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ram, when activated on either April 20 or April 22, could not shear the drill pipe
and seal the wellbore. Flow from the Macondo well continued for 87 days after
the blowout, spewing almost 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
In the following section of this Report, the Panel makes recommendations
to improve the safety of offshore well operations. Recommended changes to
regulatory requirements and oversight are made in the following areas: well
design (particularly for high flow potential wells), well integrity testing, kick
detection and response, rig configuration, blowout preventers, and remotely‐
operated vehicles.
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