The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement: Report Regarding the Causes of the April 20, 2010 Macondo Well Blowout

by U.S. Department of the Interior

At approximately 9:50 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 2010, while the crew of the Deepwater Horizon rig was finishing work after drilling the Macondo exploratory well, an undetected influx of hydrocarbons, commonly referred to as a "kick", escalated to a blowout. Shortly after the blowout, hydrocarbons that had flowed onto the rig floor through a mudgas vent line ignited in two separate explosions. Flowing hydrocarbons fueled a fire on the rig that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505553547
• ISBN13: 9781505553543
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"