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Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The first in-depth examination of how a lack of corporate responsibility and government oversight led to the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked Deepwater Horizon, the immense semisubmersible drilling platform leased by British Petroleum, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. The ensuing inferno claimed 11 lives and raged uncontained for two days, until its wreckage sank a mile beneath the...
Author
Series
Staff working paper volume no. 2
Publisher
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Language
English
Author
Series
Staff working paper volume no. 3
Publisher
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Author
Series
Staff working paper volume no. 15
Publisher
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Pub. Date
[2011?]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. This resulted in 11 worker fatalities, a massive oil release, and a national response effort in the Gulf of Mexico region by the federal and state governments as well as BP.Several issues for Congress have emerged as a result of the Deepwater Horizon incident. What lessons should be drawn from the incident? What technological and regulatory...
Author
Series
Staff working paper volume no. 4
Publisher
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Special Monitoring of Applied Response Technologies (SMART) is a cooperatively designed monitoring program for on site burning and dispersants. SMART relies on small, highly mobile teams that collect real-timedata using portable, rugged, and easy-to-use instruments during dispersant and on site burning operations"--P. [1].
Author
Series
CRS report volume R42942
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
[2018?]-
Language
English