...found papers that illustrated how crude oil has affected the exposed area where Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was located. Impact of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Bioavailable Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons gave information on The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Which is the largest marine oil spill in United States history. It estimated the amount of oil spilled into the ocean the Federal government accepted estimate of 4.1 million barrels of oil and 7 million was supported by independent researchers. Furthermore, an estimated 2.1 million gallons of dispersants were applied at the ocean surface and the wellhead. This study demonstrated that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico and contributed to temporary increases in the bioavailable concentration of PAHs. Additionally, the data provide measures of potential exposures to PAHs in ecologically sensitive coastal areas, accessed by large human populations, which can be incorporated into ongoing studies in a variety of fields. Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill summarized the general knowledge of oil spill impacts on coastal marshes. Relative to the chemistry of oil and its related toxicity; the capacity of microbial processes to degrade oil and reduce toxicity; the responses of wetland vegetation, benthic biota, and marsh-dependent fishery resources to oil; and impacts on ecosystem services on which...
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...Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Ethical Point of View The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in April of the year 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. During this disaster, eleven people went missing and have not been found out to this day. The petroleum industry considers the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as the largest accident of marine oil spillage in the history if the industry. The government of the United States of America estimated the total oil discharged during the disaster at 4.9 million barrels worth an approximate $210 million (Myers and Spoolman, 2014). There were several attempts made top contain and repair the leakage, however, when it did not work the government declared the closing of the oil well on September 10 2010....
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...The Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on 20 April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-owned, Transocean-operated Macondo Prospect. An oil well about a mile below the surface blew out, causing an explosion killing eleven people. It is considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, an estimated 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previously largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill. Following the explosion and the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days expelling an estimated 270 million gallons of oil, until it was capped on 15 July 2010.1 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be now considered one of the worst oil spills but it is not the only one that had a devastating...
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...On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico was set to begin pumping valuable oil out from under the ocean floor. After starting the process of drilling, the crew noticed what they called “gas kicks”, the little kicks the pipe that is pumping the oil up may give if it hits a gas bubble. They had no idea how wrong they were. The Deepwater Horizon blew up after the oil well that they were pumping from failed and exploded. Massive amounts of oil came blasting out of the water and shot 240 feet into the air. The oil rig caught fire and began to sink with her crew of 126 still aboard. 11 people last their lives when the Deepwater Horizon blew, and the Gulf of Mexico is still paying the price as well. The Deepwater...
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...Jeff: Enclosed is my report on British Petroleum and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This report shows how BP cut corners to expedite construction and save millions of dollars. As a result, the biggest oil spill in United States occurred. Due to the reckless conduct of BP, the corners cut by the people in charge ended up costing them billions of dollars as well as endangering the habitat and wildlife in the area. After reading this report you will realize BP’s CEO Tony Hayward, all the way down to the engineers in charge of everyday operations were to blame for the worse oil tragedy in our history. Sincerely, Executive Summary This is a report on how British Petroleum has failed in many areas of business communications. It’s going to include 3 main points that will explain in detail on how British Petroleum had bad communication and how it ended up creating history’s biggest oil spill in the United States in the Gulf of Mexico. The 3 main points include: 1. Pre-Event Planning a. Anticipate, Prepare, Practice b. “Safety” Not a Core Value c. Responsibility of Employees 2. Expressing Concern and Wrongful Focus a. Slow in Expressing Concern b. Lack of Sympathy to Affected People c. Accountability 3. Company Truthfulness a. Alarm Negligence b. Learn From Mistakes Table of Contents Introduction 5 Figure 1: BP Oil Spill Statistic………………………………………………………………….5 Purpose 5 Procedure...
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...bao bì b/Làm gì: Chúng tôi mong muốn tạo ra giá trị trong toàn chuỗi giá trị hydrocarbon. Điều này bắt đầu với việc thăm dò và kết thúc với việc cung cấp năng lượng và các sản phẩm khác trọng cho cuộc sống hàng ngày. c/Chiến lược: Mục tiêu của chúng tôi là trở thành một công ty dầu mỏ và khí đốt tập trung mang lại giá trị so với khối lượng. Chúng tôi đang theo đuổi chiến lược của chúng tôi bằng cách thiết lập các ưu tiên rõ ràng, chủ động quản lý danh mục đầu tư chất lượng và sử dụng khả năng đặc biệt của chúng tôi. Kế hoạch 10 điểm Trong năm 2011, chúng tôi đặt ra một kế hoạch 10 điểm được thiết kế để ổn định công ty và phục hồi niềm tin và giá trị để đáp ứng với những tai nạn bi thảm Deepwater Horizon. Ưu tiên của chúng tôi là làm cho BP một, kinh doanh an toàn hơn rủi ro nhận thức rõ hơn. Kế hoạch này bao gồm một loạt các sự kiện quan trọng 2012-2014, bạn có thể theo dõi sự tiến bộ của chúng ta chống lại những cái này trong Báo cáo thường niên và Mẫu 20-F 2013 . 1 | Một không ngừng tập trung vào an toàn và quản lý rủi ro thông qua việc áp dụng hệ thống tiêu chuẩn toàn cầu. | 6 | Quản lý danh mục đầu tư để tiếp tục hoạt động bằng cách hoàn thành $ 38000000000 của thanh lý trong vòng bốn năm tới cuối năm 2013, để tập trung vào thế mạnh của chúng tôi. | 2 | Chúng tôi sẽ chơi với thế mạnh của chúng tôi trong việc thăm dò, nước sâu, các trường khổng lồ và chuỗi giá trị khí. | 7 | Chúng tôi hy vọng sẽ mang lại cho các dự án thượng...
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...Crisis Panel BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill British Petroleum is a multinational company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. BP dedicates to find, extract, transport, and commercialize oil and gas. BP is the fourth largest global energy company in the world and it is the largest producer of oil and gas in the United States with headquarters in Houston Texas. Since BP started operating in United States has been involved in many environmental and safety scandals. The most recent incident is the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana coast. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and it has created a huge damage in the environment. In the morning of April 20, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon exploded; there were 126 members on the platform when fire engulfed the platform, although most of the workers escaped the rig by lifeboat and were subsequently evacuated by boat or airlifted by helicopter for medical treatment; however, eleven workers were never found despite a three-day Coast Guard search operation, and are presumed to have died in the explosion. The fire on the platform lasted for 36 hours and ended by the Deepwater Horizon sank. Two days later after the explosion a large oil slick was discovered at the former side of the platform, it was confirmed that a damaged wellhead was leaking. BP estimated the worst case flow at 162,000 barrels per day. Initial estimates by Coast Guard and BP officials...
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...company in the world because of its international markets activities is considered as a multinational Oil company Headquartered in London and as a largest producer of oil and gas in the North of America. (BP) The company has huge market impact, which gives it notable trading performance in the global energy industry. (BP). Their structure is set up through two main operating segments, Upstream and Downstream, in which BP finds, develops and produces vital sources of energy, turning them into products that we need. BP also buys and sells at each stage of the hydrocarbon value chain which is a series of processes to transform hydrocarbons from a basic natural resource into the complex fuels and materials which our modern world depends on. They also have stake in renewable energy that include biofuels and wind. The products and services they provide customers with vary form fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, all way to lubricants to keep engines running, and the petrochemicals products used to make everyday items as different as paints, clothes and packaging (BP). The first of two key factors that can and have affected the success of BP is one we all probably have heard of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. According National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling report it was the largest offshore oil spill in US history. This...
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...Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and BP Environmental Clean-Up Deb Schoenwether MGMT 312 Creativity & Innovation December 8, 2010 Submitted By: Joe Panayiotou Angela Merryfield Sonya Meggs Lisa Parker Kristi Mathews Introduction: (Lisa Parker) On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 28 people. It was later found that the wellhead was damaged and was leaking oil from the British Petroleum (BP) Oil Refinery into the Gulf of Mexico. In a report on the incident issued by BP on September 8, the company admitted that there were weaknesses in the cement design and testing. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. BP is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. BP is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its largest division is BP America, which is the biggest producer of oil and gas in the United States and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. (Wikipedia, 2010) This significant oil spill poses a serious threat to people, industries, businesses, wildlife and beaches along the coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The spill continues to cause extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as the Gulf's fishing and tourism industries. BP states that they will recruit a series of teams to clean-up the shorelines and workers will receive safety training before clean-up takes place...
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...On April 20, 2010, a gas release and subsequent explosion occurred on BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion involved a loss of hydrostatic control of the well and failure of the blowout preventer equipment that allowed the release and ignition of hydrocarbon. The explosion claimed 11 lives and 205 million gallons of oil spilled into the surrounding ecosystems which made it the largest accidental oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. In response to the crisis, BP created its “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website as a form of crisis management to protect and repair its reputation. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to try to repair its reputation: highlighting current financial data and reports to show the accurate compensation contributions BP has given to the Gulf; displaying videos with images that de-emphasize the damage by focusing on restored areas and statistics showing how the Gulf has restored business continuity; and uses powerful headers and sub-headers titled to portray optimistic restoration objectives. To restore its reputation, BP's "Gulf of Mexico Restoration" website provides current financial data and reports that show the donations BP has given to the Gulf to prove its strong commitment to helping the affected areas. Effectively communicating its use of compensation as a reputation repair strategy, BP provides public data reports updated as of September 30, 2013 under the sub-heading...
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...SC260.2.1 Introduction to Ecology Assignment 8: Ecological Crisis of the BP Oil Spill April 25th 2015 On April 20th, 2010, a massive offshore drilling rig, formal known as the Deepwater Horizon, exploded and set fire. The explosion caused oil pipes to burst and spill thousands of barrels of oil into the Golf of Mexico. According to Do Something, an environmental website, have reported the death and injury of 28, more than 8,000 animals dead within six months, and 16,000 miles of coastline pollution (11 facts about BP oil spill). The BP oil spill has since became one of the worst ecological disaster in America's history. People living near the coast line has been affected due to polluted air and water. Many children had been sick and they had problem breathing fresh air. There were several issues with this oil spill: professional issues, ethics and new technology issues, legal, regulatory and political, safety issues, and environmental issues. If BP would have taken care of all these issues there had been no oil spill. The oil spill is the result of a series of events that eventually led to tens of thousands of barrels of petroleum to be leaked into the gulf. In September, BP released a report that analyzed the events leading up to the incident. The report shows that the fire was caused by a release of hydrocarbons from the well, and them onto the oil rig (BP internal investgation team) The Deepwater horizon was equipped with fail-safe mechanisms in case anything were to go wrong...
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...BP Oil Spill Introduction: On the evening of April 22nd, 2010, a gas released and subsequent explosion occurred on the deck of Transocean Deepwater oil rig that was on the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven were killed and many were injured during the thirty-six hours it burned while hydrocarbons leaked into the Gulf of Mexico before it was closed off and sealed. The oil slick was produced by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that covered almost 29,000 square miles. The disaster was quickly declared the largest oil spill in United States history. Not only was the ocean surface glazed with oil sheen, the impact on the marine ecosystem below the surface and onshore was devastating. Many concerns were raised about the environmental impact of chemicals known as dispersants that were used to dissipate the oil slick. Governmental agencies and others worked together to control the spill and minimize the impact that it would have on the environment and human health by containing it and cleaning up whatever came ashore. “Oil spills can affect water in a variety of ways it spreads out into a very thin layer across the surface which is called slick and it expands till it’s extremely thin”.(Bourne, 2010, p.2) The Deepwater Horizon oil spill wasn’t an unavoidable accident it was the results from negligence and avarice. The oil spill sparked heated debates regarding a variety of issues; the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, government regulations and which organization was more at fault. Key...
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...injured. An exploration for crude oil, now remembered as one of our nation’s largest oil spills in history. A well control event allowed hydrocarbons to escape from the Macondo Well onto Transocean’s Deepwaster Horizon, resulting in explosions and fire on the rig. The fire, which was fed by hydrocarbons from the well continued to burn for 36 hours until the rig sank to bottom of the ocean. “Hydrocarbons continued to flow from the reservoir through the wellbore and the blowout preventer for 87 days, causing a spill of national significance” (Crisis Watch). The operations were controlled by BP Exploration & Production Inc., in which they held the lease contract as operators of Mississippi Canyon Block 252, which contains the Macondo Well. Deepwater Horizon exploration was to collect crude oil, one of the leading fuels in the world. After the explosion that shocked the nation, BP formed an investigation team that was in charge of gathering the facts surrounding the accident, analyzing available information and to identify possible causes and making recommendations to enable prevention of similar accidents in the future. The BP investigation Team began its work immediately in the aftermath of the accident, since gathering information directly from the explosion site was slightly out of the question immediately due to the horrendous events and lack of testimonies and vital facts, BP investigation team worked independently from other BP spill response activities and organizations...
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...There are many key takeaways that are derived from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. The behaviors and attitudes of leaders were disappointing at best, and irresponsible at worst. It appears that BP presided over an organizational culture that sanctioned extreme risk-taking, ignored expert advice, overlooked warnings about safety issues, and hid facts (Morgan, Whitehead, Huth, Martin, and Sjolander, 2016). Their failure to respond to the disaster with sufficient speed and attention, was a direct consequence of the flawed culture. On April 20, 2010 there was an explosion and fire on the BP-licensed drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. While the Deepwater Horizon Rig sunk two days later, the seafloor oil gusher that resulted...
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...Advertising - 1 Instructor: Charles Ayodele Everest University Online January 5, 2015 * Did BP use a proactive or reactive strategy? Explain why. * Was the strategy effective? Why or why not? Bp oil slick was the biggest catastrophe in American history; happening on April 20, 2010 pumping in excess of 200 million gallons of unrefined petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil rig blast slaughtered 11 individuals, harming 17. Also, till date the oil keeps on being appearing on shores; making long haul harms to neighborhoods. Also, the Bp Oil Spill was in charge of the demise of in excess of 8,000 creatures, including numerous imperiled species. The quick impact of the Oil spill affected the untamed life which included oil-covered winged animals (Ducks) and ocean turtles. "In-situ smoldering oil" (the blazing of oil in a contained zone on the surface of the water) was utilized as a strategy for the treatment of the oil slick which adversely affected nature. Henceforth, the Bp Oil spill adversely affected numerous parts of the earth and different variables, making it the biggest catastrophe in American history. The Bp Oil Spill emergency happened because of the organization's carelessness bringing attention to the heartbreaking effects it has cause on diverse businesses. The Bp Oil Spill extraordinarily affected the earth showing the organizations to fortify the methodology to readiness and reaction arranging. Arranging and fortifying the methodology to such mishaps permits viable...
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