Research Paper October 22, 2014 After the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico in 2010, a research by Douglas. B. Inkley shows that scientists are still assessing the effects of the estimated 170 million gallons of oil that flooded into the Gulf after the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The effects of oil spills can have wide ranging impacts that are often portrayed by the media as long lasting environmental disasters. Such perceptions are understandable as they are often fuelled by distressing
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Running Head: BP OIL SPILL (2010) BP Oil Spill (2010) kemy Emesih Southern New Hampshire University Abstract In researching this topic, the organizational roles, structures and behaviors at various levels of employee hierarchy and how they played into one of the biggest crisis in the United States – BP oil spill 2010 was examined. Also looked at, was the dysfunction within the organization and if the cleanup had led to a better organizational structure, culture, communication, leadership
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IV. Products or services : 1) On the road : • BP Biofuels • Gas and fuel cards • Gas and petrol stations • Motor oil and lubricants • Route & journey planner • Gas and petrol station locator • BP Target Neutral 2) For home : • Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) 3) Business : • Air BP • Asphalt and bitumen • BP Crudes • BP Franchising • BP Shipping • Gas and fuel cards • Gas and power energy • Industrial lubricants • Liquified Natural Gas • Liquified Petroleum Gas •
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were brawling against the company. The company BP was founded in 1909 as the anglo-persian oil company(APOC) right after William Knox D’ came across oil in Iran after eight year research. In 1914, Winston Churchill, who was the head of British navy and believed in Britain needing steadfast oil supply, convinced the British government to buy 51% stake in the almost bankrupt company. (Christina Ingersoll, 2012) As of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon disaster was the largest marine oil spill ever to occur
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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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The Gulf oil spill is recognized as the worst disaster in U.S. history.(Worse than not graduating high school) Within days of the April 20, 2010 explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people, underwater cameras revealed the BP pipe was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor about 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana. By the time the well was capped on July 15, 2010 (87 days later), an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil had leaked into the Gulf
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On April 20, 2010 at approximately 9:45 PM, the entire future of the Gulf of Mexico, and the Ocean entirely, was changed when high-pressure gas from BP’s Gulf well expanded into the drilling rig, where it ignited and exploded, engulfing the platform entirely. At the time, 126 crew members were on board when the explosion occurred: seven BP employees, 79 of Transocean, and employees of various other companies. Eleven workers were never found despite a three-day search, and are believed to have died
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organization’s employees, users, and reputation. A company that failed to properly implement an effective risk management plan is BP Chemical Company (BP). The risk management failure of BP caused many issues for the organization, employees, so much more including people, places, and things. In 2010 an explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig was a result of a poor risk management plan that lead to the death of 11 as well as the release of millions of gallons of
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"Discuss with reference to this BP case study the problems of corporate risk and liability entailed by the factors of uncertainty and lack of reliability of equipment. (in this case the blow-out preventer) State other examples and analyse them. How can companies plan for such contingencies and manage a major disaster when it arises in a damage limitation exercise?" The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 22 April 2010 is perhaps the most striking example of a corporate disaster due to a company’s lack of
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Causes and Effects of Gulf Oil Disaster As the situation of environment is becoming worse than ever these days, the explosion of Deepwater Horizon ship has been making things the worst with the enormous damages since this incident happened on April 20th 2010. This disastrous accident happened under the 2nd biggest oil company BP’s poor responsibility. According to this accident, about 30 laborers died or got deadly hurt then the ship started to sink down couple days after the exploding. As an unofficial
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