| Edition |
Updated Jan. 11, 2011. |
| Description |
1 online resource (38 p.) : col. ill. |
| Series |
Staff working paper ; no. 6 |
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Staff working paper (United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling) ; no. 6.
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| Note |
Title from PDF caption title screen (viewed July 29, 2011). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"The effort to contain and control the blowout of the Macondo well was unprecedented. From April 20, 2010, the day the well blew out, until September 19, 2010, when the government finally declared it "dead," BP expended enormous resources to develop and deploy new technologies that eventually captured a substantial amount of oil at the source and, after 87 days, stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The government organized a team of scientists and engineers, who took a crash course in petroleum engineering and, over time, were able to provide substantive oversight of BP, in combination with the Coast Guard and the Minerals Management Service (MMS).1 BP had to construct novel devices, and the government had to mobilize personnel on the fly, because neither was ready for a disaster of this nature in deepwater"--P. 1. |
| Original Version |
Original release: Nov. 22, 2010. |
| Subject |
Deepwater Horizon (Drilling rig)
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Drilling platforms -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Equipment and supplies.
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Oil well cementing.
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Oil wells -- Mexico, Gulf of -- Blowouts -- Maintenance and repair.
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Oil spills -- Mexico, Gulf of.
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BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 -- Environmental aspects.
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| Added Title |
Stopping the spill : the five month effort to kill the Macondo well |
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Five-month effort to kill the Macondo well |
| Gpo Item No. |
0851-J-12 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
PR 44.8:D 36/PAPER 6/2011 |
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