by American as a special religious and medical purpose, before the European came from England, Spain, France, and Italy to North America. After that in 1612 American colony Jamestown, Virginia plant tobacco as a source of Income which was sold to British and it was the oldest industry in United States. Tobacco has enjoyed deeper ties to the colonization of the New World and to the expansion of international trade between the New World and Europe, Asia, and the Middle East over the last four centuries
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BP Exploration company limited, a subsidiary of British Petroleum Company that explores and produces oil and gas decided to outsource all its information technology operations in an effort to cut costs, gain flexibility, achievement of higher quality IT resources and transform the IT department so they act like internal consultants for the firm. The firm took a different outsourcing approach as the senior managers were concerned about relying on one supplier to receive all services because they believed
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Ethics in the Workplace Case Study: BP Oil Spill On April 20, 2010 off the Gulf of Mexico, there was a blowout of the Macondo well which is owned by British Petroleum also known as BP. When the blowout took place it got immediate media attention because aspects of the event were known over the world. Within events transpiring it was discovered how limited the resources and reaction to the disaster was going to be. This paper will detail aspects of the event from symptoms of the problem, the root
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The Gulf of Mexico oil spill The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the biggest environmental disaster in the United States. The British Petroleum oil spill is caused by a broken drill ring pipe line and it led to a huge oil spill in the ocean of the Gulf of Mexico. There were about 4.9 million barrels of oil floating in the Gulf of Mexico which caused extensive damage to the marines. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has threated many of people live and it also has a big effect on wildlife, tourism
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of oil that are obtained from crude oil are as mentioned below: 1. Ethane and other short-chain alkanes 2. Diesel fuel (petro diesel) 3. Fuel oils 4. Gasoline (Petrol) 5. Jet fuel 6. Kerosene 7. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 8. Natural gas Certain types of resultant hydrocarbons when mixed with other non-hydrocarbons, create other products like: 1. Alkenes (olefins), which can be manufactured into plastics or other compounds. 2. Lubricants
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wildlife (Cartage, 2012). The accidental spillage of oil is damaging to subsurface and surface organisms through the physical damage that is done to their habitat. The severity of an oil spill is contingent on two factors; whether it is petroleum or non-petroleum based and the general magnitude of the spillage which is typically measured in barrels or U.S. gallons. Oil is destructive to aquatic ecosystems since it interferes with animal membranes, disrupts the regulation of water controlled by fishes
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considerably less profit for seafood business. The seafood industries were clearly negatively affected. The Gulf oil spill also affected the oil companies across the world. First was the sale of gasoline from British Petroleum. People were refusing to buy gasoline distributed by British Petroleum. People around the world were
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the formation of joint ventures. This case delves into the 50/50 international joint venture (IJV) formed between British Petroleum (BP) and a group of Russian investors, Alfa Group, Access Industries, and Renova known as AAR. This IJV was formed in September 2003 and was known as TNK-BP.1 TNK-BP’s CEO was Robert Dudley in May 2008. This is when the dispute between the British and Russian shareholders started to escalate. AAR thought that BP was treating TNK-BP as a subsidiary and not a JV
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It is not a recent discovery that mankind has realized that extracting petroleum from the seas has been extremely efficient and economically successful. In the late 1800s, citizens in California realized that wells drilled near the ocean were the best sources of crude oil and natural gas. In 1887, H.L. Williams decided to drill wells offshore and his first well went about three hundred feet into the Pacific. As expected, the extraction was abundant and extremely productive. During this time, the
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energy needs. (Visit the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Sources information page for more insight.) Before petroleum can be used, it is sent to a refinery where it is physically, thermally and chemically separated into fractions and then converted into finished products. About 90% of these products are fuels such as gasoline, aviation fuels, distillate and residual oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coke (not the refreshment) and kerosene. Refineries also produce non-fuel products, including petrochemicals
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