The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled "Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill" on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing examined what caused the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the oil spill now spreading across the Gulf, in order to help prevent future incidents and inform the direction of our national energy policy.

Witnesses

• Lamar McKay, President and Chairman of BP America, Inc.
• Steve Newman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transocean Ltd.
• Timothy Probert, President, Global Business Lines, and Chief Health, Safety, and Environmental Officer, Halliburton
• Jack Moore, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cameron

Documents

• Briefing Memo

Opening Statements

• Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement

• Chairman Stupak's Opening Statement

• BP - What Could Have Happened?
• BP - What We Know
• Halliburton - Last 2 hours before end of transmission
• Transocean - Daily Drilling Report, April 20, 2010
• BP - Blowout Preventer Testing Memo
• Transocean - Deepwater Horizon BOP Assurance Analysis, March 2001
• Transocean - Surface BOP Operations from Floating Vessels
• BP - Regional Oil Spill Response Plan
• Transocean - Deepwater Horizon BOP Test, Feb. 12, 2010
• Transocean - Nontank Vessel Response Plan
• Internal BP Email Regarding Negative Test Results
• Transocean - Major Accident Hazard Risk Analysis Deepwater Horizon, August, 2004

Testimony

• Testimony of Lamar McKay
• Testimony of Steve Newman
• Testimony of Timothy Probert
• Testimony of Jack Moore

Additional Documents

• Preliminary Transcript
• Briefing Memo

Video

WMV
Part 1: Download or Stream
Part 2: Download or Stream

Additional Information

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