notched in 2008.” (Birger, 2012) There is also major concern about oil spills, especially since the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and one of the worst oil spill disasters of all times – the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill in 1989. My concern is for the safely of the rig workers: their health, job safely, and living conditions; the local inhabitants of the frozen north: the Eskimos, Alaskans, and Canadians; and the wildlife: polar bears, Arctic wildlife
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Title of Paper Courtney Gardner University Of Phoenix Comm 215 Dr. Thomas Chamberlain What’s really important to America oil or our future? In today’s world, trying to remember exactly what is important is more of a challenge then it sounds. With the consent changes in the economy for good and bad, environmental issues and the ever so important war on terror as a result the
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all the way up and out of the drill column, expanded onto the platform, and exploded. According to the global views, BP’s oil spill in Mexico was the biggest and the worst environmental disaster in the petroleum industry (even worse than 1989 Exxon Valdez Case). The explosion polluted hundreds of miles of coast, seriously affected local residents and communities and
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Microbes used in Oil Spill Cleanup Oil spills are very harmful to the environment and destroy coastal habitat and wildlife. Clean up and recovery from oil spills can be very difficult and costly. There are many factors to take into consideration when evaluating an oil spill such as what type of oil was spilled, water temperature, weather conditions, and the impact on the surrounding coastlines. A typical oil spill clean up approach is the controlled burn called IN-SITU
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On July 27, 2010 oil began leaking from a well off the coast of New Mexico. This spill, classified as an accidental spill, will greatly affect worldwide business and business practices. Before the conclusion of the oil spill, 4.4 million barrels of oil will have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. This catastrophic event will have a clear negative effect on international business that will in turn people living and working throughout the world. The primary business that was affected by the oil spill
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Image creation-BP is in the mature stage of its life cycle, has been involved in multiple mishaps over the years. They have lost focus of their duty to the environment, the public, and its shareholders. 1) SWOT analysis Strengths-they have alot of money that can be reinvested in enhancing/repairing their image and focusing on the environment, their connections (with the British government and Navy), alternative energy (wind, solar, biofuels), infrastructure, carbon footprint toolkit, they
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recorded as the largest oil spill to date in American history by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Zeller, 2010). According to the same article, the BP spill was nearly triple the volume of that which was experienced in the Exxon Valdez spill 21 years earlier. Several of the control systems that were in place that day were: the cement that was meant to seal the reservoir from the well, the casing system that was to seal the well bore, pressure tests that should have confirmed the
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Topic: An analysis of the corporate social responsibility demonstrated by BP in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico | | | | | 9/15/2010 | | ------------------------------------------------- Topic: An analysis of the corporate social responsibility demonstrated by BP in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico SECTION 1: Introduction The explosion on the Deepwater Horizontal rig on 20 April 2010 led to a serious consequence. A large area of oil spill spread through the Gulf of
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On Sunday, March 29th 2013 an ExxonMobil pipeline that was carrying crude oil burst leaving the backyards of homes destroyed, and causing the residents to evacuate; thousands of barrels of heavy crude oil flowed from the pipeline and vandalized the town (CNN.com). Occurring mainly in Mayflower, Arkansas and on March 31, people living in the homes were forced to leave due to the unhealthy living conditions that the pipeline created. (CNN.com) The residents of this town filed a class-action lawsuit
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Lab Report of Oil Spill Simulation Experiment Introduction The effectiveness of controlling and cleaning up oil spills depends on various aspects. Type of oil, location of the spill, the materials and methods used to absorb the oil and etc. are all influence the result of cleaning up oil. In this report, type of oil and quantity of oil spills are controlled. Same materials and methods are used on two different simulate environments, Open Ocean and sandy beach. 50 mL of oil made from vegetable oil
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