METAIRIE, La. - Members of the joint investigation board for the Deepwater Horizon explosion, question Ian Little, manager of exploration and appraisal for BP, at the seventh session of hearings, April 7, 2011. The Coast Guard and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement are co-chairing the fact-finding investigation launched to determine the cause of the initial incident and fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Ranel.