The amount and fate of the oil / National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, creator.

Series:

Staff working paper (United States. National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling) ; no. 3.

Staff working paper ; no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oil spills--Cleanup--America, Gulf of.

Oil spills.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects--America, Gulf of.

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010--Environmental aspects.

BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010.

Oil spills--Cleanup.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects.

Gulf of America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

"Updated January 11, 2011."

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, [2011]

Summary:

"The federal government's estimates of the amount of oil flowing into and later remaining in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the Macondo well explosion were the source of significant controversy, which undermined public confidence in the federal government's response to the spill. By initially underestimating the amount of oil flowing and then, at the end of the summer, appearing to underestimate the amount of oil remaining in the Gulf, the federal government created the impression that it was either not fully competent to handle the spill or not fully candid with the American people about the scope of the problem"--Page 1.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (viewed Aug. 1, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

743813094