Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Author: last_name: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spi
Language: English
Year: 2011

On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the <i>Deepwater Horizon</i> drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill disrupted an entire region's economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas - the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-