Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Conflict Kris Stephens BUS 5903 Conflict Resolution Dr. Jacqueline Gilliard Kstephens1@twu.edu August 22‚ 2010 Executive Summary British Petroleum (BP) is one of the largest oil companies in the world. They have recently been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons after suffering a record breaking oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tony Hayward‚ former CEO‚ has been criticized for his handling
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EFFECTS OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL ENEE 501 – POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY HARJOT BHANDAL 10106493 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 3 BACKGROUND 3 ANALYSIS 5 CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION 5 ENVORNMENTAL EFFECTS 6 ECONOMIC EFFECT 7 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 ABSTRACT On the 20th of April 2010‚ a tragic event occurred just off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded resulting
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2.4 - Deliverable: Horizon Case Study by Sean Paquet A Deliverable Submitted to ERAU Worldwide PMGT 502 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Online Campus January 2015 Abstract Researcher: Sean Paquet Title: 2.4 - Deliverable: Horizon Case Study Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Year: 2015 Horizon Consulting is a software development company specializing in customized mobile application services. Since its inception‚ the company has
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BP’s ethical conduct concerning the Deep Horizon blowout Background: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the BP oil spill refers to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. The spill was a result of the explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men working on the platform and injured 17 others (Summarized from Wikipedia article on: “Deepwater Horizon oil spill” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill
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Southwest Airlines and the 3 Horizon Model Southwest Airlines was founded over 45 years ago in 1971 and there was major expansion of the company which flew passengers between Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio which was inside Texas. The company successfully has many passengers which makes the airline company to have strong emerging position among the masses. The company is successfully engaged in different operations while the official website of Southwest provides the details that there are strong
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Maria Benackova (000611942) | Corporate Social Responsibility | Ulke Veersma Coursework Header Sheet 198085-‐-‐-‐14 Course Coursework Tutor BUSI0011: Dissertation -‐-‐-‐
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A TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) AT NEW HORIZONS SYSTEM SOLUTIONS #6 BENUE ROAD UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN‚ OYO STATE NIGERIA. SUBMITTED BY: AGUGHASI VICTOR IKECHUKWU MOUAU/06/7988 DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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What went wrong? The BP report identifies eight key elements in the Deepwater Horizon drilling operation each of which could have prevented the disaster The key times 20 April 9.40pm Report: ‘This overwhelmed the … system’ 20 April 9.49pm Report: ‘The fire and gas system did not prevent … ignition’ 1 The cement that was supposed to stop oil and gas reaching the well pipe casing did not work. The report blames the type of cement used Well pipe metal casing Cement fills ‘annulus’ gap 6 7 5
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surface of the ocean. Deepwater Horizon oil spill is one of the biggest and controversial oil spill in the world. In one of the President Barrack Obama’s interview‚ he stated that “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced” (Horowitz). This oil spill affected and left significant damage to human‚ animals‚ and to the environment that will last not just years‚ but centuries‚ or maybe more. “On 20 April 2010‚ the British Petroleum(BP) Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast
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In the article‚ it is proposed that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 could be used as a possible learning tool for engineering students. The oil spill devastated the marine ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico‚ and caused great economic hardship for the people‚ particularly fisherman‚ of the Gulf coast. The article asks for a closer examination of the Deepwater incident to inspire students‚ expand their technological literacy‚ and provide students an opportunity to apply their skills to a real
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