Piper Alpha: Lessons Learnt‚ 2008 Piper Alpha was a large North Sea oil platform that started production in 1976. It produced oil from 24 wells and in its early life it had also produced gas from two wells. It was connected by an oil pipeline to Flotta and by gas pipelines to two other installations. In 1988‚ Piper Alpha was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd ("OpCal")‚ a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. On 6 July 1988‚ there was a massive leakage of gas
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Chapter 8 Incident #2 Questions Recommend a course of action for Adams. First‚ Adams must create time for his employees to be involved in participation. He has to let them know that he is not an autocratic boss/manager‚ and only a meeting will bring that observation to the forefront. He must have enough confidence in himself and his employees that everyone will agree to meet at a specific time‚ whether overtime with pay or a “shut down” day. Second‚ once a meeting time has been established
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The Brent Spar was an oil storage buoy located on the Brent oilfield in the North Atlantic Ocean‚ which was operated by Shell UK. It was used to store oil that was extracted from the under sea oilfield until an oil tanker transported the oil to land. The Brent Spar became obsolete around 1991 because of the building of an underwater oil pipeline that took the extracted oil directly to land. Shell UK then did a scientific‚ economic‚ and environmental study pertaining to the eventual disposal of
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The Incident of the Goalie Stick I had just finished my hockey game‚ one which we lost by far. I slowly skated my way off the ice‚ as everyone looked at the “losing team” in disappointment. I stepped my way over to the locker and to my surprise‚ a couple of kids had found a broken goalie stick‚ and the floor was a mess with splinters. It looked as if a volcano had erupted in the left side of the tiny locker room. These kids swung it back and forth‚ trying to break it‚ but had no luck in doing so
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Brienna Jenkins David Willson English 201‚ M/W 28 August‚ 2013 The Candle Wax Incident I would never be so presumptuous as to assert that nobody but me has problems. I understand‚ in fact‚ that not only does everyone have problems‚ but that most people have bigger problems and more problems than I myself would care to imagine. I do believe‚ however‚ I can safely say that nobody else has my problems. The singularity with which I create extra work for myself is its own idiosyncrasy.
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than a servant. There were two narratives that tell of individual struggles of mulatto women bound under the control of another human being. Although the women in William Wells Brown Clotel; or‚ The President’s Daughter and Harriet Jacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl undergo drastically
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AMUSMICA. A. PURANI PASSPORT NO: G6872345 COURSE: CICT LECTURER: Ms. Vijaya (1) Media has always been the fastest way in transmitting news and information. Discuss the different types of media and their functions towards various industries. You are encouraged to compare between 3 different industries.(Exp.sports). INTRODUCTION Media being a bridge over which brand messages travel to reach the consumer. In the other way we can say is a method or way of expressing something. Communication
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valid and generalizable do you think this statement is? Answer: - Larry Johnston strongly believe in Ed Foreman’s program‚ and Johnston see how effective Foreman’s program‚ that’s why Johnston comments “Positive attitude is the single biggest thing that can change a business”. I think discussion should focus on the relationship between attitude and behavior and explore other approaches such as self-perception theory. 3. If you were Johnston‚ what would you do to evaluate the effectiveness
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The Wallace Group; Laurence J. Stybel | | | Case 2 The Wallace Group‚ Inc. I. CASE ABSTRACT Harold Wallace‚ founder‚ serves as Chairman and President of the Wallace Group. He owns 45 percent of the outstanding stock. The company consists of three operating groups?Electronics‚ Plastics‚ and Chemicals‚ which generate sales of $70 million. Mr. Wallace continues direct operational control over the Electronics Group. Several years ago‚ Wallace and the Board embarked on a strategy
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criminal then mounted the motorcycle. His accomplice‚ who was also the motorcyclist‚ sped off and they escaped from the scene. I was shocked at what I saw. The robbery happened so fast that before I could do anything to try to foil it‚ the whole incident was over. I ran to help the lady. When I reached the part of the ditch where the lady fell into‚ I saw her seated at the bottom of the ditch. She had scratch marks on her arms and legs and was groaning in pain. I then realised that she was pregnant
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