energy for heat and light‚ lubricants to keep engines moving‚ and the petrochemicals products used to make everyday items like plastic bottles. We also invest in renewable energy sources‚ which we believe will be an increasing source of value for BP. Our activities are focused on bio fuels and wind. As a global group‚ our interests and activities are held or operated through subsidiaries‚ branches‚ joint ventures or associates established in – and subject to the laws and regulations of – many
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“I Survived the Halifax Explosion” HALIFAX- The collision of two ships in Halifax Harbor caused a big explosion. The ship (Mont-Blanc) was filled with explosives‚ on deck and below. It was filled with highly explosive picric acid; gun cotton in the center; and in the aft hold‚ trinitrotoluene (TNT). The explosion occurred when the Imo vessel was leaving Halifax Harbor and on its way to New York. Suddenly‚ the French munitions ship Mont Blanc was on its way to wait for a convoy when the two
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Three factors that influence BP oil companies operational and contingency planning include‚ unexpected oil spills. Sometimes the company may experience unexpected oil spill that will require them to change from the original plan. The second factor is natural calamities. Sometimes they cannot control things like floods‚ which can cause oil burst and affect the flow of the plan. The third factor is Man-Made calamity. These affect the plan of the company because they need to address it immediately.
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The Tragic Challenger Explosion The Tragic Challenger Explosion Space Travel. It is a sense of national pride for many Americans. If you ask anyone who was alive at the time‚ they could probably tell you exactly where they were when they heard that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. But all of the success in our space programs is overshadowed by tragedy. On January 28‚ 1986‚ one of the worst disasters in our space program’s history occurred. Many people were watching
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BP Oil Spill May 1‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is written on a current article that was recently published. The article is criminal justice related and about the BP oil spills that happened two years ago. The paper will be a brief summary of the article and what has happened since the oil spill. On Tuesday‚ April 24‚ 2012 at 7:40 P.M. Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges in the Gulf oil spill‚ accusing a former BP engineer of deleting
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The Halifax Explosion was a defining moment in Canadian history‚ due to the immense amounts of tragedy that it created. On 6 December 1917‚ two vessel collided in the Halifax Harbour destroying many parts of the city‚ killing nearly 2‚000 people and injuring more than 9‚000. In the text I will notify you of the collision. Following this will be information on the disaster that the collision induced. Lastly‚ I will speak of what was done to prevent the explosion from being even more fatal‚ for many
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BP ’s Management Crisis The Frontline report‚ “The Spill”‚ which focused on British Petroleum ’s problematic management culture and its catastrophic effects‚ aired on October 26‚ 2010. Around then‚ the oil giant BP had suffered a crisis with its latest off-shore oil rig‚ the Deepwater Horizon. However‚ this was just the latest in accidents concerning its oil operations. In the years before the Deepwater Horizon accident‚ BP had also suffered major accidents in its oil production fields in Texas
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men went throughout their normal work day at No. 5 Coal Mine‚ they looked forward to quitting time and reuniting with their loved ones. Woefully‚ this would never come to past. Catastrophe struck at 3:27. 111 lives were slayed out by a colossal explosion. Paramedics‚ firemen and policemen gathered at the scene in efforts to rescue wounded coalminers. There were 142 men at the site. 65 were killed by burns and other injuries and 45 were killed by afterdamp. Eight men were rescued‚ but one died from
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The Ecological Effect of the BP Oil Spill on the Environment Introduction: The BP oil spill‚ (also known as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill the BP oil disaster‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ and the Macondo blowout) was an oil spill that happened in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP owned and operated Macondo Prospect on April 20‚ 2010. This oil spill is considered the largest and most devastating oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The cause of this oil spill according
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information age will have a tremendous effect on businesses socially‚ economically and culturally for years to come. Just over a month ago‚ British Petroleum was enjoying the future of its oil & gas exploration. Oh‚ how things have changed‚ after oil rig explosion and now an enormous oil spill‚ who knows all the world can do now is wait. The British Petroleum Company‚ Business Culture and Global Competition The discovery of petroleum oil and its origin began in the 1900’s‚ according to several sources
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