during emergencies. Management will ensure all employees are trained. Develop the self verification capability of operations to carry out health‚ safety‚ security and environment checks. Complete recommendations from the investigation of Deepwater Horizon. Goals and Objectives Recognize areas for potential growth. Sensitive approach to emergencies. Manage environmental conditions and impacts at higher levels. Create a Safety First culture across the company‚ vendors‚ and customers.
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Detailed Analysis Negative Spill over effect On 20 April 2010‚ the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer failed to function causing an explosion at “Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico” (Washington’s Blog‚ 2010). The oil spill resulted in a negative spill over principle to the fishing industry‚ tourism‚ environmental. It was pointed out that “closed fishing areas included a zone off south-west Florida that includes waters just to the west of the Dry Tortugas‚ a small group of islands”
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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Background 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)[7][8][9] is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.[10][11][12] . The explosion killed 11 platform workers and injured 17 others.[13] On July 15‚ the leak was stopped by capping the gushing
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After having worked in the oil industry for five years and seeing first hand the impact oil production may have on our planet the experience caused me to ask myself‚ “Is there a better way?” This and many other questions sparked curiosity to the effects our current methods have on our people and the way we live and work. On a global scale renewable energy supplies a significant benefit to our planet such as‚ lowering energy costs‚ job creation‚ and preserving the environment. With energy costs continuously
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spent nearly all his savings and on the verge of losing his homes‚ he gave Reynolds one last attempt. The orders were to drill 1600 feet and give up. This took several months of trials and tribulations but eventually paid off on May 26‚ 1908 after drilling 1‚108 feet. A fountain of oil was discharged. Within a year‚ the Anglo-Persian Oil Company now known as BP became a business. The previous years for the explorers were rough but they were no comparison over the course of the next fifteen years
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Oceaneering International was as a mixed air and gas diving company. Today‚ Oceaneering provides engineered services and products for the global oilfield. Oceaneering provides remotely operated vehicles‚ built-to-order specialty subsea hardware‚ deepwater intervention and manned diving services‚ non-destructive testing and inspection‚ and engineering and project management (Oceaneering‚ 2013). This has been accomplished through the execution of a strategic growth plan that included acquisition of
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ECONOMICS CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT: Corporate Social Responsibility What in it for business? Introduction Within the last two decades awareness of the ecological impacts of human activities has grown considerably. Nowadays‚ people expect companies to be conscious regarding their public and ecological responsibilities against society and conform their businesses in compliance with their obligations. My case study assignment will be structured as follows: it will start with
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Greenwashing It is now popular to be environmentally conscious in American society. It is completely acknowledged by the populace that oil will‚ indeed‚ run out within a lifetime‚ leaving a demand for a different kind of energy source. Hybrid cars‚ such as the Prius are now mainstream‚ recycling is day-to-day‚ finding organic fruits‚ vegetables‚ and meat is as easy as walking to the nearest grocery store‚ and using plastic bags has been deemed unacceptable. Global warming‚ while debated and questioned
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (aka BP Oil Spill) was one of the worst oil disasters in history. How much damage was done? How is BP making up for it? This is what we discovered: In the BP Oil Spill‚ more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days‚ making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. 16‚000 total miles of coastline have been affected‚ including the coasts of Texas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ and Florida. Even though the
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Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 bp.com/annualreport Building a stronger‚ safer BP Annual Report and Form 20-F 2012 bp.com/annualreport Building a stronger‚ safer BP Front cover imagery The Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Ramform Sterling seismic vessel‚ which conducts seismic surveys for BP. Left image: the vessel working in the Ceduna Basin‚ Australia. Centre image: the vessel tows 12 streamers (pictured) behind it‚ each 8km long and equipped with hydrophones to pick up echoes from
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