Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill Letonya Rossi MGMT/1115 Post University 1). Name the organizations which had a stake in the drilling operation. The organizations’ that had stake in the drilling operations were BP Exploration & Production Inc., (were the lease operator of Mississippi canyon block 252, contains Macondo Well), Trans-ocean (chief contractors), Halliburton, (responsible for cementing operations). 2). Should responsibility for the accident be shared among the organizations
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The BP Oil Spill, which is also called the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Macondo blowout, started on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. It happened when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded due to methane gas that escaped from the well and caused a blowout. After the rig sank, the oil gusher located on the sea floor pumped up oil for 87 days until July 15, 2010, when a new oil well cap was installed and halted the flow. The BP Oil Spill is considered to be the largest accidental marine
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1 Oil’s Troubled Water British Petroleum (BP) is one of the biggest oil and gas industry in the world. They owned 21,000 services stations worldwide and their brand is most trusted in the world. Then an incident occur in 2012, where BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig has exploded that causes 11 deaths and oil slick at the Gulf of Mexico. BP is being fined billion of dollar by the US government and need to compensate the others that affected by it. 1.1 Political Factors Most of the oil reserved in the
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point that even death could not convince them to make the changes to their company culture. The cycle of errors came to a complete pause, on the evening of April 20, 2010 when a “serious of explosions rocked the Deepwater Horizon, a mobile offshore drilling rig operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico” according to (Roberto Pg.1) and one that saw a serious of catastrophically events, that would change the lives of many. That fateful night under the cover of darkness, eleven people died and several other
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BP Control Functions Incontestably control mechanisms have existed within most businesses and organizations for guiding job responsibilities of employees toward accomplishing the company goals. There are many control mechanisms in a company. A strong human resources department controls managers and prevents employee abuse. Employee performance reviews and incentives assist in the control of employees. Compliance departments control legal risk and monitor operations to ensure the company follows
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honest, one where my position is almost neutral, but if I must choose a standpoint, I think it is best not to drill. Even though there are some economic benefits as written by Edward Walsh “In a report ordered by Congress to assess the effects of drilling since the discovery of huge oil reserves in Prudhoe Bay in 1968, a committee of the Academies' National Research Council said oil production has transformed life on the North Slope, spurring an economic boom that is viewed by most residents as positive”
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Technology and our future Com 156 Instructor - When we think of robot, we usually think of the classic robot of R2D2 from Star Wars. Have you ever thought of a fleet of robots taking our jobs from us? The truth is that we may lose jobs to our electro-counterparts. Technology is advancing at a rapid pace; our jobs and future may be endangered by robots taking over. Some of the robotic advancements developed may sound “out of this world”, but will be reality soon. By 2013 there will be 1
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Underbalanced Drilling Methods as an Effective Solution for Drilling Issues Rodrigo H. Ruschel Bridging Course Centre for English Language Teaching, University of Western Australia Semester 1, 2013 Introduction The Oil and Gas industry is looking for new methods of exploration and production. Currently, the oil and gas reservoirs are becoming more difficult to access because the operators are required to deal with complex and depleted reservoirs, such as low pressure zones, sub salt
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Nicole Mizelle, Sara Smothers, Jennifer Vallee, Pamela Mazzone, Tonya Stewart, Miranda Mercer Teamwork Week 6 Civil Procedures page 259 5. Analyze the following situation and using your understanding of the discovery rule as explained in this chapter, determine which of the following items in the Allied Global case would qualify as initial disclosure and which under, rule 26 of the Federal rules, would have to be proved to the Urbinas without waiting for a discovery request: A.) A copy of a
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Written assignment 4 Written Assignment 4 Kieth A. Coleman TESC#: 0553344 TESC – MAN-435 Project Management September 17, 2015 Review sections 8.1 and 8.2 of your textbook. Then do the following: 1. Calculate the direct cost of labor for a project team member using the following data: Hourly rate: $35/hr. Hours needed: 150 Overhead rate: 55%. The hourly rate which for the team member which translates to about $72,800 per year gets multiplied by the hours needed to
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