As a fossil fuel its combustion contributes CO2 to the atmosphere‚ and so contributes to climate change. The particulates it emits on combustion contribute to inner-city pollution. Its extraction around the world is a dirty process‚ despite some half-hearted efforts to convince us otherwise. And the global appetite for oil-based fuels makes the environment‚ or indigenous people‚ only a secondary consideration in the oil business. To cap it all‚ most oil production is from politically unstable regions
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British Petroleum “BP” Oil Spill On April 20th 2010‚ British Petroleum better known as BP had an extremely destructive impact on the environment and the livelihood of those in Gulf Coast area of Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Florida. BP’s Deep-water Horizon oil rig was located offshore‚ 52 miles off the southeast coast of Venice‚ Louisiana. An explosion on the Deep-water Horizon oil rig caused a massive fire that claimed the lives of eleven BP workers. After 36 hours of burning‚ the Deep-water Horizon
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a professional and depth research report on Global and China Petroleum Resin Industry. The report firstly introduced Petroleum Resin basic information included definition classification application industry chain structure industry overview; international market analysis‚ Global and China domestic market analysis‚ Macroeconomic environment and economic situation analysis and influence‚ Petroleum Resin Industry policy and plan‚ Petroleum Resin product specification‚ manufacturing process‚ product cost
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum British Petroleum (BP) reputation was put to the test in 2005 when a major explosion at one of the refineries in Texas exploded killing 15 people and injuring more than 180. Investigations returned a history of poorly regulated safety measures and facilities’ safety compromised in favor of profits‚ cost savings‚ and lack of supervised management. Two years later‚ Lord John Browne announces an early retirement before a
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Guidelines for Environmental Scans Performance Management Branch‚ Ministry of Finance May 2010 ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN GUIDELINES (Updated May 2010) Introduction Environmental scanning is a key component of ministry planning processes and provides the foundation for the development of strategic‚ financial‚ performance‚ and workforce plans. The scan describes how demographic‚ political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ legal‚ and technological trends affect your ministry. The environmental scan enables
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One Westlake Park in the Energy Corridor area of Houston‚ Texas; the company is among the largest private sector energy corporations in the world‚ and one of the six leaders. In order to project social responsibility and improve its image British Petroleum changed its name into BP in year 2000 with a logo of green and yellow sunflower patterns. Paradoxically the same company symbol is now under derision and the object of controversial attacks from environmentalists and damaging court cases. The company’s
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How I Intend to Practice as an Ethical Petroleum Engineer As an engineer‚ I am obligated to take cognizance of the codes of conduct of my profession. However‚ as a human being‚ I am not driven by mere obligation‚ but by a desire to exercise virtuosity for the good of society. Voltaire‚ a French philosopher‚ wrote that‚ “with great power comes great responsibility.” Engineers‚ likewise‚ should bear a responsibility to promote the safety and welfare of society; to use their knowledge and serve
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Assignment 3 – British Petroleum and the Delay of Maintenance By Avaninder Gill Review the Main Features of the Case British Petroleum‚ now known as simply BP‚ is a multinational oil and gas company that is headquartered in London‚ England. On March 23‚ 2005‚ a series of massive explosions devastated one of the largest British Petroleum refineries located in Texas City. The blast rattled windows in downtown Galveston‚ 20 miles away and was even felt in Houston‚ 35 miles distant
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Your kids should consider petroleum engineering Westhill Consulting Career & Employment Australia is an information based website for expats who wish to work in Southeast Asia and the world. Encouraged by some of the highest starting salaries available in any industry‚ record numbers of students are enrolling in petroleum engineering courses at U.S. universities. In the future‚ Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore‚ Jakarta Indonesia and many more are amongst with many developing
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Vaseline Petroleum Jelly Consumer Behavior Case Study August 4‚ 1999 Presented by: Kurt Beloff Donald Chase Brendan O’Hare Matej Okorn Yejin Shim Company Overview Chesebrough-Ponds incorporated (CPI) was formed in 1955 through the merger of Chesebrough manufacturing company and Ponds Extract Company. In 1976‚ the company had six divisions with after-tax profits of $54 million on net sales of $747 million. Product Overview Robert Chesebrough first discovered Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
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