Causes and Consequences The Deepwater Horizon oil spill also referred to as the BP oil spill or the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has been named largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill occurred on 20 April‚ 2010 which lasted for 87 days and end on 15 July‚ 2010. The oil spill was caused by an explosion which resulted from high-pressure methane gas from the well that expanded into the drilling riser and was released onto the drilling rig‚ where it ignited and
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BP plc[3][4] (LSE: BP‚ NYSE: BP) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London‚ United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by 2011 revenues and is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors".[5][6] It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry‚ including exploration and production‚refining‚ distribution and marketing‚ petrochemicals‚ power generation and trading. It also has renewable
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and heat up to form the oil and natural gas. This can take up to thousands of years to form and if humans use too much oil we will have to wait another thousand years to use the oil the ocean provides us with. An example of over drilling oil is the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. ” A surge of natural gas blasted through a concrete core” that could not “withstand the pressure” of the oil and broke causing the
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pollutions produced by cars. The global community has not been able to reach an agreement on the steps necessary to combat global warming. Drilling for and excavating fossil fuels has a big impact on the global environment. Oil and natural gas drilling can produce local pollution at the well or while the fuel is being transported. The gigantic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf is a good example of the risks of oil
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petrochemicals items. • Founder: William Knox D’Arcy • Incorporated: 1908 as Anglo-Persian Oil Company • Headquarters: London‚ United Kingdom • Revenue: US$222.8 billion (2015) B. IMPACT OF THE ISSUE In April 20‚ 2010‚ a blast shook the BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig (possessed by Transocean) in the Gulf of Mexico caused due to
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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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The loyalty to public safety any employee has depends on their job‚ but there is a minimum baseline. “Do no harm”‚ derived from the Latin principle‚ Primum Non Nocere‚ states that any individual’s well-being is a primary consideration‚ and individual’s should act in society’s best interests. This concept applies to occupations such as law enforcement‚ in which employees promise to uphold public safety‚ and strive to protect the public. However‚ sometimes these promises don’t always follow suit‚ and
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Unfortunately‚ Nigeria hasn’t received many royalties from the drilling of oil‚ therefore guerilla groups have disrupted oil operations. “Since December 2005‚ Nigeria has experienced increased pipeline vandalism‚ kidnappiing‚ and militant takeovers of oil facilities in the Niger Delta‚” I believe that the US Department of Energy(DoE) needs to pay royalties to Nigeria or is some way help the country to make their people comfortable that the DoE is drilling in their backyard. Scenario 3: Brazil-Cyclone Hits
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the fishing and shrimping industries. Even though the United States and many other countries depend on the oil carried by ships or drilled for on off shore drilling rigs‚ the damage done by this industry is significant. Cleaning up an oil spill takes a massive effort‚ is expensive and not always effective. Alternatives to off shore oil drilling and transporting oil by ship need to be explored because of the damage it does to the environment. What is Petroleum? Petroleum are like others may call
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The Role of Risk Management in Modern Organisations The importance of risk management in reducing the amount of financial and Human losses under the impact of natural disasters (Japan – Fukushima) Abstract: This essay is mainly about the role of risk management in addressing any potential risk to the organisation that may cause a lot of losses. Management’s mission is to predict the risk before disaster strikes‚ which require to study all the information and the details provided by the
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