Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Selected Issues for Congress
- ISBN-10
- 1437934730
- ISBN-13
- 9781437934731
- Series
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Category
- BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
- Pages
- 33
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-10
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Curry L. Hagerty
Description
On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). This resulted in 11 worker fatalities, a massive oil release, and a national response effort in the GoM region by the federal and state governments as well as BP. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Setting in the GoM: Oil and Gas Recovery; Weather and Ocean Currents; Biological Resources; (3) Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Technology; (4) Fed. Statutory Framework; (5) Fed. Regulatory Framework; (6) Environmental and Economic Impacts; (7) Labor Issues; (8) Reorganization of Minerals Mgmt. Service; (9) FEMA Issues; Exxon Valdez; Recent Regional Disaster History; (10) Conclusion. Charts and tables.
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