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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GEOINFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THE INVOLVEMENT OF HYDROGRAPHY SURVEYOR IN INSTALLATION OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORM SEMINAR PAPER RAJENDRAN A/L SUPERAMANIAM SUPERVISOR : EN RUSLI OTHMAN PANELS : Prof Dr. MOHD RAZALI MAHMUD ENCIK USMUNI DIN APRIL 2008 ABSTRACT Hydrographic survey has been going through a dramatic development in recent years not only in seabed mapping but also in oil platform installation. Hydrographic survey experienced a major development and modernization. Therefore
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Essential Oils Isolated from Artemisia Vulgaris Linn Of Philippine Origin: Its Antibacterial Activity Prepared by: Dr. Jennifer U. Dotado-Maderazo Lyceum of the Philippines University- Batangas College of Dentistry 2010 Introduction and Review of Literature Introduction The Philippines is known for its natural resources‚ being a tropical country‚ its supply of naturally occurring medicinal plants can be observed everywhere. Thus‚ the practice of traditional medicine has been passed
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The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) 90 is an act of the Congress enforced in response to the Exxon Valdez incident of Good Friday 1989. The accident involved Exxon Valdez which spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It emerged from the incident that the country lacked sufficient resources to counter cases of oil spills. The country’s facility entrusted with the role of responding to cases of maritime oil pollution was the United States Coast of Guard. However‚ the agency
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Of Mexico Oil Spill | | | Teia Gill | Com 150June 20‚ 2010Cheryl Brisbane | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | There is a tremendous amount of controversy in the news today about the recent Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. On April 20th 2010 a catastrophic explosion aboard an oil rig in the
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A rise in global oil prices by $ 10 per barrel would reduce India’s economic growth by 0.2 percentage points and also affect the country’s current account deficit‚ Goldman Sach said. "A VAR (value-at-risk) analysis suggests that a $ 10 increase in oil would reduce GDP growth by 0.2 percentage point‚" Goldman Sachs said in its latest edition of ’Asia Economics Analyst’. India on Monday voiced serious concern over the rising crude oil prices‚ which have touched a two-year high‚ and said it could
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The Hebei Spirit Oil Spill (HSOS) in December 7‚ 2007 spilled approximately 10‚900 tons of crude oil in about 10 km off the Taean coastline in South Korea. Due to the astronomical and irrecoverable damage upon the marine ecosystem and the overall living standards of the residents‚ the oil spill accident has been notoriously named as the “worst oil spill accident” occurred in Korea. Nevertheless‚ though almost a decade have passed since the outbreak of the HSOS in Korea‚ it appears that compensation
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Efficacy of Oil Pulling Therapy using Sunflower Oil on Bacteria Count in Saliva of Dental Students from Northern Sumatera University. VIDYAVATI Northern Sumatera University‚ Northern Sumatera‚ Indonesia Background: Oil pulling therapy or oil swishing has been extensively used as a traditional Indian folk remedy for oral health benefits which comes from Ayurvedic medicine thousands of years ago. This therapy is done by swishing any desired vegetable oil for a period of 5 to 8 minutes in mouth. The
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company was 2nd largest oil company in the world with over 92‚000 employees. The company had to face a dark time in its history when on April 20‚ 2010 the Deepwater horizon oil spill occurred. Through 3 major cracks oil spilled into the ocean. Affected by the oil spill were five states; Alabama‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Texas and Florida. The disaster was if even comparable much worsted then any environmental disaster the US had to face since the result of the millions of gallons of oil spilt into the Gulf
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No. We should not continue using oil as the major source of energy. ------- Student ID: ------ 1st year‚ --- Professor --------- Workshop 1 class EE July 2‚ 2014 For the past several decades we have been relying on oil as our major source of energy. It is oil that driven the industrial revolution and turn the global economy into what it is right now. However‚ the increasing rate of our reliance and hunger for oil has been causing us devastating problems so awful that we can’t afford to ignore
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