Nancy Kinner, co-director of the Coastal Research Response Centre at the University of New Hampshire, explains that oil RIGS rarely have accidents: "the risk might be one in 1,000, or one in 2,000."

兰西凯勒(设在新罕布什尔大学海岸应答搜寻中心的副主任)却解释道：很多钻井平台极少发生各种事故：这种危险的机率可能是一千分之一或二千分之一。