Halliburton is a world-leading provider of energy industry products and services. The company serves the oil and gas industry by locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data‚ drilling and formation evaluation‚ well construction and completion‚ and optimizing oil field production. Halliburton consists of two divisions: Drilling & Evaluation and Completion & Production. As of December 31‚ 2011‚ these two divisions accounted for approximately 25.0 billion dollars in revenue. Halliburton has more than
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the environment and different species of animals is inevitable with controversial methods. As an example of damage done to the environment‚ a very impactful incident which affected the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon. The Deepwater Horizon was an oil rig which exploded and caused massive damage among the surrounding
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draw more customers from all around the Gulf. i. They have already have had previous orders from Panama‚ Jamaica‚ and Costa Rico. Mexico and the Dominican Republic are potential new buyers. ii. As off shore drilling comes back after the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill‚ Silver Ships can focus on more oil and gas companies.
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nonrenewable energy sources. When a company tries to reposition itself as socially responsible and sustainable‚ it has an obligation to attempt to fulfill those policies. However‚ BP’s efforts backfired when on April 20‚ 2010 the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ operated under the oversight of BP‚ created one of the greatest offshore oil disasters in history. This unfortunate event has made BP the poster boy for negligence and environmental degradation. Not until August 2010 did there appear
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investments in offshore drilling. They find the juice that keeps the world’s cars moving. Not everything has been rosy for the oil giant. In the early days when cars were just a fad for the wealthy‚ there was not enough sales of oil to justify the huge expenses incurred in retrieving the liquid gold. The company almost folded on several occasions being saved through various contacts in high places. The company has endured national takeovers of their plants‚ the loss of drilling rights and
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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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What exactly is sustainability? The term “sustainability” has gotten a growing amount of usage recently‚ in the media‚ business‚ and general communities. Increased exposure to the term‚ however‚ has not necessarily correlated with increased consistency of understanding of exactly what sustainability is‚ or what it means in today’s context. In fact‚ the rapidly widening usage of the term may be contributing to greater confusion about it‚ as the increased usage results in more people bringing
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annual report to legitimize the ongoing operation‚ however‚ in common situations‚ it often discloses good news‚ but its actual behaviors decline which is called legitimacy gap. 2. The case 2.1 Context In April 20‚ 2010‚ a semi-submersible drilling platform belongs to BP occurred explosion in American Mexico gulf. It caused 11people die and 17 people injured after 36 hours (CBC News‚ 2010). BP Company announced that it wills to response for this event. The Gulf of Mexico spill has become the
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onto a frozen tundra pond as well as a gravel pad from a pipeline. Methanol‚ which is poisonous to plants and animals‚ is used to clear ice from the insides of the Arctic-based pipelines. 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20‚ 2010‚ a semi-submersible exploratory offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded after a blowout and sank two days later‚ killing eleven people and causing a massive oil spill threatening the coast of Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ Texas‚ and
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Bradley Stoke is an English suburban town located in the South West of the United Kingdom. It’s situated in South Gloucestershire and is in the north of Bristol. I will be evaluating it’s sustainability as a westernised‚ suburban settlement. It also is one of the biggest housing estates in Europe. Sustainability means that something is long lasting and produces little or no environmental impact. It also means that by living a sustainable life‚ you are leaving the planet in the same state you found
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