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
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how dependent our country is on oil, but are reminded when the high demand causes the price of oil to jump. The burning of fossil fuels pollutes the air we breathe. Sometimes pollution occurs in the form of oil spilled into the ocean. Our country needs to force citizens and companies to pollute less by putting more money into research for alternative forms of energy and passing laws to prevent pollution. Even though offshore drilling can cause pollution by oil spills, it would be ridiculous to pass
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The BP oil spill has become widely accepted as the worst manmade environmental calamity in US history. The disaster wasn’t a catastrophe solely because of the extent of harm it caused the environment, but also because of the lack of concern and benevolence BP (primarily their CEO Tony Hayward) showed towards most stakeholders. This paper will give an account of many of the primary errors that were committed by BP. Also, specific dates will be used as a timeline in order to emphasize BP’s lack of
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BP Deep-water Horizon Oil Spill Public Relations BP Deep-water Horizon Oil Spill: Executive Summary The Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the BP oil spill was a disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that took place in the Macondo Prospect. Macondo Prospect was a BP operated project, and one of the oil spill disasters that has been considered to be one of the most destructive accidents on marine environment. In fact, it has been considered the most expensive and life threatening
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On April 20, 2010, the biggest oil explosion in history occurred. The incident took place in the Gulf of Mexico on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig leased by British Petroleum (BP). This tragedy claimed the lives of 11 BP employees and injured 17 employees. The incident occurred due to BP’s failure to take safety precautions and its focus on keeping costs low. In order to restore its image, BP created a response website titled “Gulf of Mexico Restoration”. This website uses the following three verbal
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Prof. Leeds BP Oil Spill In this essay I will discuss one of the largest class-action settlements ever. It was also the nations worst offshore oil spill in history. Lastly, everyone in the region was directly affected by BP negligence . The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also known as the BP Oil spill started on April 20th , 2010. It began when pressure from a well a mile below the ocean blew up a massive drilling rig. Unfortunately, the oil spill killed 11 men and left 17 injured
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British Petrolum 2012 BP Oil Spill Management Dr…………………………………….. Nahla…………………………… , Nuf………………………. QATAR UNIVERSITY Executive Summary This paper examines the oil spill that took place due to an explosion at one of the drilling rig of British Petroleum on 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and the managerial response to that crisis. Introduction: History of British Petroleum (BP) According to the British Petroleum's website, the company has started in 1908 with oil found in a rugged part
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world's largest offshore drilling contractor. It rents floating mobile drill rigs, equipment, and personnel to oil and gas companies. The Deep Water Horizon oilrig was owned by Transocean and leased to BP when the explosion occurred. For three months oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. Remote causes are events in the past that link to the future. An example of this in the case of the BP oil spill was the diminished work level of the organization that looks over the proper management of oilrigs. Due to
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BP Oil Spill Introduction The United States consumes 19.5 million barrels of oil each day. (Rahman,K. Sabeel, 2011) This demonstrates how dependent the American society is on fossil fuel. This need for large amount of oil to keep the economy moving is having serious environmental impact, particularly in areas where large off shore drilling platforms are located. Each year, approximately one billion gallons of oil is spilled in the ocean. The BP oil spill accident is just of the many oil spills
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April 20, 2010 the BP licensed Transocean deep water drilling rig exploded, killing 11 people and injuring another 17.Roughly, 4.9 million barrels of oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico for 87 subsequent days. Days after the accident British Petroleum’s stock dropped by 2% due to stockholders worries of cleanup costs and upcoming legal claims. In order to mitigate the damage done to their image BP created a new portion of their website called the “Gulf of Mexico Restoration.” BP wanted to show the
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