)What Event Is Most Responsible for Raising Safety Issues Related

question 33

Multiple Choice

) What event is most responsible for raising safety issues related to offshore oil drilling?

• A) the 1989 oil spill from the Exxon Valdez
• B) attacks from Iranian naval vessels on Persian Gulf oil rigs in the late 1980s
• C) persistent pipeline ruptures in the North Sea during the 1990s
• D) the 2004 evacuation of oil rigs due to Hurricane Katrina
• E) the 2009 BP oil platform blowout in the Gulf of Mexico

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