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Macondo the Gulf oil disaster : Chief Counsel's report National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Chief Counsel's report National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. - [Washington, D.C.] National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling 2011. - xi, 357 p. ill. (chiefly col.) 28 cm.

Title from cover. Shipping list no.: 2011-0232-P. Also issued online.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-345).

Scope of investigation and methodology -- Drilling for oil in deepwater -- Background on the Macondo Well, the Deepwater Horizon, and the companies involved -- Technical findings: Flow path; Well design; Cement; Foamed cement stability; Temporary abandonment; Negative pressure test; Kick detection; Kick response; Blowout preventer; Maintenance -- Overarching failures of management -- Regulatory observations.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
BP (Firm)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.
Offshore oil well drilling--Management.--Mexico, Gulf of
Oil spills--Mexico, Gulf of.

GPO Item No.: 0851-J-12

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: PR 44.8:D 36/M 23