Date: January 2011 Creator: National Commission on the BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (U.S.)
Description: On May 22, 2010, President Barack Obama announced
the creation of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: an
independent,nonpartisan entity, directed to provide a thorough
analysis and impartial judgment. The President charged the
Commission to determine the causes of the disaster, and to
improve the country’s ability to respond to spills, and to
recommend reforms to make offshore energy production safer. This
report is the result of an intense six-month effort to fulfill
the President’s charge. The Commission’s report offers the
President, policymakers, industry, and the American people the
fullest account available of the largest oil spill in U.S
history: the context for the well itself, how the explosion and
spill happened, and how industry and government scrambled to
respond to an unprecedented emergency. Contributing Partner: UNT
Libr