The EU has the strictest safety regulations. But we must do more to
prevent disasters such as in South America
When it came last year when the petroleum hole to blow out on the oil
rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, eleven people lost
their lives, and it flowed four million barrels of petroleum into the
sea. The world was shocked by the extent of the accident and still
more on how long it took to bring the situation under control. This
has undermined confidence in the offshore petroleum and gas industry.
This raises the question of what would happen in a similar incident in
EU waters.
