......5 Question 3 ............................................................................................................................................................5 How did BP’s history and culture shape decision-making on the Deepwater Horizon rig? .............................5 How did the political and regulatory environment affect decision-making by BP and its partners? ..............6 Question 4 ................................................................................
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BP OIL SPILL IN 2010 April 20th was a tragic day for BP and the crew of the Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon. “Floating fifty-two miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5‚000 feet of water was an oil rig drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.” (Hoffman‚ 2010) What unfolded next will go down in history as the worst accidental oil spill in the world. “The oil well a mile below the surface of the Gulf blew up from high-pressure methane gas expanding into the drill. As a result of the explosion‚ it ended
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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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I A business organization must make tough decisions when faced with a dilemma. They could be rising costs‚ employee turnover‚ or in the case of British Petroleum (BP)‚ safety. The recent explosion‚ deaths‚ and environmental impact of the deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico brought the question of drilling platform safety to the forefront of the news‚ continuing to do so over two years later. The disaster is one of the more recent events and “is the largest marine oil
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socially‚ and financially. Most recently‚ our country has begun another crisis‚ this time in the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s underwater pipeline‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ catastrophically failed and began spewing hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum daily. Currently BP plans to create a relief pipeline to fix the Deepwater Horizon and pay for all the damages that their pipeline is causing. On the other hand‚ President Barack Obama is demanding that BP take responsibility and pay for
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Gulf Oil Spill ENV/100 February 27‚ 2012 Norma Turner Gulf Oil Spill The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is considered to be the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. The spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20‚ 2010. The spill was the result of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig. When the rig exploded‚ it created a sea-floor gusher of oil that flowed freely for three months. It resulted in 11 people killed and
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’s problematic management culture and its catastrophic effects‚ aired on October 26‚ 2010. Around then‚ the oil giant BP had suffered a crisis with its latest off-shore oil rig‚ the Deepwater Horizon. However‚ this was just the latest in accidents concerning its oil operations. In the years before the Deepwater Horizon accident‚ BP had also suffered major accidents in its oil production fields in Texas and Alaska. Its CEO‚ Lord John Browne‚ had greatly expanded the company by buying off other oil
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Introduction to Systems Safety Engineering ISE 741 North Carolina State University ISE 741‚ Fall 2012 • Faculty Introduction – Dr. Nancy Currie – Dr. David Kaber – Dr. Guk-Ho Gil http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/currie.html http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/dbkaber/ http://www.ise.ncsu.edu/people/staff/gil.php http://courses.ncsu.edu/ise741/lec/001/ • Course Website – Course Syllabus – Communication Information http://courses.ncsu.edu/ise741/lec/001/Internet_info_fall2012_ISE741.pdf
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species‚ and residents. The direction of the federal government action towards clean up and studies have aided in the research and responsible clean up activities to understand the risk in the Gulf of Mexico to prevent future contamination. ("Deepwater Horizon Accident And Response"‚ 2014). Prevention The Oil Pollution Act signed on August 1990 was signed in response to a growing concern following an oil spill called Exxon Valdez incident. The law was approved to prevent oil spills and to take immediate
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123 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) 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. The spill stemmed from a sea-floor oil gusher that resulted from the April 20‚ 2010‚ explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed
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