of emergency shut off system was in place. BP cut corners to save time and money while not providing sufficient oversight. Seventy five percent of incidents that caused Federal investigations into safety on deep sea drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were on Transocean drilling rigs and BP were their biggest client. Therefore it was BP’s responsibility to ensure that appropriate precautions were taken to prevent a disaster. BP was accused of willful negligence. A technician on the Deepwater
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School BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Investigation Subject: Geography Level: High (HL) Name: Stephanie Chinese: 姜智旻 Homeroom: 10-5 Word count: 1088 Student number: 4192 Supervisor: Craig Hamilton   On 20th of August 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, operating in the Gulf of Mexico exploded then sunk resulting to 11 deaths. During the 87 days, about 4.9 billion barrels of oil had already spread. An estimation of 42,000 gallon of oil is oozing from underwater. From then
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On 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
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The History of Offshore Oil and Gas in the United States In looking at the history of offshore drilling for oil and gas, it has been a long and grueling process that has revolutionized the industry in its own. Beginning in the 1890s, oil companies have drilled wells in the ocean, but from wooden piers connected to shore. It wasn’t until the 1930’s, that Texaco and Shell Oil deployed moveable barges that were not considered ocean worthy to drill in the South Louisiana marshes. After years of
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Gare, Jonashil Rios MT32-B2 Viewpoint M/V Rena grounded on Astrolabe Reef This vessel named M/V Rena with a 236 meters long PANAMAX container ship was aground in Astrolabe Reef in New Zealand on October 5, 2012 at 0220H while sailing from NAPIER to TAURANGA. The ship was carrying 1,368 containers, eight of which contained hazardous materials, as well as 1,700 tons of heavy fuel oil and 200 tons of marine diesel. This incident considered as the unfavorable maritime accident in the year of 2012. According
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Stephanie Angulo AC1408307 SC260.2.1 Introduction to Ecology Assignment 8: Ecological 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
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Drilling is not only for producing pore fluids (oil, water, gas) but also for: Gaining information about the sub-surface; -Allowing injection of fluids; -Exploiting geothermal resources; -Disposing Waste (nuclear waste); -Drilling training/research wells. There are six basic reasons for drilling a well. 1. Information from sub surface is required. This may be to identify hydrocarbon reservoirs, coal seams or other mineral deposits. 2. Allow fluids to be produced from within the
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There were a few key causes for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Communication was a problem worker and management had poor communication with one another. BP failed in the communication area, by letting the drill crew in on the findings from testing the cement. As a result, the test performed showed that this was not a good solution to hold the barriers. The cement was not of quality, and was not tested properly before they began cementing. The cement was tainted, unstable and insufficient instruments
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On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig located in the Gulf of Mexico was set to begin pumping valuable oil out from under the ocean floor. After starting the process of drilling, the crew noticed what they called “gas kicks”, the little kicks the pipe that is pumping the oil up may give if it hits a gas bubble. They had no idea how wrong they were. The Deepwater Horizon blew up after the oil well that they were pumping from failed and exploded. Massive amounts of oil came blasting out of
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Milling Machines & Drill Press Mr. E Bonnick Name: Dean Rankine ID #: 1105891 October21, 2014 Table of contents Table of contents 2 INTRODUCTION 4 What is a lathe? 4 DIAGRAM OF LATHE MACHINE 5 FIG 1 5 FIG.2 6 HEADSTOCK 6 FEED AND LEAD SCREW …………... 10 FIG.3 11 CARRIAGE 11 CROSS SLIDE 12 COMPOUND REST 12 TOOL POST 13 FIG.4 13 TAILSTOCK 14 FIG.7 18 Single-Point Cutting Tool Variety 21 MILLING MACHINES 22 TYPES OF MILLING MACHINES 24
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