Deep Water: the Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling: Report to the President National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (U.S.) Graham, Bob Reilly, William K. Beinecke, Frances Boesch, Donald F. Garcia, Terry D. Murray, Cherry A. Ulmer, Fran Steadfast TV National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (U.S.) 2011-01 English 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. BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010. Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of. Offshore oil well drilling -- Government policy -- United States. United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. environmental disaster American Energy Policy United States Book xiii, 380 p. : col. ill., maps Text oclc: 696156233 isbn: 9780160873713 sudoc: PR 44.8:D 36/G 95 untcat: b3923370 http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc123527/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc123527