Incident Report Subject: Action Plan Proposes Standards to Combat Oil Spill Disasters Date of Email report: Wed 13/07/2011 Report Detail:
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has developed an action plan that it states could help the oil and gas industry prevent or mitigate incidents like the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It provides an inventory of relevant standards that are already available and proposes a programme for the development of new standards or improvement of existing ones. The inventory includes 71 existing standards and related documents available from ISO or other organisations, particularly the American Petroleum Institute (API). The programme proposes 31 standards or related documents for development or update by ISO, the API, or other organisations. Additional Documentation:
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