Of Mexico 2010 Biggest Oil Spill in History Jennifer Fuenzalida Jorge Luis Torres Ignacio Muñoz Santiago Duque AGENDA Brief Facts About the Biggest Oil Spill in History BP’ s Communication Strategy Result of BP’s Communication Strategy How Should this Crisis Have Been Managed? Timeline BP History of Disasters 1908 UK: British Petroleum‚ is an energy company‚ dedicated to the production of oil and natural gas. April 6 Texas City: Explosion in Texas City & a spill of 244 tons of chemical
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produces approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil and gas per day and possesses 22‚400 service stations over the world. However‚ the oil disaster called as BP oil spill or the deep water horizon oil spill was occurred on April 20th‚ 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico recording the greatest oil spill compared to other oil spill accidents in our history. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion caused deaths of 11 workers‚ 17 workers injured as well as a tremendous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In fact‚ this case
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The mineral rights to drill for oil at the Macondo well‚ were purchased by BP at the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) Lease Sale No. 206‚ held in New Orleans. June 22 – Mark E. Hafle‚ a senior drilling engineer from BP‚ warns that the metal casing for the blowout preventer might collapse under high pressure Deepwater Horizon drilling rig company‚ owned by Transocean‚ begins drilling on the Macondo Prospect. The planned well was to be drilled to 18‚000 feet below sea level‚ and was to be plugged
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STANDING OPERATING 17 May 2012 PROCEDURE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR COLLECTION‚ STORAGE‚ AND TURN-IN OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND NON-REGULATED WASTE‚ 9TH MISSION SUPPORT COMMAND/THEATER SUPPORT GROUP (MSC/TSG) MAINTENANCE FACILITIES 1. Definition. The 9th MSC/TSG Maintenance Facilities include the following locations: Fort Shafter Flats‚ Honolulu‚ Hawaii; PFC Kaoru Moto‚ Wailuku‚ Hawaii; SFC
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does the price of oil and gas have on the economy? How does this affect the daily lives of the entire population? The preceding questions are the basis for the enclosed report. The primary objective of this report is to give a few reasons as to what causes prices of oil and prices of gas to rise. Among these reasons‚ speculation of things that may or may not happen‚ like a terrorist strike‚ is one of the leading factors. Another reason for the continued rise in prices of oil and gas is the constant
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What are the effects of deep water offshore oil drilling in the United States? How do they impact our environment? It is believed that there are many positive effects of offshore oil drilling‚ such as the reduction of spending in importing oil from other countries‚ eradicating dependence on another country for oil‚ creation of more jobs through oil rigs‚ and the lowering of gas prices. However‚ the negative effects resulting from oil drilling in the United States outweigh the benefits. For example
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In the past‚ the price of oil has led to economic recessions‚ such as the 1973 and 1979 energy crises. The effect the price of oil has on an economy is known as a price shock. In many European countries‚ which have high taxes on fuels‚ such price shocks could potentially be mitigated somewhat by temporarily or permanently suspending the taxes as fuel costs rise.[138] This method of softening price shocks is less useful in countries with much lower gas taxes‚ such as the United States. Some economists
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amounts of water Positive effects of using neutralization vs negative effects Positive effects of using alternative methods versis negative effects Finally state your judgement or conclusion A neutralisation reaction is an exothermic chemical reaction involving proton transfer‚ where an acid and a base interact to form a salt and sometimes water. Employing this concept‚ neutralization reactions may be used in laboratories to clean up accidental acid and base spills on workbenches of flooring
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engine heat up with friction‚ and oil absorbs the heat. When it gets dirty‚ it cannot absorb the heat as well‚ and not changing the oil in a car can have harmful effects to the engine (Ulin‚ Don). Although changing the oil in a car every 3‚000 miles might sound like a good thing for longer engine life‚ it should be done around 7‚500 miles or more because of the harmful effects on the environment and finances. According to Jamie Cameron-Harley‚ “…if you can change your oil in less-frequent intervals‚ you
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The Effects of Motor Oil in A Controlled Freshwater Jar Ecosystem Introduction: “An ecosystem is an environment where plants‚ animals‚ and micro-organisms all interact and reside together in a setting” (Simon‚ Reece‚ and Dickey‚ 2010). There are two main types of aquatic ecosystems‚ freshwater and marine. The main difference between them is that marine ecosystems contain salt‚ which causes them to be undrinkable without substantial alterations. Freshwater systems contain nearly no
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