i i Dedication This report is dedicated to the 11 men who lost their lives on the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20‚ 2010 and to their families‚ in hope that this report will help minimize the chance of another such disaster ever happening again. Jason Anderson Aaron Dale Burkeen Donald Clark Stephen Curtis Gordon Jones Roy Wyatt Kemp Karl Dale Kleppinger‚ Jr. Blair Manuel Dewey Revette Shane Roshto Adam Weise ii Acknowledgements We wish to acknowledge the many individuals and
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most useful in this situation? Explain your choice(s) Feedforward control would have been a good start in this situation. It would have been wise to check all of the gages on the ship before heading out onto the water. After checking once it would not hurt to double check in case something was over looked. Since the job is already dangerous‚ there should have been action taken to check the things that could create any bad situations. Instead‚ these things were not checked and lives were lost‚ the economy
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The National Commission on the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released a report in January 2011 to the President of the United States indicating that the April 20th‚ 2011 Deep Water Horizon’s explosion and the resulting oil spill at the Macondo well was a foreseeable and preventable disaster. The Commission’s report indicated that a number of easily identifiable mistakes by British Petroleum‚ Transocean‚ and Halliburton ultimately led to the devastating oil spill which lasted
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environment which may either be intentional or accidental‚ and it is a form of pollution. Oil spillage on water bodies has adverse effects on marine life. There are diverse aquatic habitats. They differ in terms of their level of sensitivities to the harmful effects of oil contamination‚ and in their abilities to recover after oil spillage. Oil spillage in aquatic environments results in floating oil on the water bodies‚ which in turn blocks out sunlight. The food that most of the marine life depends on‚ such
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Rosario Acero AP Literature/ P.3 Mr. Crook 10/22/12 “For Julia‚ in Deep Water” Essay “You are learning…it is with our skill we live in what kills us.” Delivered through a father’s perspective‚ the poem “For Julia‚ in Deep Water” resembles a father’s serious and candid conversation with his daughter. Employing an allegory‚ and vivid imagery and symbolism‚ Julia’s father imparts coming-of-age wisdom that will be instrumental for Julia as she begins to navigate life without her parents. Julia’s
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disruption in routine operations. Impacts are low and in-house response capability is adequate. Examples of Tier 1 Spills: • Overflow of sumps or oil-water separators • Leakage or overflow of tanks • Leakage from valves‚ pipelines or transfer hoses • Accidental discharge of bilge water from vessels • Tank truck/tank car rollover near water Tier 2 Medium-size spills occurring within the vicinity of vessel or facility as a consequence of a non-routine event. Significant impacts are possible
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Deep Waters “Do one thing every day that scares you.”‚ a quote that Eleanor Roosevelt once chanted. This is something that I once never dreamed of accomplishing. As a child‚ I was described in three words which included quiet‚ shy‚ and a scaredy-cat. These words would slowly disappear after a visit to East Silent Lake Resort‚ in Dent‚ Minnesota. It’s a place in which me and my nine family members vacationed to three years ago‚ when I was thirteen years old. This visit to the resort was during a humid
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(Laughter). People stand on the seashore and they see sea (laughter). Those ones from continent probably see water. Some people stand on the seashore look at the sea and see something more. They see something mysteriously hidden in the sea depth‚ maybe‚...maybe even something romantic. Breath-hold divers see all of that and also they see the medium through which they can express their passion. I am one of that people. When you would compete with your friends who is better breath-holder three things
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Still water runs deep ➢ The tongue is not steel yet cuts ➢ Hunger is the best sauce ➢ I will not dance to every fool’s pipe ➢ Hungry bellies have no ears ➢ A danger foreseen is half avoided ➢ The cat and the dog may kiss yet are none the better friends ➢ Escaped mouse will never forget the taste of bait ➢ Fanned fire and forced love never did well ➢ An open door may tempt a saint ➢ One can not be in love and be wise ➢ Love me‚ love my dog ➢ Fact is stronger than fiction
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Breathe Response The book Breathe is a compilation of stories written from the point of view of a paramedic. Marianne Paiva is the author and narrator of these stories which she experienced between 1993 and 1997 while working on an ambulance in northern California. In this essay I will identify examples of specific stressors that the paramedic experienced as well as some of the coping mechanism that were used to deal with those stressors. In the chapter titled The Day After Valentine’s Day
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