British Petroleum Company (BP) and Amoco Corporation are two of the largest oil and gas firms in the world. In spite of the intense rivalry between the two companies for several years‚ they decided to merge in 1990. The upstream business of BP which is exploration and manufacturing of crude oil accounted for 68% of its revenues while that for Amoco accounted for 60%. BP Amoco after the merger in 1998‚ their business involved exploration and production of crude oil. This was their upstream business
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| BP Case Analysis | | 1. Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? BP’s history extends back to 1901 when William D’Arcy’s Anglo-Persian Oil Company first drilled for oil in Persia and after seven years of drilling and darcy’s nearly spent his net worth finally oil spewed out and became rich. Unfortunately later at 1914 BP was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the very low demand of oil in global market. Accordingly ‚BP’s Board
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Strategic Corporate Social Responsibilities and Law Contents BP Company Info 3 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event 4 Summary of the Deepwater Horizon Event 5 Stock price before and after Deepwater Horizon 7 Impact on Stakeholders 8 BP’s Oil Spills and Corporate Social Responsibility 9 Inadequate disclosure on the oil spill event 11 Recommendations for BP to get reputation back 13 Conclusion 14 BP Company Info BP is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London‚ United
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9-201-054 REV : M A Y 4‚ 2010 B ENJA M IN E ST Y M ICHA EL K A NE BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance As two of the largest oil and gas firms in the world‚ The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. (BP) and Amoco Corporation (Amoco) had a long history of competitive encounters. This rivalry continued into the 1990s in a variety of locations ranging from the United States to the North Sea to‚ more recently‚ the Caspian Sea—a region that had opened up to exploration by Western
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Chris Intro to Business 9/22/10 BP and Ethics This case is about the safety problems faced by BP‚ the third-largest oil and gas producer in the world. On March 23‚ 2005‚ an explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery resulted in one of the most serious workplace accidents in the US. An investigation by The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) uncovered many safety lapses at the Texas City refinery. BP was accused of endangering its workers by compromising on process safety due
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strategy Oil companies were the worst performing brands in the world market. There was no brand in the oil industry that had created positive perception in the public. During the late 1990’s BP has decided to change this perception for their brand. The main idea was to create a symbolic capital for BP. The definition of symbolic capital is given by (Bourdieu‚ 1974/1977 sited in Holt & McNulty‚2008‚p.76) as “ the resources by which authority and credibility are established amongst employees‚ peers
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The Transformation of BP Chapter 5-4 | Eric | Summer | Helen | Lidya | Mandy | Content • Introducing BP • Transforming BP • BP Superior performance through Knowledge Sharing • BP Building Cooperate Reputation Through facing the Public Responsibility • Conclusion and Future Consideration Introducing BP BP at a Glance BP is of one of the world’s largest energy companies‚ providing its customers with fuel for transportation
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1. Do you agree or disagree with Tony Hayward’s quote at the end of the case? Was this disaster strictly a BP failure or an industry accident? (One of my biggest mistakes was that I allowed myself to become the lightning rod for hatred and anger.” He went on to say‚ “I genuinely feel that this could have happened to anyone. This is not BP. It is an industry accident.) I mostly agree with Tony Hayward because an accident of that size is a result of a complex combination of mechanical failures‚
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will not yield. Who is Responsible? BP is responsible for the disaster and should be held fully accountable for all economic retribution financially and environmentally. The oil rig was under contract by BP and according to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 it stipulated that those parties responsible for the rig or facility which oil is being discharged from—is the responsible party held liable for cleanup costs. The conflict revolves around the fact that BP failed to clean-up the oil after seven
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[pic] BP Case Study November 10‚ 2011 Professor: Steven Lee Strategic Management Mississippi College British Petroleum[pic] Executive Summary The history of BP was set in motion as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia in 1901. William Knox D’Arcy‚ an English entrepreneur hired George Reynolds‚ a geologist and explorer to dig Persia for oil. Reynolds could smell natural gas and was most certain they would hit oil
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