Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling: Report to the President, January 2011 by National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Dril
English | Jan. 12, 2011 | ISBN: 0160873711 | 398 Pages | PDF | 17 MB
On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled nearly 5 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.