CPI: Spill Training Exercises Showed Botched Response, Gaps in Government Preparedness

Center for Public Integrity Report:
"Over the last eight years, the U.S. government has conducted four major drills to prepare for a massive oil spill, the results of which foreshadowed many of the weaknesses in coordination, communication, expertise, and technology that have plagued the federal response to the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico."


Among the report's major concerns:
"A lack of expertise and modern technology for closing a spewing oil well leak and containing a slick through controlled burns and dispersants."

The Center for Public Integrity