[pic] BP Case Study November 10‚ 2011 Professor: Steven Lee Strategic Management Mississippi College British Petroleum[pic] Executive Summary The history of BP was set in motion as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia in 1901. William Knox D’Arcy‚ an English entrepreneur hired George Reynolds‚ a geologist and explorer to dig Persia for oil. Reynolds could smell natural gas and was most certain they would hit oil
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Pioneer Petroleum is a multinational corporation that is in position to capitalize on investments all around the World. Within the industry Pioneer’s gasoline are among the cleanest burning fuels. They are better position than most to meet strict environmental guidelines as they currently have clean efficient running plants positioned to capitalize on less polluted products. Also Pioneer Petroleum is heavily involved in exploration and devilment. From 1924 to the present‚ pioneer has been able
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Deep Horizon oil rig occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana. Fifteen out the of one hundred fifty men who were on board were injured. Approximately two days later‚ the rig sang and oil began spewing. The oil leaked for over one hundred days. The BP oil disaster in the gulf has posed a threat on the people and the environment that surround the oil spill. The effects of offshore drilling can be catastrophic‚ especially after seeing what has happened in the Gulf. There are many concerns that come
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The British Petroleum Company‚ Business Culture and Global Competition George Enclarde Jones International University / BBA110 Abstract To try and understand how business is conducted form a global perspective‚ I used British Petroleum as a model in this paper‚ along with the research of other international companies and government agencies. Let’s consider the idea of small businesses around the globe competing and evolving into major players in the global economy. The U.S. and E.U. guidelines
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British Petroleum spill of 2010 Over the past decade our country has experienced many catastrophes that have literally crippled the nation economically‚ socially‚ and financially. Most recently‚ our country has begun another crisis‚ this time in the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s underwater pipeline‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ catastrophically failed and began spewing hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum daily. Currently BP plans to create a relief pipeline to fix the Deepwater Horizon
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one of the world’s most ethical companies. It has received many awards for sustainability and integrity and is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. According to the company’s web site‚ it has been operating this way for 115 years. Sustainability is key to a company that harvests timber for products from paper to OSB. Weyerhaeuser is the epitome of the business with a social consciousness. Its sustainability programs are not its only foray into society; it also encourages employee
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rather volatile territory to simply tell a grim tale of North/ South exploitation but to understand the ways in which this exploitation occurs. The tread that I pull out from this tale is one that ties to ‘sustainable development’” [1]. 2: Sustainability in Architecture Architecture is one of the most conspicuous forms of economic activity. It is predicted that the pattern of architectural resource intensity
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disasters in Alaska and Texas. Specifically‚ BP ’s defensive approach towards stakeholder management led to lavish compensation for upper level management while creating hazardous working conditions for employees and a burden on all of society in the form of rising oil prices and environmental damage. Background British Petroleum was founded in 1908 and since then has rapidly grown to become the eighth largest company in the world . However‚ as of late‚ BP has come under fire for several high profile
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Sustainability is a word that we have been hearing a lot in the recent years‚ but do we actually know what does it mean? More importantly‚ do we know how to achieve sustainability or be sustainable? And what are the consequences of being or not being sustainable? These are all questions we have to know their answers in order to preserve what we already have for future generations. Sustainability has many definitions and it depend on how the person defines it. To me‚ sustainability is the action
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close look at my Resume will indicate that I majored in the exploitation of oil and gas fields in my undergraduate program and specialized in petroleum engineering‚ a similar specialty‚ in my Master’s program. It may well be asked why I maintain such a close affinity with petroleum. The answer is simple and straightforward—because I was born and I grew up on an oil field and I have cherished a deep love for all that it represent. Even as a child‚ I had a habit of watching for hours how beam-pumping
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