Title :
The BP Oil Spill: Could Software be a Culprit?
Author :
Shafer, Don ; Laplante, Phillip A.
Abstract :
No one yet knows what caused the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and poured millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But considering the fact that offshore oil rigs comprise dozens of complex subsystems that use or are controlled by software, it is possible a software failure could have contributed to this disaster.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; failure analysis; marine engineering; offshore installations; oil drilling; petroleum industry; BP; Gulf of Mexico; deepwater horizon oil rig explosion; offshore oil rig; oil spill; software failure; Control systems; Drilling; Offshore installations; Petroleum; Safety; Software; Information technology; interface standards; oil spill; software;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2010.136
