now decide to tune into what the dull lady is revealing. She announces that an oil spill has erupted in the Gulf of Mexico and the company “BP” is smothered all over the screen. The child only can only understand one concept: BP was the sole cause of this oil spill. To clarify‚ the child did not learn the real causes for this catastrophic disaster. On April 20‚ 2010‚ the oil rig called Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ causing 3.19 million barrels of oil to spill into the Gulf of Mexico (Smithsonian).
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INTRODUCTION: BP is one of the world’s driving global oil and gas organizations‚ with around 80‚000 employees and operations in more than 80 nations on six continents. The organization’s primary exercises are oil and gas investigation and creation‚ petroleum‚ lubricants‚ supply and transportation. BP gives its clients with fuel to transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail administrations and petrochemicals items. • Founder: William Knox D’Arcy • Incorporated: 1908 as Anglo-Persian Oil Company •
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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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BP – The $40billion Safety Culture Vacuum On March 23rd 2005 a huge explosion at BP’s Texas oil refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 180. Most were its own staff. The refinery had suffered safety problems before. The previous year two workers died when scalded by super-heated water that escaped from a high-pressure pipe. The British media focused on the effect of the 2005 blast: the price of oil rose by several $s a barrel. In Texas‚ however‚ the local media were outraged by ‘yet
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BP: The Oil and Energy Company BP is an oil company whose roots start back in Cleveland‚ Ohio in the 1870 ’s. BP has grown from a local oil company to now being a global energy group employing over 80‚000 people and operating in over 100 countries worldwide. BP provides fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services‚ and petrochemical products for everyday items. They are all about finding oil and natural gas and have several brands that might sound familiar: BP‚ Castrol
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The Economic Impact of the BP Oil Spill In April of 2010‚ a British Petroleum operated oil drilling rig off the Gulf of Mexico‚ the Deepwater Horizon‚ exploded suddenly after high pressure methane gas from the oil well rose to the drilling rig‚ causing it to ignite and then sink to the bottom of the ocean floor. The explosion caused a sea-floor level oil blowout‚ and crude oil was leaked into the surrounding water for three months before a solution was found. After eighty-seven long days‚ the wellhead
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BP OIL SPILL The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster or the Macondo blowout)[5][6][7][8] is a massive ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.[9] Some estimates placed it by late May or early June‚ 2010‚ as among the largest oil spills in history with hundreds of millions of gallons spilled to date. The spill stems from a sea floor oil gusher that resulted from the
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explosion of the Deep Horizon oil rig occurred in the Gulf of Mexico Near Louisiana. Fifteen out the of one hundred fifty men who were on board were injured. Approximately two days later‚ the rig sang and oil began spewing. The oil leaked for over one hundred days. The BP oil disaster in the gulf has posed a threat on the people and the environment that surround the oil spill. The effects of offshore drilling can be catastrophic‚ especially after seeing what has happened in the Gulf. There are many concerns
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January 21‚ 1991. This is the day the Persian Gulf suffered from possibly the largest oil spill to date. However‚ the oil spill did not only affect the gulf. Animals‚ humans‚ ecosystems‚ and biodiversity were all impacted as a result. This act‚ inflicted as a war strategy by the Iraqi’s‚ is the cause of mass deterrence to the environment in the area. Although tremendous progress has been made in an effort to clean the Gulf War oil spill‚ there are still several efforts that must be made in order
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Topic: E-Culture:Ethical Issiues Electronic technology is changing our life-style to a great extent. Advancement in the fields of information and communication technology (ICT) and electronics has resulted in the emergence e-commerce‚ e-business‚ e-banking‚ e-mails‚ e-organizations‚ e-governance‚ e-journals‚ e-books‚ e-medicine‚ internet‚ web-shopping‚ etc‚ which have set in a trend for e-culture. Electronic culture is enveloping the entire world‚ it is a global phenomenon. It is the ICT-availability
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