Macondo / Deepwater Horizon - Bibliography of Published Reports

The Summer 2011 issue of vPSI Group's newsletter, H-E-A-R Say, includes an article discussing the vast body of studies and analyses produced in the wake of the Macondo / Deepwater Horizon incident.  On this page, we have collected links to those reports of which we are aware.  If you know of any additional reports not listed below, please contact us.

• Final Report, Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team; The Deepwater Horizon Joint Investigation Team, comprised of: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) and the United States Coast Guard; September 13, 2011.

• BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Incident Specific Preparedness Review (ISPR), Final Report; United States Coast Guard; January 2011.

• Deepwater Horizon Accident Investigation Report; BP; September 8, 2010.

• Macondo Well Incident: Transocean Internal Investigation (Public Report); Transocean; June 2011.

• Deepwater, The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling, Report to the President; National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling; January 11, 2011.

• Macondo, The Gulf Oil Disaster; Chief Counsel’s Report: National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling; February 17, 2011.

• Investigation Report: Explosion and Fire at the Macondo Well; United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; June 5, 2014.

• Macondo Well-Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Lessons for Offshore Drilling Safety; National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Research Council (NRC);  December 14, 2011.

• The Macondo Blowout, 3^rd Progress Report; The Deepwater Horizon Study Group, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, (CCRM), University of California Berkeley; December 5, 2010.

• The Macondo Blowout Environmental Report; The Deepwater Horizon Study Group, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, (CCRM), University of California Berkeley; January 1, 2011.

• Deepwater Horizon Marine Casualty Investigation Report; Republic of the Marshall Islands, Office of the Maritime Administrator; August 17, 2011.

• Proposed ISO / TC 67, Programme For Drilling Well Construction, and Well Operations Standards, Resulting from Montara and Macondo Accidents; International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Technical Committee 67; March 1, 2011.

• DNV Report on Deepwater Horizon BOP to U.S. BOEMRE; DNV; March 23, 2011.

• Composition and Fate of Gas and Oil Released to the Water Column During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS); July 18, 2011.

• Assessing Progress: Implementing the Recommendations of the National Oil Spill Commission; Oil Spill Commission Action (OSCA); April 2012.

• Offshore Drilling Reform Report Card; Oceana; April 17, 2012.

• A Study of the Economic Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; IEM; October 15, 2010.

• North Sea Offshore Authorities Forum (NSOAF) Multi-National Audit: "Human and Organisational Factors in Well Control; Health and Safety Executive (UK); February 18, 2014.

• Working Paper 79, Management Walk-Arounds: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Well Blowout; Professor Andrew Hopkins, Australian National University; National Research Centre for OHS Regulation; February 2011.