BP Oil Spill By: Kerrie Neff MGT 480 Due Diligence: Facts: I am focusing on Tony Hayward‚ former CEO of BP and I am here to address the issue regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and ultimately caused one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. To begin‚ there are many facts that led up to the incident‚ and then for many years after. BP and Hayward had already been questioned on their ethical conduct. The questions include fraud‚ environmental
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into account. ● Out at sea‚ they build oil or gas platforms which are strong and steady enough to cope with the amounts of oil and gas to be extracted‚ the depth of the water and the harshness of the climate or underwater environment. ● Before any drilling begins on land they may have to build access roads‚ construct a temporary power station or install wells for the water supply. In fragile habitats or very remote places helicopters or barges may be the only responsible way to get equipment and supplies into place
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BP plc (British Petroleum) February 2‚ 2014 University of Mount Olive Table of Contents Title Page ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………………... 2 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………….... 3 External Environment …………………………………………………………………………... 3 Economic Trends………………………………………………………………………… 4 Political/Legal …………………………………………………………………………… 5 Demographics …………………………………………………………………………… 6 Technological Trends ……………………………………………………………………
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they’re getting a load of toxins." Schweiger‚ who heads the nation’s largest conservation group‚ led reporters on a six-hour boat tour to survey ecological damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil leak‚ which has been spewing an estimated 210‚000 gallons of sweet crude per day into the Gulf of Mexico since the drilling rig exploded April 20. A 100-mile round trip from Venice to the Chandeleur Islands revealed no oil on the shorelines of several islands. However‚ areas in Chandeleur Sound are
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BP OIL SPILL IN 2010 April 20th was a tragic day for BP and the crew of the Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon. “Floating fifty-two miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5‚000 feet of water was an oil rig drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.” (Hoffman‚ 2010) What unfolded next will go down in history as the worst accidental oil spill in the world. “The oil well a mile below the surface of the Gulf blew up from high-pressure methane gas expanding into the drill. As a result of the explosion‚ it ended
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Study Guide for Final Exam The final will be cumulative‚ although much of the test will focus somewhat more heavily on the material covered since the last midterm. There will be some questions that have been taken directly from the two earlier midterms. You’ll almost certainly recognize these questions; if you’ve reviewed the earlier exams with me in class (or in person) & know the answers to most or all of the questions‚ you’ll breeze through them. Read each question carefully‚ though‚ as
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Aberdeen. Thirty bodies were not recovered. Gulf Oil Spill The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster or the Macondo blowout) is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the April 20‚ 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion. The explosion killed 11 platform workers and injured
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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 and 17 others were injured. People livelihood and the environment were devastated
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[pic] SUBJECT : Business Ethic SUBJECT CODE : UGB210 MODUL LEADER : Mark Winter MODUL TUTOR : Adeline STUDENT NAME : STEVEN CHANG SERN YEH STUDENT ID : Executive Summary This is an ethical audit report‚ the author will discuss about the ‘snapshot’ of British Petroleum’s business ethics. The report will identify the main ethical dilemmas faced by BP such as manipulating price‚ polluting the environment and violating human rights and employee safety. These ethical dilemmas will
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20th‚ 2010‚ on the Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling platform that killed eleven workers. The spill had already been going on for three months‚ gushing crude oil into the gulf‚ before it was finally capped on July 15th‚ 2010. Even after it had been capped for forty days‚ the people whose environment was directly affected had not yet been notified of any type of oil spill. An article by World Book confirms how the spill was started: “The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling platform in the Gulf
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