美国墨西哥湾漏油事件是世界石油工业史上的一件大事，是迄今为止全球最大的海洋环境灾难。它与“卡特里娜”飓风一起，将在几代美国民众心目中留下难以磨灭的印记。对刚刚揭开深水油气开发序幕的中国来说，这起灾难则是一本极其珍贵的警示材料。

　　墨西哥湾漏油事件发生后，井控装备为何成为“众矢之的”?成功堵漏需要配置什么装备?……漏也装备，堵也装备，深水开发给石油工业提出一大课题，更对石油装备业提出严峻的挑战。

　　The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill is a big event in the history of the world’s petroleum industry, and also the global largest marine environmental disaster up to now. Together with Hurricane Katrina, it will leave an indelible impression on the minds of generations of American people. For China that just begins to develop the deepwater oil and gas, this disaster is an extremely valuable lesson.

　　After the event, why does the well control equipment become the “target of public criticism”? What equipment is needed for successful leakage stoppage? ... No matter leaking or plugging, it is all about the equipment. The deepwater exploitation poses a question to the petroleum industry, and also poses a great challenge to the petroleum equipment industry.