Exxon Valdez & Prince William Sound November 16, 2012 1. What has happened to the key players since the events in this case? Since the events occurred in this case, there were many victims including wildlife & marine life, the environment, the fishermen, and the economy of the region. This event devastated the wildlife in the Prince William’s Sound by covering the natural habitat with over 11 million gallons of oil. Many wildlife species had perished during the oil spill and
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English 1001-065 Final Issue Analysis Fall 2012 The BP Oil Spill On April 20, 2010, the Gulf of Mexico was changed forever. The explosion of a deepwater oil-drilling rig changed the lives of millions for years to come. The Gulf of Mexico as we knew it would be changed for decades to come after the mistakes made by the Deepwater Horizon’s crew that day. British Petroleum, the oil giant responsible for the disaster, left the American citizens of the Gulf Coastal region terrified and helpless.
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Introduction Exxon Mobil is an American company resulting of a merger from 1999 between Mobil Oil & Exxon Corporation. Exxon Mobil’s field of activity focuses on oil’s extraction, refining and distribution where it is one of the leaders. Exxon Mobil is also one of the largest petrochemicals producers in the world. It has 45 refineries in twenty-five countries with a distilling capacity of 6.3 million barrels of oil per day. It also has 42,000 service stations in more than 100 countries under
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dreaded problem occurred. The drilling rig known as the Deepwater Horizon Rig exploded, immediately killing 11 men and injuring 17 others. The incident took place in the Gulf of Mexico and is the worst environment disaster in the history after the Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska. The oil spill stemmed from a sea-floor sea gusher and was the result of the explosion of the drilling rig which sank, pulling the riser (the long-tube that runs from the rig to the well) down as well. This caused the riser to twist
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GEDUCOS, Argyll Cyrus B. I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION / ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE Public Relations is the process of building up good relationships between a company or organization and the public. They use Public Relations to build up a good reputation and a good name for their company and sometimes they use it to clear things up on their part especially if they are in a great crisis. Crisis need not strike a company purely as a result of its own negligence or misadventure. Often, a situation is
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spills in history. This catastrophic explosion that happened from BP was caused by offshore drilling and has managed to reach shore lines. This oil spill will affect us even after my generation is dead. It is even worse than the damage done by Exxon Valdez tanker that spilled 11 million gallons of oil."This event is a self-feeding fire," Charter said. "It is so big and expanding so fast that it's pretty much beyond human response that can be effective. ... You're looking at a long-term poisoning of
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Running head: OIL DISASTER Deepwater Horizon Explosion Deepwater Horizon Explosion There was a major offshore oil spill that occurred on April 20, 2010 due to the Deepwater Horizon explosion. This has ultimately lead to the largest offshore oil spill in United States History. There have been many efforts made to try and stop the leak and on July 15, 2010 the oil leak was capped. There are now millions of gallons of oil that has leaked into the ocean and is now affecting the Gulf Coast.
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In 1989, Exxon Corporation caused one of the worst environmental disasters. The oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 250,000 barrels, an amount equal to more than 10 million, into the waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound after striking Bligh Reef at approximately 12:04 a.m. on March 24. The spill eventually covered 11,000 square miles of ocean and coated 1,300 miles of coastline. Shortly after the incident, different media piled in to begin extensive coverage often pointing out Exxon’s corporate irresponsibility
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Understanding the ethics of business Wilfred D. Williams Professor Camilla Craig Business Ethics /Business 309 January 10, 2012 Business ethics are moral guidelines which govern a good behavior, ethically behaving is term to be morally right; behaving ethically in a business is widely accepted or regarded as a good business practice. This documents describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy appear to be in work environments that have been experienced; it’s explain the implication of work
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| Risk and Control Analysis: | ExxonMobil Corporation | | Yuying Yang | 2012/12/8 | Introduction The following report is an overview of the risk and control analysis of ExxonMobil Corporation. Research on the topic has been carried out based on the comprehensive analysis of the whole corporation, including the upstream, downstream and chemical business. The report will cover some key aspects including: Background, mission, objectives and strategies of the company Risks including
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