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
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Communication Problems inside BP Submitted by: Date: December 4, 2014 Memo 12/4/14 Jeff Lewis Metropolitan State University of Denver 890 Auraria Parkway Denver, CO 80204 Dear 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
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in which BP operates and M3: Explain the ethical concerns of the communities in which a selected business operates and suggest measures that could be taken to improve corporate responsibility. Introduction: Within this report I will be explaining the ethical concerns for my chosen business BP and I will also be explaining what measurements BP carried out due to their ethical concerns. Some of BP’s ethical concerns: 1) The BP Oil Spill released over 200 million gallons of crude oil in which
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known as BP, is a company that provides energy services to different countries. BP is a global organization that focuses on production, refining, distributing, trading, and exploration of energy. The industry of energy is defined by challenge. It must be determined how to meet the supply of demand. BP has increased their reserves and the need to diversify. BP experienced a horrific accident in April 2010, which was named the Deep-water Horizons. The company was responsible for an oil spill that
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Gulf Oil Spill Keith Niesen ENV/100 July 22, 2013 Nash Saleh Gulf Oil Spill In 2010 America had a major disasters on its hands the BP oil spill, not only did some people die from this spill, but the oil spill contaminated the Gulf of Mexico. This was a representation of bad technology it also revealed many environmental risks that many people rather ignore. The oil spill also sparked huge outrage as to why this happened and what we must do to prevent another disaster like this. How can we change
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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