“DEEP WATER: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling: Report to the President”

This report, along with recommendations, is the result of an intense six-month effort of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.  The Commission’s aim has been to provide President Barack Obama, policymakers, industry, and the American people a clear, accessible, accurate, and fair account 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.  The reports are now available on the new bookshelf and online through GPO at http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo2978 and http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo2981.