Research The spectrums of oil spill issues are diverse and large. They range from environmental issue to economic‚ ecological‚ ethical‚ politics and policies. Among many other oil spills‚ the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ occurred on April 20‚ 2010 was recorded as the greatest environmental disaster in our history (BP leak the world’s worst accidental oil spill‚ 2010). The goal of our research is to seek possible solutions to reduce the risks of offshore oil spills. To attain this goal
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The largest oil spill in the history of United States is the Deepwater Horizon oil spill‚ also known as the BP oil spill. The oil spill initially lasted eighty-seven days‚ and the after-effects are still happening today‚ almost seven years later‚ causing heart disease. The oil spills lasting effects have polluted many water habitats and is beginning to pollute our air. Because of its pollution in our air‚ people are beginning to have heart problems‚ such as heart disease and respiratory issues.
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strategy‚ have led BP to develop a negative reputation amongst consumers and government officials. The company needs to develop a way to get consumers to put the past behavior of BP behind them and to make consumers believe that the new core values BP has‚ along with its efforts towards rectifying the situation‚ are truthful and valuable. Situational Analysis Internal Environment: Marketing Objectives‚ Strategy‚ and Performance Without actually defining a mission statement‚ BP has published a
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British Petroleum (BP) Case Study Executive Summary This case study report examined a public relation management problem that British Petroleum (BP) faced since the oil spill accident happened in April‚ 2010. In addition‚ this thesis recommended possible solutions and implementation plans for BP to deal with the public crisis. On April 20‚ the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history. As a
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The decision whether to close the Lima‚ OH plant has not been easy to make. There have been many arguments as to why and why not the plant should remain open or be closed. As the VP of Finance for BP‚ I have kept an open mind and looked at the advantages and disadvantages of closing the plant. I will now discuss some of these arguments in the following paragraphs. The first argument as to why the plant should remain open is the 30% increase in productivity. Lima‚ Ohio has a population of 48‚000
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EMBA Theme IIICorporate IT Management Assignment 3: None of Our Business‚ Roberta A. Fusaro‚ a 2004 HBR Case Study I. RFID Definition Radio Frequency Identification RFID is an established data-carrying technology used throughout industry. Data relating to an item is stored on a tag‚ which is attached to the item. The tag is activated by radio waves emitted from a reader. Once activated‚ the tag sends data stored in its memory relating to the item back to the reader. This data can then
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BP: The Oil and Energy Company BP is an oil company whose roots start back in Cleveland‚ Ohio in the 1870 ’s. BP has grown from a local oil company to now being a global energy group employing over 80‚000 people and operating in over 100 countries worldwide. BP provides fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services‚ and petrochemical products for everyday items. They are all about finding oil and natural gas and have several brands that might sound familiar: BP‚ Castrol
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| BP Case Analysis | | 1. Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? BP’s history extends back to 1901 when William D’Arcy’s Anglo-Persian Oil Company first drilled for oil in Persia and after seven years of drilling and darcy’s nearly spent his net worth finally oil spewed out and became rich. Unfortunately later at 1914 BP was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the very low demand of oil in global market. Accordingly ‚BP’s Board
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relationships between countries and affected the world economies‚ be it the relationship with the board of directors of BP and the US government or the change in value of BP PLC on the stock exchange. ²As a result of the oil spill the Obama administration imposed a six month moratorium on new deep water drilling operations which ended on the 12th of October. For twenty years previous to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico there had been a total ban on deep water off shore drilling. But during his presidency
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adults. Average adult systolic BP increases by 11 mmHg as birth weight goes down from 7.5lb to 5.5lb. The size of the placenta may be important – average systolic blood pressure rises by 15 mmHg as placental weight increases from 1lb to 1.5lb. The highest blood pressures occur in men and women who were born as small babies with large placentas. Risk of high blood pressure in later life also increases: – as a baby’s birth length decreases – as the ratio of a baby’s head circumference
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