...1997 BPS Chemical Plant Explosion On May 8, 1997, at just about 1:15 p.m., an enormous explosion and fire happened at Unit Two of the Bartlo Packaging Incorporated (BPS) facility sited in West Helena, Arkansas. Three West Helena firefighters were killed as a result of the explosion and fire. An additional seventeen firefighters needed medical attention because of heat exhaustion and injuries during the response. According to the EPA/OSHA Joint Accident Investigation Program report, “The Unit Two structure was completely destroyed. Hundreds of residents and patients at a local hospital were either evacuated or sheltered-in-place. The Mississippi river traffic and major roads were closed for approximately twelve hours due to the release of toxic materials from the facility.”...
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...A Fire It was twilight time. I was watching television in my house when I heard an explosion. More followed. So I went outside to see what the matter was. A column of dark billowing smoke told me the story. There was a fire raging a short distance away. I got onto my bicycle and pedalled in the direction of the smoke. A couple of kilometres later I came upon the fire. It was a row of motor-workshops and they were burning furiously. The police and fire department had already cordoned off the area. I watched from a distance. A crowd had already gathered and we gaped with amazement at the spectacle presented by the burning shops. The fire rose to about twenty metres and it lit up the whole area even though the sky was already dark. The firemen desperately sprayed streams of water into the fire to control it. Now and then explosions can be heard as gas cylinders blew up in the intense heat. For more than an hour the fire raged. I could see anxious people trying to get near the workshops only to be held back by the police. They were obviously the shop-owners trying to save their shops. Actually they could do nothing but wait for the fire to be extinguished. Finally the blaze died down and darkness enveloped us. The workshops were totally razed. Only red-hot embers remained where they once stood. The crowd thinned and I too got onto my bicycle and cycled...
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...Give Armor Cheat code: 362-555-0100 Gives Health, Armor And Ammo Cheat code: 482-555-0100 Lower Wanted Level Cheat code: 267-555-0100 Raise Wanted Level Cheat code: 267-555-0150 Weapon Package #1 Cheat code: 486-555-0150 Weapon Package #2 Cheat code: 486-555-0100 Original codes for Lost and the Damned Spawn a Cognoscenti Cheat code: 227-555-0142 Spawn a Comet Cheat code: 227-555-0175 Spawn a FIB Buffalo Cheat code: 227-555-0100 Spawn a Jetmax Cheat code: 938-555-0100 Spawn a Sanchez Cheat code: 625-555-0150 Spawn a Turismo Cheat code: 227-555-0147 Spawn an NRG-900 Cheat code: 625-555-0100 Spawn Annihilator Cheat code: 359-555-0100 Spawn Burrito Cheat code: 826-555-0150 Spawn Double T Cheat code: 245-555-0125 Spawn Hakuchou Cheat code: 245-555-0199 Spawn Hexer Cheat code: 245-555-0150 Spawn Innovation Cheat code: 245-555-0100 Spawn Slamvan Cheat code: 826-555-0100 Original codes for Ballad of Gay Tony Akuma (Bike) Cheat code: 625-555-0200 APC (Tank) Cheat code: 272-555-8265 Buzzard (Helicopter) Cheat code: 359-555-2899 Change Weather Cheat code: 468-555-0100 Floater (Boat) Cheat code: 938-555-0150 Health and Armour Cheat code: 362-555-0100 Health, Armor and Advanced Weapons Cheat code: 482-555-0100 Parachute Cheat code: 359-555-7272 Raise Wanted Level Cheat code: 267-555-0150 Remove Wanted Level Cheat code: 267-555-0100 Sniper Rifle Bullets Explode Cheat code: 486-555-2526 Spawn Annihilator Cheat code: 359-555-0100 ...
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...BP From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is the latest accepted revision, accepted on 2 October 2010.Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the energy corporation. For other uses, see BP (disambiguation). For information on the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon rig, see Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP p.l.c. Type Public limited company (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) Industry Oil and natural gas, alternative fuels Founded 1909 (as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company) 1954 (as the British Petroleum Company) 1998 (merger of British Petroleum and Amoco) Headquarters London, United Kingdom Area served Worldwide Key people Carl-Henric Svanberg (Chairman) Tony Hayward (CEO) Bob Dudley (Director, CEO (appointed)) Byron Grote (CFO)[1] Products BP petroleum and derived products BP service stations Air BP Aviation Fuels Castrol motor oil ARCO gas stations am/pm convenience stores Aral service stations solar panels Revenue US $246.1 billion (2009)[2] Operating income US $26.43 billion (2009)[2] Net income US $16.58 billion (2009)[2] Total assets US $236.0 billion (2009) Total equity US $101.6 billion (2009) Employees 80,300 (Dec 2009)[3] Website BP.com A 1922 BP advertisement.BP p.l.c.[4][5] (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world measured by revenues and is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors".[6][7] ...
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...British Petrolum 2012 BP Oil Spill Management Dr…………………………………….. Nahla…………………………… , Nuf………………………. QATAR UNIVERSITY Executive Summary This paper examines the oil spill that took place due to an explosion at one of the drilling rig of British Petroleum on 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and the managerial response to that crisis. Introduction: History of British Petroleum (BP) According to the British Petroleum's website, the company has started in 1908 with oil found in a rugged part of Persia after a long and hard search. Since then, discoveries large and small have participated in our progress. This is the first phase of BP between 1901 and 1908, the period during which the oil discovery was uncertain. The company has started as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which would be called one day BP. The next phase of BP's history was from 1909 to 1924, when the Field of Naphtha was 210 rugged kilometers from the mouth of the Persian Gulf. The Anglo-Persian was building a refinery to turn the thick crude oil into a usable product. Despite its name, the British Petroleum brand was originally created by a German firm as a way of marketing its products in Britain. During the I World war, the British government seized the company’s assets, and the Public Trustee sold them to Anglo-Persian in 1917. The Third phase of BP's history was from 1925 to 1945, when cars flooded onto the streets of Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 30s. BP-labeled gasoline pumps...
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...The Unsafe Culture of BP The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The British Petroleum Company (BP) gulf spill started in April of 2010, and was first contained in July of 2010; it took the company 2 months to actually start the process of containing the spill. The Associated Press and The New York Times, reported that a total of 94 to 184 million gallons of oil were unleashed on the shores off the Gulf. This disaster has caused controversial topics to arise as to what the BP company is doing in preventing these disasters or if they are even taking any precaution to that notion. Critics say that BP has had a very bad track record when it comes to safety. It is a risky company that has grown too fast. They have had accidents like the one of BP’s most troubled refineries, which lies, in the State of Texas, which also had its fair share of explosions. BP now faces the largest liabilities in corporate history. All of what BP seems to be doing is shutting their workers mouths with money they cannot refuse but money that has no affect on the company’s profits. BP must change their culture of deadly accidents, disastrous oil spills, and countless safety violations. The Texas BP refinery had an “accident” in 2005 where 15 people died in an explosion and fire, 170 others where injured. Afterwards there were charges that BP management valued profits more than safety. BP acquired the 12,000-acre refinery in 1999 as part of...
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...is now known as British Petroleum (BP) was founded in 1909 and is one of the world’s leading international gas and oil companies. The multinational British company’s headquarters is located in London, United Kingdom and is one of the five largest oil companies in the world. The pioneer of the Middle Eastern oil industry, BP discovered oil in Iran before World War I and eventually became involved in all aspects of the oil industry, from exploration to marketing. Offering an array of services that expand from providing fuel for transportation to providing energy for heat and light, BP has become one of the leaders in energy sourcing across the globe. (Company History Index, n.d.) BP is also known for petrochemical products for everyday items and retail services. BP is one of the leaders of the energy industry. The company has high standards and uses the most modern technology in order to deliver long-term value and to meet energy needs. As a global company all activities and interest are held or operated through subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures which are governed by the laws of many jurisdictions. Around the world there are 16,400 BP service stations. (Company History Index, n.d.) Specify the nature, structure and type of products or services of Apple, and Identify two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success. Provide explanation to support the rationale. British Petroleum (BP) is one of the world’s leading international...
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...n this last section of my report I will be focusing on the BP oil spill and the ethical concerns that different communities will face when BP (British Petroleum) are operating near them. To begin with, I will first of all be examining the ethical concerns of the communities in which a selected business operates (P4); the company that I have chosen for this last task is BP.plc. On the 20th of April, 2010, the oil rig known as Deep-water Horizon had a major malfunction which caused a blowout; a blowout being a combination of mud, oil natural gas and water erupting from the well which then would surge up the drill pipe which when it met the surface, caused it to ignite and thus setting of an explosion – causing what happened in the picture below. The oil rig did have blowout preventers but both the manual and automatic blowout preventers failed to deploy; this being due to BOP’s having a history of failing. It has been stated that earlier that year that a couple of blowout valves had ruptured and broken down on reportedly 14 other oil rigs. Although the BOP’s are a 640,000 pound steel plate that is fixture on top of the well mouth, which can use over onemillion pounds of force to block violent emissions, it appears that this is not enough to protect oil rigs from blowouts that will cause devastating damage. As a result of this explosion, not only did 11 employees lose their life during the Deep-water Horizon blowout but it also caused millions of gallons of oil...
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...BP is a British global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company, BP is the UK's largest corporation, with its headquarters in St James's, City of Westminster, London. BP America's headquarters is in the One Westlake Park in the Energy Corridor area of Houston, Texas; the company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world, and one of the six leaders. In order to project social responsibility and improve its image British Petroleum changed its name into BP in year 2000 with a logo of green and yellow sunflower patterns. Paradoxically the same company symbol is now under derision and the object of controversial attacks from environmentalists and damaging court cases. The company’s predicament further worsened when it was listed as one of the “ten worst corporations” during the year 2001 and 2006. In fact, BP and its competitors Royal Dutch-Shell were considered by activists to be responsible with the threatening phenomenon of climate change. BP was warned before the oil pipeline leak happened in Alaska, but no action was made by the higher officials to mitigate its possible occurrence and reduce damages. In March 2005, BP's Texas City, Texas refinery, one of its largest refineries, exploded causing 15 deaths, injuring 180 people and forcing thousands of nearby residents to remain sheltered in their homes. A large column filled with hydrocarbon overflowed to form...
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...dilemma facing BP is how to balance profit maximization and at the same time be responsible for the environment and society. Several events have affected BP in recent years but none has challenged the balance between profit and environment responsibility like the Gulf oil spill. This event, recognized as the worst oil spill in the History of the United States, occurred on April 20th of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and was characterized by an explosion following an integrity failure of a well and a consequent 87 day spill of oil into the sea (BP, 2010). Eleven people were killed in the explosion and it is estimated that almost 5 million barrels of crude oil dispersed into the Gulf Sea (The Ocean Portal Team, 2010). Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP at the time of the oil spill incident, downplayed the effects of the oil leak in the environment and society, stating, “The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean“ (Webb, 2010). Previous events had caused concerns among authorities on the possibility of BP not doing the appropriate maintenance of its old system of wells. In fact, in 2004 the company was fined for $1.2 million by state regulators (Barringer, 2006) and in 2006 for $2.4 million by the labor department also because of unsafe practices (Pulham, Hilaire, & Fenn, 2010). In addition, reports from a longtime employee stated that the company had received repeated warnings on the possible effects of cutbacks in maintenance and inspection routines (Barringer, 2006). It seems like BP had been struggling...
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...and ecological impact * Fisheries * Tourism * Individual impacts on states * Louisiana * Florida * Alabama * Unaccounted Oil * Commercial Law Suits * Damages paid * Long term effects * Reference Company Background * Name – British Petroleum * Founded- 1909 as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company 1954 as the British Petroleum Company 1998 merger of British Petroleum and Amoco * Industry – Oil Natural Gas Alternative Fuels Low carbon Energy Alternative Energy * Headquarters – St. James’s , City of Westminster , London (U.K) * Core BP brands * British Petroleum * Castrol...
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...in building a global brand? Answer) British Petroleum which was the top petroleum in Britain. In 1998 BP has to start to increase its business to an international level. Its step in the process was acquisition of foreign companies. BP started with the acquisition of Amoco and later Arco, Castro, and six more companies. But just acquisitions don’t make this company a global leader in the present market. The BP core values are:- Performance: First and a very important value for any company for its growth, is keep on performing with operations in safe and reliable way with their partners, customers and stake holders. Innovation: Developing new technologies for a better tomorrow. BP also helps the car manufactures in innovating new engine designs. Progressive: In the present global which has different values in different countries, every value has to be taken care. In this diversified world, every employee, every customer is important and safety, responsible of them is very important. Green: Environment is the important factor for any organization, and for petroleum organization it is still more crucial. And they should encourage Green movement and have to take steps to save the nature. 2. How do you think the company’s involvement in the Gulf Coast oil crisis in 2010 affected its global brand and its core values? Answer) 20th April 2010 on this day due to an explosion in Gulf of Mexico has caused the British Petroleum company a huge loss almost close to $40 billion (Wearden...
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...Army is a depressing and a sad work of art. The first item that catches the viewer’s attention is the window placed in the top left corner. This gives an impression of hope for maybe; poverty would not be a life-sentencing situation to all mankind. Maybe, the families experiencing poverty will have a chance to view the modern world and experience the nature. In contrast to the main idea of hope, there are lines in the room, which may represent the days that they have experienced poverty and no one shall go through the same thing by the looks of their emotionless faces. Artwork: The Three Sphinxes of Bikini, is a beautiful and a dangerous work of art. The first thing that catches my eyes is the enormous explosions by the nuclear bombs in the United States. However, not every explosion look the exact same. The second explosive with the green color shade may represent the trees, a form of nature. The destruction of two hundred Micronesians, have a reason why the nature will be a huge factor. Referring back to nature, we can see the black color from the background that represents the increase in level of radioactivity, which could harm the country by being a major contributor to the world. Photograph: Kevin Carter’s, A Vulture watches a starving child, is a very emotional photograph. The point of view of the vulture symbolizes the dominance over the child who struggles to survive each day. It gives an interpretation as to how crucial the situation is in Africa. These people are withstanding...
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...Mill's Utilitarianism: Sacrifice the innocent for the common good? When faced with a moral dilemma, utilitarianism identifies the appropriate considerations, but offers no realistic way to gather the necessary information to make the required calculations. This lack of information is a problem both in evaluating the welfare issues and in evaluating the consequentialist issues which utilitarianism requires be weighed when making moral decisions. Utilitarianism attempts to solve both of these difficulties by appealing to experience; however, no method of reconciling an individual decision with the rules of experience is suggested, and no relative weights are assigned to the In deciding whether or not to torture a terrorist who has planted a bomb in New York City, a utilitarian must evaluate both the overall welfare of the people involved or effected by the action taken, and the consequences of the action taken. To calculate the welfare of the people involved in or effected by an action, utilitarianism requires that all individuals be considered equally. Quantitative utilitarians would weigh the pleasure and pain which would be caused by the bomb exploding against the pleasure and pain that would be caused by torturing the terrorist. Then, the amounts would be summed and compared. The problem with this method is that it is impossible to know beforehand how much pain would be caused by the bomb exploding or how much pain...
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...black powder was used in mines, drilling boreholes, propellants, military explosives and guns. This research will examine briefly the chemistry behind explosives. Background and theoritical framework The contents of explosives are classified as: Explosive-bases- This is a liquid or solid compound that breaks down rapidly into gaseous products and heat energy upon application of shock or heat.An example of such a compound is Nitroglycerine(Burtsell, 1943).. Combustibles – These are compounds that combine with vast excess of oxygen to attain an oxygen balance and inhibit the formation of toxic nitrous oxide fumes and lower heat (Thompson, 1940). Oxygen carriers – the oxygen carriers ensure that there is complete carbon oxidation in the explosion thereby minimizing the formation of carbon monoxide. The oxygen carriers prevent the lowering of exploding temperature that means there will be a low efficient blasting (Burtsell, 1943). Antacids – they are usually added to the explosive to increase the long-term storage life and...
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