III. Discuss and evaluate the leadership of change: a.) When it comes to BP and the changes that were made in the post-crisis era since the oil spill it is very important to reference their history of safety violations. The oil spill of project Deepwater Horizon was one largest examples of their previous lack of care and respect to safety and the earth. Previous to the spill they have been in trouble with the authorities for illegal dumping of waste products in northern Alaska as well as being
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On April 20‚ 2010 the beginning of the largest‚most disastrous oil spill in the United States had begun. The oil leak was caused by an explosion that happened at approximately 10:00 p.m‚killing eleven people and injuring seventeen others. Two days later‚ the rig sank and started to leak oil and gas from the well. After about three months of the well (Macondo) leaking oil‚ it finally got capped off on July 15. Within those three months‚ the well had leaked 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf
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BP Crises Law/531 October 1‚ 2012 The Deepwater Horizon disaster attributed to BP‚ a multinational oil and gas company‚ occurred in 2010 dumping massive amounts of oil in the waters on the gulf coast. The BP is headquartered in London with operations in 80 countries with the largest being in the United States. Team B participated in a simulation that presented a similar scenario as the oil spill mentioned. The company in the
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of the oceans from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ perhaps the largest in history‚ spread expeditiously. Due to cameras‚ leaks in the pipe buried on the ocean floor had been discovered. By the time the pipe leaks had been revealed‚ barrels of oil had secreted into the Gulf ruining reefs‚ destroying habitats‚ and killing animals in its path that dispersed throughout the Gulf by the wind and waves. The BP Oil Spill‚ also known as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ has cost billions of dollars for
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different governmental agencies have put in place many regulations and policies to make sure that the right measures are taken when building and operating an oil platform. As a result of the recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico (British Petroleum Horizon) many questions have been raised. Should the current deep water oil well drilling policies regulations and policies be revised? In 1887 H.L Williams drilled the first shallow water offshore well. The drill was placed on a wooden barge extending
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BP is a British global energy company which is the third largest energy company and the fourth largest company in the world. As a multinational oil company‚ BP is the UK’s largest corporation‚ with its headquarters in London. BP’s headquarters is in Houston‚ Texas. The company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world‚ and one of the six private sector oil exploration‚ natural gas‚ and petroleum product marketing companies. Tony Hayward took over as the Chief Executive
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all of the environmental issues that we face and decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental issue; it was the worst oil disaster in US history. The government estimated up to 2.6 million gallons per day with a total of 205.8 million got into the gulf. Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida all had miles on miles of surface oil problems. BP put nearly 2 million gallons of chemical “dispersants” into the ocean‚ which actually make the oil more
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In Deepwater Horizon we have a film that checks off all the boxes in preparing us for the inevitable shock and awe that almost literally explodes across the big screen. We have likable characters‚ unquestionable heroism‚ people trying to do their jobs‚ out-of-touch corporate executives who have no idea what they are doing‚ and a story that does BP Oil & Gas no favors. In documenting the horrors of what took place on the evening of April 20‚ 2010‚ more than 40 miles off of the Louisiana Coast‚ director
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will not yield. Who is Responsible? BP is responsible for the disaster and should be held fully accountable for all economic retribution financially and environmentally. The oil rig was under contract by BP and according to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 it stipulated that those parties responsible for the rig or facility which oil is being discharged from—is the responsible party held liable for cleanup costs. The conflict revolves around the fact that BP failed to clean-up the oil after seven
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Oil is a product used by everyone‚ but sometimes oil is a problem. An oil spill is a leakage from an oceangoing tanker‚ pipelines‚ or other oil sources. Oil spills occur very frequently‚ and cause enormous ecological harm. About eight million barrels of oil are spilled each year. Tankers usually carry about five hundred million barrels of oil. Many oil spills‚ large in land or ocean coverage‚ have had major impacts on the earth and it’s inhabitants. Many animals die and some are injured in some way
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