Abstract
TO MIXED REVIEWS, the cochairmen of the presidentially appointed National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill & Offshore Drilling took the commission’s 380-page report to Congress last month. At the center of attention for congressional members were the commission’s recommendations, which, if acted upon, would overhaul U.S. offshore oil and natural gas drilling practices and regulations. Although the commission specifically examined only the BP Gulf of Mexico accident, which killed 11 workers and resulted in the world’s largest offshore oil spill, it said systemic problems plague other U.S. offshore oil and gas drilling activities—both in terms of government oversight and industry practices (CE that plan is just now being implemented. When speaking at the hearings, Commission Cochairmen William K. Reilly, former head of the Environmental...
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