AP Environmental Science Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The BP Disaster The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most infamous industrial environmental disasters ever. On April 20‚ 2010‚ a marine oil-drilling dig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ releasing hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This explosion resulted in the loss of human life‚ massive environmental damage‚ and widespread damage to the livelihood of people living along the
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a devastating event that lasted several months. It occurred on April 20 through July 15‚ 2010 offshore Louisiana‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ USA. Deepwater Horizon is owned and operated by British Petroleum (BP). The spill was caused by an oil gusher on the ocean floor. The Deepwater Horizon rig started drilling a well at a water depth of 5‚000ft in MC block 252 when it caught fire in April 2010. Deepwater Horizon is a
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Crew member onboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were awoken the morning of April 20‚ 2010 to the sound of multiple explosions. The Deepwater Horizon rig was positioned in the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana. It was positioned about 5‚000 feet above the seabed and the oil pipe extended another 18‚000 feet into the rock below. It was owned and operated by Transocean and leased to BP. There were 127 crew men onboard the rig at the time of the explosion. The crew man began
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------------------------------------------------- BP—Deepwater Horizon Case Study INT1001 Study Skills Module Reading and Writing Skills—Summative Assignment Done by: Mew Hui Ying ------------------------------------------------- Date: 12 February 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Industry: Oil and Gas ------------------------------------------------- Company: British Petrol Contents Page No
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which PB stands for British Petroleum and has its headquarter in the UK. Ion 2010 the company was 2nd largest oil company in the world with over 92‚000 employees. The company had to face a dark time in its history when on April 20‚ 2010 the Deepwater horizon oil spill occurred. Through 3 major cracks oil spilled into the ocean. Affected by the oil spill were five states; Alabama‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Texas and Florida. The disaster was if even comparable much worsted then any environmental disaster
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First and foremost‚ British Petroleum oil company as well as” Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill”. It is one of the most terrible disaster that happened to humanity history. This is due the harm that it had in regards to humanity‚ environment and economy. The time line of the Deepwater horizon oil spill it was documented as the foulest oil spill in the US antiquity. On 20th April ‚2010 the blast and the decrease of the Deepwater horizon oil rig at the Gulf of Mexico that has murdered 11 folks and 17 other
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Introduction The Deepwater Horizon rig sank on April 22‚ 2010‚ two days after the Macondo well blowout and explosion that killed 11 workers. The Deepwater Horizon accident‚ also known as the BP Oil Spill‚ was a project failure of immense proportions. It went from an oil exploration “project” to a massive program with portfolios of projects related to dealing with the families of those killed on the oil rig‚ stopping the oil leak‚ capturing the oil (from the well and from the ocean)‚ cleaning the
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respectable or bad service. It can be argued that individuals have the rights to make reasonable claims on society or other individuals. 2.0 CASE STUDY On April 20‚ 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the Macondo Prospect oil field‚ during the final phases of drilling the exploratory well at Macondo‚ experienced an explosion and sank 50 miles off the
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During the Deepwater Horizon Disaster‚ “there was a list of 20 anomalies which includes several irregularities in the well’s behavior‚ some of which were already known. The list also includes instances where standard well-control protocols were not followed” (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2013‚ p. 362). In this week’s chapter case study‚ the Deepwater Horizon Disaster was due to the BP and Transocean using the non-rational model of decision making. More specifically‚ these companies unconsciously used Simon’s
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problem‚ similar to what President Bush faced after Hurricane Katrina. Administration officials also said the government will make changes to the way it allows offshore drilling‚ including new measures for the permitting process‚ new safety requirements for offshore rigs‚ and what was described as "strengthened" inspections for drilling operations. Having taking at least partial ownership of the crisis‚ the Obama administration is redoubling efforts to crack down on BP‚ sending a letter to CEO Tony
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