of their nature. The Response and Responsibility of Gulf Oil Spill BP’s management resulted in a oil spill arguing liability. Strategy was to avoid taking legal responsibility so management started finger pointing. BP’s factors that influenced planning Three factors that influence BP oil companies operational and contingency planning include‚ unexpected oil spills. Sometimes they cannot control things like floods‚ which can cause oil burst and affect the flow of the plan. The third factor is
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contamination at Kelley Air Force Base‚ or polluted water at Lake Sam Rayburn‚ Texas has more than its fair share of toxic waste. Exxon/Mobil‚ one of the nation’s leading oil producers‚ has its main refinery located in Beaumont‚ Texas. Each year‚ the residents of Beaumont/Port Arthur have to contend with the 39‚000 pounds of pollution spewed each year by the Exxon refinery. Exxon’s emissions are 385% above the state refinery average. In 1999‚ the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Committee
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Who I think is responsible for the ‘Rena Disaster’! ! The Rena Disaster was a oil spill disaster that happened off the coast of Tauranga in New Zealand on the 5th of October 2011. The crash was cause by the grounding of the Rena Ship on the Astrolable Reef at 17 knots. I think that the captain of the Rena (Mauro Balomaga) was the one responsible for the disaster. ! ! First of all‚ I think this because it was mostly the Captain’s decision to take the shortcut on the way to the Port
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excessive amount of oil from the bottom of the ocean. This resource is made up of dead fish and other creatures that sink to the ocean floor and as sediment builds up the dead animal remains decompose and heat up to form the oil and natural gas. This can take up to thousands of years to form and if humans use too much oil we will have to wait another thousand years to use the oil the ocean provides us with. An example of over drilling oil is the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. ” A surge of
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Responsibilities and Law Contents BP Company Info 3 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event 4 Summary of the Deepwater Horizon Event 5 Stock price before and after Deepwater Horizon 7 Impact on Stakeholders 8 BP’s Oil Spills and Corporate Social Responsibility 9 Inadequate disclosure on the oil spill event 11 Recommendations for BP to get reputation back 13 Conclusion 14 BP Company Info BP is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London‚ United Kingdom. It is the third-largest
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Executive Summary The report investigates on how Royal Dutch Shell should reduce the issues of oil spill by utilizing two managerial functions which are leading and controlling. This problem is primarily due to the operational failures‚ such as equipment failure and human error. It is found that Shell has been engaged in solving issue that significantly disadvantageous for Shell. In response to these incidents‚ Shell was forced to solve these issues as soon as possible. This report includes investigation
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MC252 drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico caused the rig to sink and killed 11 workers. As the result‚ the oil began leaking into the Gulf creating the largest spill in American history to date. Over the course of 87 days an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil were released into the Gulf. Although research continues to determine the full extent of the damage‚ we know that this spill impacted wildlife‚ habitats‚ fishing communities‚ and commerce along the large coastal areas of Louisiana‚ Mississippi
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and odour control of tiles‚ wood or concrete. The microorganisms penetrate the cracks in the above mentioned materials‚ using the grease/spills as a food source and removing them. Third‚ bioaugmentation is used in surface cleanup and remediations which involves cleaning materials such as asphalt‚ concrete‚ metal and other equipment that comes in contact with oil‚ gasoline and grease. This is useful in factories and industries to maintain a clean and safe work environment. Bioaugmentation is
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Did you know that 1 oil spills can kill thousands and thousands and thousands of pengeins and animals in wildlife.In the south atlantic ocean there was a oil spill that had more than 40‚000 penguins injured. When people heard about it they came to help. In the passage “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” a lot of people came to help capture the penguins that were covered in oil to help them. They took them in a warehouse and had to force feed the penguins by prying their beaks open and shoving dead fish
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to exploit our oil via means of fracking‚ isn’t it? How much do people really know about fracking? How much do you know about fracking? The truth is‚ not much. Adjudicator‚ members of the audience‚ facking is apparently becoming a big problem in New Zealand. Major oil companies like TAG Oil and Apache are interested in the promise of oil and the opportunities that are foreseeable. As oil is becoming more scarce and more of a necessity‚ companies are finding new ways to access oil that was previously
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