and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological toll on people around the Gulf area by its aftermath. BP’s oil spill provides valuable lessons in crisis communication as their reputation had hit rock bottom during the crisis. The company’s response website was designed to show how well the company was willing to deal with the
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relationships with the south‚ in the hopes of a mutually beneficial agreement that would keep in power for longer. close relations with ruling families of the south began to weaken as the Persian plutocracy began to feel alienated from the Abbasids. Future generations of the Abbasids were unable to sustain the magnitude of their empire and were forced to accelerate the breakup of their empire by conceding territories to better placed royal families like the Fatmadids of Egypt8. In the south‚ Abbasid
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Deep Horizon oil rig occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana. Fifteen out the of one hundred fifty men who were on board were injured. Approximately two days later‚ the rig sang and oil began spewing. The oil leaked for over one hundred days. The BP oil disaster in the gulf has posed a threat on the people and the environment that surround the oil spill. The effects of offshore drilling can be catastrophic‚ especially after seeing what has happened in the Gulf. There are many concerns that come
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Houston‚ such as 1. Fewer barriers to gas flow 2. Fewer centralizers to keep cement even 3. No bond log to check cement integrity 4. Pressure test misinterpreted 5. Mud barrier removed early 6. Blowouts preventer failed. 2. In the months following the Gulf oil disaster‚ wildlife managers‚ rescue crews scientists and researchers saw many immediate impacts of the oil impacting wildlife. Oil coated birds’ feathers‚ causing birds to lose their buoyancy and the ability to regulate body temperature. Mammals
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indicated that a number of easily identifiable mistakes by British Petroleum‚ Transocean‚ and Halliburton ultimately led to the devastating oil spill which lasted 87 days and dumped an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. (Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster…). The Commission’s report along with investigation teams from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management‚ Regulation‚ and Enforcement as well as the United States Coast Guard reveled that several budget saving short cuts
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Why New Orleans is Vulnerable to Hurricanes? Since its founding in 1718‚ the city of New Orleans and its surrounding areas have been subject to numerous floods from the Mississippi River and hurricanes and other reasons are‚ its Location near Gulf of Mexico‚ Low elevation (below sea-level) Subsidence caused by compaction of river deposited sediments‚ erosion of inactive delta lobe‚ sea-level rise due to global warming . A series of levees and other flood control structures built over the years
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Spills. Ed. Tamara Thompson. Farmington Hills‚ MI: Greenhaven Press‚ 2014. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Cleaning up oil spills with magnets and nanotechnology." CNN. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 Oct. 2014. Peterson‚ Charles. "The Gulf Oil Spill Illustrates the Special Risks of Deepwater Drilling." Oil Spills. Ed. Tamara Thompson. Farmington Hills‚ MI: Greenhaven Press‚ 2014. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging
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Hirachand Ambani was born on December 28‚ 1932‚ at Chorwad‚ Gujarat‚ into a Modh family. His father was a school teacher. Dhirubhai Ambani started his entrepreneurial career by selling bhajias to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends. He moved to Aden‚ Yemen after completing his matriculation at the age of 16. He worked there as a gas-station attendant‚ and as a clerk in an oil company. He returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50‚000 and set up a textile trading company. He started his first textile
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caution and wariness. They do provide insight into a culture‚ but the accuracy and usefulness will depend on the context and specific circumstances. WHERE IS THE ARAB WORLD? • The Arab world stretches from Morocco across Northern Africa to the Persian Gulf. The Arab world is more or less equal to the area known as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Although this excludes Somalia‚ Djibouti‚ and the Comoros Islands which are part of the Arab world. • It can also be defined as those countries where
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production of petroleum in the Persian Gulf and supply the increased postwar energy requirement of the Europe (Citino 137). By 1948‚ United States had become one of the major importers of petroleum from the Middle Eastern countries. The era of Cold War diplomacy saw a rise in the energy requirement of the country‚ which made the rich oil resources of the Gulf indispensable to the endeavor (Painter "Oil‚ Resources‚ and the Cold War" 489). The oil from the gulf was important as this provided a cheap
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