Oil spill commission releases preliminary conclusions on cause of Macondo well blowout
Staff for the national oil spill commission released preliminary conclusions today regarding the cause of the April 20 Macondo well blowout, which led eventually to the massive Gulf oil spill.
The work suits and boots of roughnecks removing the drill pipe are seen on the drilling floor of Development Driller III, which drilled the relief well and pumped the cement to seal the Macondo well, the source of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and oil spill, in the Gulf Of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.