Concerning the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion on April 20, 2010, which escalated into a massive amount of oil spillage from the well reservoir as the oilrig sunk killing eleven crewmembers on board. The key players related to the rig explosion are British Petroleum (BP), Transocean, rig owner, and Halliburton. BP is one of the world's largest energy companies, providing its customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items.
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awareness among the British and Irish churches, the investor community and the general public. For more information, please visit www.eccr.org.uk. Acknowledgements ECCR would like to thank the five civil society organisations that contributed case studies based on their work in the Niger Delta; Cordaid for generously sponsoring the report; members, partners and independent experts who advised, read and commented on the text before publication; Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Shell Petroleum Development Corporation
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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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An oil pipeline running through the Great Bear rainforest is an excellent idea. Not only would it affect British Columbia and its surrounding areas, but it would benefit Canada as a whole. Canada’s economy is dependent on the production and trade of oil and natural gas. “The biggest contributor to Canada’s balance of trade is, by a wide margin, oil and natural gas. The industry is a major job creator, employing more than 550,000 people”-Gwyn Morgan, CEO of EnCana Corporation/ Alberta Energy Company
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output during 2006, as per Indian government estimates.[23] As a net importer of oil, the Government of India has introduced policies aimed at growing domestic oil production and oil exploration activities. As part of the effort, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas crafted the New Exploration License Policy (NELP) in 2000,
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criticism. One industry that is never too far away from criticism is the oil and gas industry. Over the course of this essay, we will explore BP, its stakeholders, some of their criticisms, and BP’s response to those criticisms. BP, formerly British Petroleum, is the fourth largest oil and gas companies in the world in terms of revenue and sixth based on production. (Statista, 2015) (Forbes, 2015) Although BP doesn’t have an official mission statement, the company does have a few statements entitled
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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited * Stock Analysis Contents About Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 4 The Indian Oil and Gas Industry Overview – Why the industry is Superior 4 About the industry 4 Yearly Consumption 5 Yearly Domestic Production 6 Imports 7 Industry Prospects 8 HPCL – Superior Business from Superior Industry 9 Industry Growth vs Overall Economy Growth 10 HPCL’s Profitability vs other Players in the Industry 10 Net Profit Margin 11 Return
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consumers pay at the pump. The major cause in the fluctuation of gas prices is crude oil. Crude oil is that main ingredient involved in the manufacturing of gas. One body that has great influence over the worldwide price of oil is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). OPEC is made up of twelve of the world’s biggest oil-producing nations which include: Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. Since OPEC’s
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advantage in the global petrochemical industry: a Saudi Arabian perspective Salem M. Al-Ghamdi Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, P.O. Box 667, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia E-mail: sghamdi@kfupm.edu.sa M. Sadiq Sohail* Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, PO Box 210, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia E-mail: ssohail@kfupm.edu.sa E-mail: sadiqsohail@hotmail.com *Corresponding author Abstract: This paper
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dioxide emissions produced by fossil fuels. (M. S. Dresselhaus & I. L. Thomas (2001, Winter). The reduction of drilling for and process fossil fuels will lessen the long-lasting environmental hazards like that experienced during the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill of 2010, which saw the discharge of over 185,000,000 gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. (Algarin, Matt. 2011) There is much skepticism concerning the transition to alternative energy sources. Many questions regarding
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