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This set of three DVD-ROMs provides full coverage of the work of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, including its final report released in January 2011, over 100 background documents developed during the investigation, and dozens of videos of the many public meetings held by the Commission. With the leak finally sealed, attention has turned to the investigation of the accident, environmental damage from the oil spill, restoration of the Gulf coast and ecosystem, and the future of offshore drilling. The commission report provides authoritative, official findings on the causes and consequences of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, with proposals for comprehensive reforms of both government and industry practices to overhaul the U.S. approach to drilling safety and greatly reduce the chances of a similar, large scale disaster in the future. Our investigation shows that a series of specific and preventable human and engineering failures were the immediate causes of the disaster, said Commission Co- Chair William K. Reilly. But, in fact, this disaster was almost the inevitable result of years of industry and government complacency and lack of attention to safety. This was indisputably the case with BP, Transocean, and Halliburton, as well as the government agency charged with regulating offshore drilling the former Minerals Management Service. As drilling pushes into ever deeper and riskier waters where more of America s oil lies, only systemic reforms of both government and industry will prevent a similar, future disaster. Backed up by hundreds of footnotes, the contents include: The Deepwater Horizon, the Macondo Well, and Sudden Death on the Gulf of Mexico; The History of Offshore Oil and Gas in the United States; Oversight and Oversights in Regulating; The Macondo Well and the Blowout; Response and Containment; Oiling a Rich Environment: Impacts and Assessment; Recovery and Restoration; Changing Business as Usual; Inv