Federal Government Issues Report on Causes of BP Oil Spill

By Kevin Fayle on September 14, 2011 | Last updated on March 21, 2019

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard have released a report on their investigation of the causes of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil right and the subsequent oil spill. The report contains the conclusion that BP, Transocean and Halliburton violated numerous federal offshore safety regulations.
Federal Government Issues Report on Causes of BP Oil Spill