Ethics in the Workplace Case Study: BP Oil Spill On April 20‚ 2010 off the Gulf of Mexico‚ there was a blowout of the Macondo well which is owned by British Petroleum also known as BP. When the blowout took place it got immediate media attention because aspects of the event were known over the world. Within events transpiring it was discovered how limited the resources and reaction to the disaster was going to be. This paper will detail aspects of the event from symptoms of the problem‚ the root
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Crew member onboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig were awoken the morning of April 20‚ 2010 to the sound of multiple explosions. The Deepwater Horizon rig was positioned in the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana. It was positioned about 5‚000 feet above the seabed and the oil pipe extended another 18‚000 feet into the rock below. It was owned and operated by Transocean and leased to BP. There were 127 crew men onboard the rig at the time of the explosion. The crew man began
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Oil Spill Clean-up: Lab Report Description There are various methods for cleaning up oil spills. Some methods allow oil to be recovered‚ whereas others do not. Some methods are more expensive than others‚ some are more efficient than others‚ and some have more of an environmental impact. Regardless of the method used‚ cleaning up oil spilled on water is a very time-consuming and difficult task. In this activity‚ you will model various methods used for cleaning up an oil spill on water. Material
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explosion of the 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
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The controversial methods and actions of oil companies to extract/transport their products‚ such as fracking‚ have to be banned and prevented immediately and companies must find more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to extract/transport these natural resources in order to keep the environment safe. With methods such as fracking being used to excavate the oil that is used today‚ damage done to the environment and different species of animals is inevitable with controversial methods. As
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The Economic Impact of the BP Oil Spill In April of 2010‚ a British Petroleum operated oil drilling rig off the Gulf of Mexico‚ the Deepwater Horizon‚ exploded suddenly after high pressure methane gas from the oil well rose to the drilling rig‚ causing it to ignite and then sink to the bottom of the ocean floor. The explosion caused a sea-floor level oil blowout‚ and crude oil was leaked into the surrounding water for three months before a solution was found. After eighty-seven long days‚ the wellhead
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INTRODUCTION Due to the very nature of oil resources‚ the environment is invariably affected. The first way in which the environment is affected by the oil industry is through both the drilling and the transportation processes. The chemicals used in the drilling can be harmful to the environment‚ drilling itself poses a great danger‚ for instance in case of an oil spill (as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill showed)‚ and as the Exxon Valdez disaster so evidently portrayed‚ transportation can be equally
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In 2010‚ the Gulf of Mexico was the largest ever recorded dead zone of 7‚700 square miles. Seven years later‚ the zone is still growing; the Gulf’s dead zone is now up to 8‚776 square miles‚ larger than the size of New Jersey. The dead zone is caused by excess nutrients entering the water. Iowa’s waters are polluted by different causes affecting humans‚ and the growth of organisms. Agriculture and nutrient runoff can cause algae to overpopulate an area‚ using up more oxygen‚ leading to not enough
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people in Texas oil refinery. And the other issue of the Alaskan oil pipelines leaked; their culture also reflect the safety negligence in their operation and management. Not check the pipelines by routine maintenance. BP management did not doing any corrective action on the contract worker discovered the first pipeline leak in March of 2006‚ (e.g. whole stop the pipelines operation for checking details)‚ still waiting the leakage happen on August 2006. And in October 2007 another spill in Prudhoe Bay
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INTRODUCTION Upon the evening of April 20th‚ 2010‚ a series of deadly explosions occurred within the oil rig giant‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ an immense offshore drilling platform‚ located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast (Steffy‚ 2011). These explosions were due to a defective blowout preventer and numerous gas leaks seeping up and through the well to the riser pipe‚ connecting to the rig‚ igniting fire. The efforts of attempting to save this flame ridden platform was lost on April 22‚ 2010‚ for the rig
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