Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill : Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Business.

Oil spills.

America, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (15 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Highlights Federal and BP actions taken in light of April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig and resulting Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Summarizes issues related to oil spill response, fate of remaining oil that was not cleaned up, economic claims and other payments, civil and criminal settlements, natural resources damage assessment process and Gulf Coast restoration, Congressional and executive branch activity, and independent inquiries.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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