BP's Ethical Culture and the 2010 Oil SPil The explosion of 2010 that occurred at the “Macondo” oil reservoir is to date the largest oil spill in history of the United States of America which resulted in 2.5 million gallons of crude oil to pour into the Gulf of Mexico daily. The death of thousands of marine animals, the damage done to the habitats, the lives of the 11 oil rig workers and many other consequences have been laid at the feet of BP. Such a crisis has raised further questions regarding
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Team assignment Personal Injury, The impact of BP oil disaster to local people Fisherpersons where immediately affected as they have no other sources of getting income as immediate halted by the closure of fishing in the ocean resulting from the spill which courses great impact on fisherpersons, and there dependent who depend on seafood. Ninety percent of the fisherpersons do not learn any other trade or even have any other skill work to do, where face with great impact from the disaster. House
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A Costly Mistake Bus 311 Beth Garcia April 23 2012 Introduction- Thesis statement In April 2010 British Petroleum (BP) had its worst nightmare come true; the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded. Gushing million and millions of barrels of oil into the ocean becoming the largest oil spill in history. Effecting animal life and small business for years to come; someone had to be responsible, someone had to pay. Throughout this paper we will explore BP’s legal options, the administrative
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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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Image creation-BP is in the mature stage of its life cycle, has been involved in multiple mishaps over the years. They have lost focus of their duty to the environment, the public, and its shareholders. 1) SWOT analysis Strengths-they have alot of money that can be reinvested in enhancing/repairing their image and focusing on the environment, their connections (with the British government and Navy), alternative energy (wind, solar, biofuels), infrastructure, carbon footprint toolkit, they
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Troubled Water British Petroleum (BP) is one of the biggest oil and gas industry in the world. They owned 21,000 services stations worldwide and their brand is most trusted in the world. Then an incident occur in 2012, where BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig has exploded that causes 11 deaths and oil slick at the Gulf of Mexico. BP is being fined billion of dollar by the US government and need to compensate the others that affected by it. 1.1 Political Factors Most of the oil reserved in the worlds are owned
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Friday, November 13, 2009 Part III Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 112 Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule—Amendments; Final Rule wreier-aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with RULES3 VerDate Nov2008 14:49 Nov 12, 2009 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\13NOR3.SGM 13NOR3 58784 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 218 / Friday, November 13, 2009 / Rules and Regulations copy. Publicly available
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In this case Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. vs United States, the supreme court made the ruling that Shell Oil Company was not liable under the CERCLA. This case was about an agricultural chemical distribution business that operated on a small plot of land leased by Burlington Northern Railroad company. The chemical company stored and distributed hazard substances on the land, as well as a pesticide sold by Shell. Through the years, these hazard chemicals leeched into the ground contaminating
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Course 2016 FE1 EDHEC Nice Tutorial 3 BP, Deepwater and Sustainability Reporting The Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and explosion on April 20, 2010, killed 11 men and caused one of the largest marine oil spills in history. The leak from the undersea well flowed for 87 days and polluted an estimated 68,000 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico waters and nearly 500 miles of coastline from Louisiana to Florida. At the moment of the accident BP was the leaseholder and operator of the Maconda
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risk in the oil and gas industry relate to reducing accidents? 2. Managing risk relates to the oil and gas industry by first off keeping the environment and public safety at a high and safe level. By keeping a safe environment that will reduce the chance of oil leaks, spills, and also explosions. Not only will it affect the community and the public, but also the stakeholders reputation and public pressure and criticism that they have to further deal with. 2. Compare the risk that BP, Exxon, and
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