BP OIL SPILL Under the Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling ring of British Petroleum (BP) caused an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred on April 20th 2010, where equipment failed and caused the explosion sinking the ring, and causing the death of 11 workers and more than 17 workers injured. The British based energy company also faced other problems at the site of the oil spill. More than 40 million gallons (estimated data) of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spill
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given tight supplies--but it's also above the pre-recession peak of 87 million barrels notched in 2008.” (Birger, 2012) There is also major concern about oil spills, especially since the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and one of the worst oil spill disasters of all times – the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill in 1989. My concern is for the safely of the rig workers: their health, job safely, and living conditions; the local inhabitants of the frozen north:
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Sustainability Review 2011 bp.com/sustainability Building a stronger, safer BP What’s inside 2011 was a year of recovery, consolidation and change for BP. Our employees worked hard to make BP a stronger, safer company. We recognize there is more to do, but we believe important progress was achieved during the year, and we are clear on our priorities and responsibilities as we move forward. In this Sustainability Review, we look at how we are working to enhance safety and risk
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Alumina and BP Introduction Running a business does not come without the existence of liability risk and legal issues. The question posed is what are the liability risks that could lead to legal issues and how will such issues be handled. When legal issues are present in the business sector due to liability issues, more likely than not, others are affected both directly and indirectly by the situation. How the situations are resolved depends upon those involved and the complaint. BP and Alumina
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is an oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico during three months between April and July 2010.According to the New York Times, it is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. Indeed, the explosion killed 11 men working on the platform, injured 17 others and had released about 5 million barrel of crude oil. It also caused a lot of economic and ecologic damages. Let’s firstly talk about the ecologic consequences. According
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simplification.” (Niels Bohr). On April 20, 2010 an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig caused 11 people to lose their lives and the sinking of the oil rig. An underwater camera discovered an oil leak within days of the explosion. Unfortunately, it took 87 days before the oil leak was contained. An estimated 3.19 million barrels (134 million gallons) of oil were leaked during the spill. 2010 was a year with several significant natural disasters Haiti –
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British Petroleum (BP) is one of the world's leading international oil and gas companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items. In its global business, the company has several family brands: BP, ARAL, ARCO, Castrol, am/pm and Wild Bean Café. BP's global business is divided into three distinctive organizations to deliver energy products (Upstream, Refinance and Marketing, and BP Alternative Energy)
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Operations Management On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded fifty miles from the coast of Louisiana, killing eleven men and setting off the largest oil disaster in U.S. history. Its impact would reverberate well beyond the Deepwater Horizon and the families of the eleven men who died, and even beyond the people and places of the Gulf of Mexico. Known as the BP spill, this tragedy seemingly was not an isolated incident. According to Juhasz (2011), “BP was not a lone actor; rather
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Christopher Selvarajah Prepared by: Thanh Tuan Nguyen Student ID : 100010779 Exploring Justice, Fairness and Organizational sustainability in the international environment: The case of 2010 Gulf of Mexico Exploring Justice, Fairness and Organizational sustainability in the international environment: The case of 2010 Gulf of Mexico Abstract This study leverages insights from the literature of organizational sustainability, stakeholder theory as well as the notion of organizational justice and fairness
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and a power point for your presentation. The Issue The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an oil spill that began in April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. It claimed 11 lives when the oil rig exploded and spilled 4.9 million barrels or 210 million US gal of oil for 87 days. It was finally capped on September 19, 2010. Numerous investigations explored the causes of the explosion
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