Ethical Problems in Bp 1. Introduction The company‚ BP is the third-largest energy company where produces approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil and gas per day and possesses 22‚400 service stations over the world. However‚ the oil disaster called as BP oil spill or the deep water horizon oil spill was occurred on April 20th‚ 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico recording the greatest oil spill compared to other oil spill accidents in our history. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion caused deaths
Premium Ethics
The BP oil spill‚ more famously referred to as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ occurred in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and flowed unmitigated for as long as 3 months. The BP oil spill has fared as the largest marine oil spill ever confronted in the history of the petroleum industry. The oil spill on the 20th of April 2010 was primarily the result of a gas release followed by an explosion in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ in the Gulf of Mexico‚ established on the Mocando exploration well designed for
Premium Petroleum Drilling rig Exxon Valdez oil spill
BP Oil Spill By: Kerrie Neff MGT 480 Due Diligence: Facts: I am focusing on Tony Hayward‚ former CEO of BP and I am here to address the issue regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and ultimately caused one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. To begin‚ there are many facts that led up to the incident‚ and then for many years after. BP and Hayward had already been questioned on their ethical conduct. The questions include fraud‚ environmental
Premium Oil spill Petroleum Exxon Valdez oil spill
BP COMMUNICATION FAILure DURING GULF OIL SPILL CRISIS An important component of crisis management is response. Response can include several actions such as communication with stakeholders‚ the public and the government. Appropriate and effective communication can minimize the distribution of incomplete and inaccurate information‚ reduce speculation and prevent or quell rumors. In fact‚ studies suggest that the message itself can affect the public’s evaluation of the company and perhaps
Premium Exxon Valdez oil spill
BP Oil Spill 2010 Elizabeth Morton University of Phoenix SUS/300 3/9/15 Tereza Marks Gulf Oil Spill Case BP Oil Spill 2010 BP is a world leading international oil and Gas Company. The BP Company however had an oil spill on April 20‚ 2010 due to a gas release in the Gulf of Mexico. A massive explosion followed the gas release on the Deep Water Oil rig that was working on the exploration of British Petroleum. The explosive gas leak resulted in eleven peoples dead and several other individuals
Premium Exxon Valdez oil spill Oil spill Petroleum
all of the environmental issues that we face and decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental issue; it was the worst oil disaster in US history. The government estimated up to 2.6 million gallons per day with a total of 205.8 million got into the gulf. Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida all had miles on miles of surface oil problems. BP put nearly 2 million gallons of chemical “dispersants” into the ocean‚ which actually make the oil more
Premium United States United States Environmental Protection Agency
Ethical Issues surrounding the BP Oil Spill By: Angela Higgins December 16‚ 2010 The BP Oil Spill which happened on April 20‚ 2010‚ was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history releasing approximately 185 million gallons of crude oil into the gulf. This event was the result of a wellhead on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform blowing out in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 40 miles southeast offs the Louisiana coastline. Eleven men working on the oil rig platform were killed
Premium Petroleum Ethics Natural gas
BP Oil Spill Background The British Petroleum Oil Spill incident is the largest in history that raises various issue environmental and ethical issues. On 20th of April 2010‚ an explosion of the drilling rig caused the oil spill close to the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico‚ in which 11 employees were killed. It took around five months for the oil well to exert no further risk and be concealed‚ where many controversies arose throughout the period. BBC‚ 2010. Timeline: BP Oil Spill. BBC
Premium Petroleum Drilling rig Louisiana
The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
Premium Oil spill Petroleum Louisiana
BP Oil Spill Chait‚ J‚ (2010). Dear Leader. New Republic‚ 241(10)‚ 2-2. Retrieve June 21‚ 2010‚ from Academic Search Premier. This article discusses the present oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president’s has not changed the Minerals Management Service. In reality‚ the federal government has no agency tasked with capping undersea oil leaks. All the necessary equipment‚ along with the expertise for operating it‚ resides with the private sector. BP will likely bear the full cost of the spill;
Premium Petroleum Oil platform Oil spill