Robert Bea
About Robert Bea
Robert Bea has over 48 years of experience in engineering and management of design, construction, maintenance, operation, and decommissioning marine systems including offshore platforms, pipelines, and floating facilities. He has been teaching at the University of California at Berkeley since 1989. He is co-director of the Marine Technology and Management Group Center for Risk Mitigation.
I felt déjà vu looking at BP's proposals to drill offshore Nova Scotia
BP’s assessment of the likelihood of an uncontrolled blowout are much too low, based on the Nova Scotia exploratory drilling conditions. BP’s assessment of the consequences of an uncontrolled blowout are based on unsubstantiated assessments of the times required for successful mobilization of blowout preventer capping stack, and if required, drilling a relief well. Both the short and long-term ‘co
