SAXENARAGHAV YADAVROHAN ANANDDATE OF SUBMISSION: 24TH AUGUST‚ 2010 | | Effect of BP oil spill and subsequent market reaction on the assets of pension funds and mutual funds Case Facts:- * 20th April 2010 – an explosion caused by blowout on Deepwater Horizon rig kills 11 crewman (including 9 Transocean employees) and ignites a fireball visible from 35 miles. * Deepwater Horizon was leased to BP from March 2008 to September 2013 * Share price on 21st April 2010 – 648.20p & lowest
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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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Ethical Issues surrounding the BP Oil Spill By: Angela Higgins December 16‚ 2010 The BP Oil Spill which happened on April 20‚ 2010‚ was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history releasing approximately 185 million gallons of crude oil into the gulf. This event was the result of a wellhead on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform blowing out in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 40 miles southeast offs the Louisiana coastline. Eleven men working on the oil rig platform were killed
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Honors Thesis Collection Undergraduate Scholarship 4-22-2011 Communicating During Crisis: A Case Study of the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill Aubrey N. Villines Butler University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.butler.edu/ugtheses Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Villines‚ Aubrey N.‚ "Communicating During Crisis: A Case Study of the 2010 BP Gulf Oil Spill" (2011). Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection. Paper 90. This Thesis is brought to you for free and
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LEGAL METHOD PROJECT Sagrika Wadhwa Roll no- 122 LLB 3yr section B Amity Law School ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special gratitude I give to my teacher Ms. Sumiti in stimulating suggestions and encouragement helped me to coordinate my project. Furthermore I would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of the staff of AMITY‚ who gave
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Analysis – BP America‚ Inc.: The Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill and a Commitment to “Being Green” Michelle L. Staton Case Summary The Angelo-Persian Oil Company was formed in 1909 by a wealthy Englishman named William Knox D’Arcy. It did not operate under the British Petroleum (BP) name until 1954. In early 1959‚ BP discovered hydrocarbons under the North Sea and Alaska‚ and found the West Sole gas field in 1965 which was the first oil exploration success in British waters. In 1969‚ BP discovered
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oil spill affected and left significant damage to human‚ animals‚ and to the environment that will last not just years‚ but centuries‚ or maybe more. “On 20 April 2010‚ the British Petroleum(BP) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana‚ killing 11 workers (National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling 2011)” (Peres). This drilling rig have about 126 workers that time. This massive explosion happened at about ten at night wherein only the lights
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evaluation of Amoco‚ our opening exchange ratio is 0.46. For Amoco sides‚ their opening exchange ratio is 1. The big difference between our opening prices indicates this negotiating process should be tough. First‚ we checked the discount rate. For us‚ BP company‚ we use 8.83%‚ however‚ Amoco they use a higher one around 9%. The main difference to calculate the discount rate is that we use the 30-year Treasury rate as risk free rate compared to Amoco used 20-year Treasury rate. Moreover‚ we use the debt
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NewCorp Legal Scenarios Introduction Legal Encounter 1 An organization has the right to fire an employee at-will. If the employee is not performing or is not providing a benefit to the organization‚ the organization may decide to terminate the employee. However‚ if documentation is provided at the time of hire stating the employee is not an at-will employee or the employee will receive a notice before termination occurs‚ then it can become a legal matter. In legal case 1‚ Pat is hired
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Case Study Coca-Cola and CEO Douglas Ivester And BP and CEO Tony Hayward 1. If Douglas Ivester was so successful‚ for years‚ on the executive staff‚ why did he fail when he was given the CEO/president position? Give an overall impression‚ broad stroke explanation of why he failed. Ivester was a hardworking‚ diligent CEO‚ but he lost sight of the people side of Coca-Cola. In any business people are a very important aspect that needs to be nurtured because without them the business is
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