organizational critical function because failure in managing a crisis can negatively affect stakeholders or sever an organization’s existence. This paper will discuss the role of crises communication in organizations‚ and its relevance in British Petroleum’s (BP) crises mismanagement during their April 20th 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. Key words: crises communications‚ crises management‚ British Petroleum 2 Crises Management As a Critical Organizational Management
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Natural human caused Disasters 1. The rig’s malfunctioning blowouts preventer ultimately failed‚ but it was needed only because of human errors. Those errors originated with a team of BP engineers in Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews
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environmental concerns. BP recognized this on time and entered the solar market in the year of 1973.( History of BP Solar ) Formed in 1908‚ The British Petroleum Company was originally called The Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The current name was given in 1954. BP adopted a re-positioning strategy in 1997 and the group chief executive‚ Lord John Browne‚ addressed the threat of global warming. Even though the oil industry does not have a good reputation in taking responsibility‚ BP was put first on the
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APPLICATION: FOUNDATIONS OF CONTROL Deepwater in Deep Trouble When all is said and done‚ which may not be for many years‚ it’s likely to be one of the worst environmental disasters‚ if not the worst‚ in U.S. history.61 When British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon off-shore rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in a ball of flames on April 20‚ 2010‚ killing 11 employees‚ it set in motion frantic efforts to stop the flow of oil and to initiate the long and arduous cleanup process. Although the
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The National Commission on the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released a report in January 2011 to the President of the United States indicating that the April 20th‚ 2011 Deep Water Horizon’s explosion and the resulting oil spill at the Macondo well was a foreseeable and preventable disaster. The Commission’s report indicated that a number of easily identifiable mistakes by British Petroleum‚ Transocean‚ and Halliburton ultimately led to the devastating oil spill which lasted
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income of $5.0 billion for the third quarter of 2013. The operating profit margin improved from 2011-2012 with an increase from 19.49% in 2011 to 20.09% in 2012. The top three competitors for Chevron Corporation are: (1) XOM: Exxon Mobil Corp‚ (2) BP: BP PLC‚ and (3) Royal Dutch Shell. All of these competitors also bring in billions of dollars worth of revenue every year. Chevron Corporation is the fastest growing producer in the world. They are expected to expand even more between now and 2020 and
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BP By: Anna DeHart About BP “BP is one of the worlds leading international oil and gas companies‚ providing its customers with fuel for transportation ‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services and petrochemical products for everyday items” In 1908 oil was found in a rugged part of Persia after a long search. Things we do are: • Find oil and natural gas • Extract it from hard to reach places • Move it to sea or land • Make what is needed from it • Generate low carbon power • Build construction
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On the morning of the 16 March 1978‚ the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz owned by Amoco Transport Co. suffered a technical failure of the steering system off the coast of Finistère in Brittany‚ France. The tanker was transporting 227‚000 tonnes of crude oil from the Persian Gulf to Rotterdam (Netherlands) when the ship began to drift towards the coastline in a heavy storm. (Tides‚ 2008). The reason for the steering gear failure was seen to be because of the stormy weather conditions that the ship was facing
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TNK-BP is an oil company that was created by the international oil company BP and Russian consortium AAR (Alfa Group and Access-Renova Group). It’s a scope alliance since: 1. BP and AAR’s relationship is partners‚ they are not competitors. According to the passage‚ although AAR has some business to do with oil‚ namely Sidanco. But it was mainly focus on banking‚ retailing‚ telecommunications‚ media and vodka‚ but BP is the oil company‚ which obviously is doing oil business for living. So they
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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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