Horizon rig sank on April 22‚ 2010‚ two days after the Macondo well blowout and explosion that killed 11 workers. The Deepwater Horizon accident‚ also known as the BP Oil Spill‚ was a project failure of immense proportions. It went from an oil exploration “project” to a massive program with portfolios of projects related to dealing with the families of those killed on the oil rig‚ stopping the oil leak‚ capturing the oil (from the well and from the ocean)‚ cleaning the environment (seashores‚ wetlands
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close look at my Resume will indicate that I majored in the exploitation of oil and gas fields in my undergraduate program and specialized in petroleum engineering‚ a similar specialty‚ in my Master’s program. It may well be asked why I maintain such a close affinity with petroleum. The answer is simple and straightforward—because I was born and I grew up on an oil field and I have cherished a deep love for all that it represent. Even as a child‚ I had a habit of watching for hours how beam-pumping
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incompetence (Kreitner‚ Kinicki). Transocean and BP employees failed to look at the entire pressure data reading. The engineers at Haliburton failed to push through the correct number of case fitting because they had done this before. BP failed to seal the well correctly. Everyone was confident in their knowledge and systems. However‚ any system can fail. Smart leaders know how to react and troubleshoot the problem by listening and going through the elimination process. Individuals with a humble spirit provide
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Permeability is the measure of how well a fluid flows through a porous material. At that depth‚ and within such nonporous rock‚ the ability of fluids to travel to the well is greatly limited. Fracturing increases the area of the fluid that is exposed to porous materials and thus greatly increases production. The method of fracturing utilizes a few key components which allow for an economical extraction of resources. The fracturing process applied in a horizontal well through shale. Simplified Steps
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African female‚ believed to have lived 60‚000 years ago. This extraordinary finding has inspired a global project to unveil the migration journey of the homo sapien (Man). The project‚ led by the National Geographic society‚ IBM‚ geneticist Specer Wells‚ and the Waitt Family Foundation have worked at mapping the origins of Man‚ and his global journey through time‚ of his arrival into modern society. This process consists of sophisticated computer analysis of contributed DNA of traditional and general
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they relayed their stories of natural gas drilling in Colorado‚ Wyoming‚ Utah and Texas‚ among others. He spoke with residents who have experienced a variety of chronic health problems directly traceable to contamination of their air‚ of their water wells or of surface water. In some instances‚ the residents are reporting that they obtained a court injunction or settlement monies from gas companies to replace the affected water supplies with potable water or water purification kits. The film won
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of ways to contain the wastewater; however‚ some companies believe that using deep well injection as a method of disposal are actually quite wrong. In the US some fracking companies dispose their wastes in deep wells that lie underneath the surface. It has even been directly related to causing earthquakes. This happens in several states in the United States‚ however‚ Pennsylvania has outlawed the use of deep well injection (Easton). As a result‚ the fracking companies are forced to transport the
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FINAL PROJECT REPORT ON CHAPTER SIX TRANSITION‚ DEVELOPMENT‚ AND RENEWAL BAPCO CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Main purpose of the chapter 3. The Major changes in BAPCO 4. BAPCO’s life-cycle 5. Transition: The Merger 6. Our approach 7. Organization Renewal 8. Conclusion 1. INTRODUCTION The company that we have chosen to compare with the chapter and write the report on is BAPCO. Following is a brief introduction about the company: BAPCO‚ wholly owned by the Government
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banned due to the cancerous chemicals that are injected into the shale rocks‚ which contaminates the water that we drink and runs into our homes. In the U.S.‚ there are more than 500‚000 active natural gas wells. Each of these wells requires 400 tanker tucks in order to carry water as well as supplies to the site where fracking will occur. For each of these individual fracking jobs‚ 1 to 8 million gallons of water is used. About 40‚000 gallons of chemicals (per one fracturing job) are used and
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currently the best and most efficient way to drill for these substances. Although this technique seems amazing‚ there are many flaws. To begin the Fracking process‚ a well is drilled a mile or more below the surface of the earth. The well goes down thousands of feet and then turns horizontally into a rock formation. After the well is cased and cemented‚ holes are made in the horizontal part of the pipe to allow millions of gallons of liquid to be released into the rock formations. This liquid is
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