a respected name in the marine drilling industry and one that is called upon by drilling operations across the world.
