British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon Crisis Made to: Made by: Jakob Lisbet Pals Svendsen‚ Magrethe Mondahl & Zaki Faizi – at IPA/Student Service Desk‚ 12 PM. Oliver Bjørner Søe‚ Kristoffer Thygesen‚ Michael Joachim Simon Aagaard‚ Casper Sylvest Helledi & Ekeløf Jensen – Group Name: Mixed Messages To be handed in: 03/12/2012 Exam date: 18/12/2012 Characters: Course: Corporate Communication Corporate Communication Project Copenhagen Business School Mixed Messages‚ B.Sc.
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Sourcing and Product Development 15 May 2013 Industry Research Paper 2 “The Importance of Low Micronaire Cotton” A new study at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health has found a new way of cleaning up oil spills. Following the Deepwater Horizon event that caused 11 deaths and a fire that was visible from about 35 miles away (Crittenden‚ 2010)‚ researchers realized that they needed to find a better way to clean up oil spills. Seshadri Ramkumar‚ the lead author of this new study studied
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Background Company overview British Petroleum (BP) is the world largest retailer of gasoline in the United States. It ranks at the top of three global oil and gas industry. From the corporate watch website (2009)‚ it pointed out that almost 70% of the profits are gained from the US and Europe. In addition‚ BP is also devoted for aviation fuels and shipping aspects. It is reported that about 900 ports and more than 1400 airports have been supplied by the BP’s lubricants and fuels. Meanwhile
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companies to determine the presence of hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas) in deepwater formations prior to drilling. Previous dimensional (3D) seismic mapping‚ allowed explorers to see the potential formations that might trap hydrocarbons in the seabed‚ but they could not determine with much certainty whether there were fluids in these formations or if those fluids were water or the more valuable hydrocarbons. The cost of drilling a well in deep water (water depths greater than 300 meters) ranged from
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Environmental Aspect It is no longer possible for companies to ignore the environmental impact of their operations as they need to respond to changing shareholder demands in order to remain profitable. Investors are becoming more interested in a company’s environmental performance‚ “aware that the firms understand and manage their environmental impacts are best positioned to benefit from strategic opportunities.”1 According to research published in the Harvard Business Review in 2009‚ 75 percent
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Environmental Disaster Who would have known that on April 20th 2010‚ the United States would soon be facing the worst environmental disaster. On that fateful day‚ an offshore oilrig named the “Deepwater Horizon” suffered an explosion. Seventeen people were injured and eleven people died from the accident. The damaged oilrig sank into the Gulf of Mexico the next day‚ and a one-by-five mile oil slick appeared in the ocean. At the time‚ it was unknown whether the oil was from the rig or if the
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Oil fields off the Brazilian coast led it to evolve into a world leader in deepwater exploration. In 1997‚ a change in the law meant it had to compete with other oil companies in Brazil for the first time. In 2000‚ a third of the company’s shares were sold to the public and the government further reduced its holding later‚ making the company a darling both of Brazilians and investors. Petrobras expanded into deepwater areas in Angola and the Gulf of Mexico and became one of the few national
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INTRODUCTION Environmental issues are attributed to natural or human activities‚ which lead to deterioration of environmental quality or ecological system disorders‚ and adversely affect industrial production and humans’ daily life. Environmental issues may also result in detrimental effects on human health. There are a variety of environmental issues‚ which can be divided into two categories. One is the environmental problems caused by natural evolution and disasters‚ also called the first environmental
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bendo bendy Course: International Environmental law and Biodiversity Questions: Oil and gas exploitation ’ ’A paradox of plenty ’ ’ A Lesson and a challenge for multinational corporations and the indigenous people in a ’ ’new ’ ’ Arctic Akureyri 26/02/2012 Answer: Over the past years‚there has been a shift by oil and gas companies to Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR).[1]CSR is a self regulatory policy whereof businesses
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provides expertise for subsea and pipelines‚ FPSOs‚ fixed platforms‚ topsides and semisubmersibles. Overcoming an Array of Challenges in Deepwater As drillers announce some of the biggest discoveries in recent years in depths approaching 10‚000 feet‚ KBR is creating solutions that overcome the logistical‚ technological and environmental challenges of ultra-deepwater and remote frontier regions. To support these discoveries‚ our engineers and project managers have access to high-performance software
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