An oil spill can be defined as an accidental or deliberate dumping of oil or petroleum products into the ocean and its coastal waters‚ bays‚ and harbors‚ or onto land‚ or into rivers or lakes (Holum 1977). Between one and ten million metric tons (one metric ton is 1000 kilograms) of oil are put into the oceans every year. The oil is released‚ most often‚ in small yet consistent doses from tankers‚ industry‚ or on shore waste disposal (Boesh‚ Hersher‚ et al. 1974). Tanker spills cost the United
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Dangers of Oil Spills (Article for Environment Awareness magazine) Oil slicks do so much more damage than just the initial havoc we see on the news; the effects can be long lasting. The recent Deep water BP oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico well and truly eclipsed the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 and now has the potential of being one of the largest oil spills on record. Latest official estimates state approximately 4.1 million barrels of oil contaminated the
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PREVENTION OF OIL SPILL POLLUTION IN SEAWATER USING LOCALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS Nasser Al Hashar Dr Syed Anisuddin Tabassum Sadik Dr Sofia Tahseen Caledonian College of Engineering (A University College) 2322‚ CPO Seeb 111 SULTANATE OF OMAN anis_adil@hotmail.com A b s t r a c t Oil spill pollution‚ a severe environmental problem which persists in marine environment or in inland water across the world‚ has grown to an alarming magnitude with
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Oil Spills Pollution in the ocean is a major problem that is affecting the ocean and the rest of the Earth. Pollution is the ocean directly affects ocean organisms and indirectly affects human heath and resources. Oil spills is one of the harmful materials that are a major source of pollution in the ocean. “Oil spills stem from accidents involving tankers‚ barges‚ pipelines‚ refineries‚ and storage facilities‚ often while the oil is being transported to its users.” (NOAA 2012) Based on information
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After the tragic BP oil spill in 2010‚ Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was quoted saying “the day that we’ve been fearing is upon us.” It is obvious that oil spills are a major concern throughout the world and pose a menacing threat to our environment and our public health. When hearing the phrase “oil spill‚” many immediately think about death‚ destruction and disaster. Unfortunately‚ a majority of people only acknowledge the devastating and highly publicized oil spills‚ but what they don’t see
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1. Originally‚ an Ethics and Compliance team was formed to monitor the formation and operation of the company guidance towards ethical issues in BP’s company. Just like to set up a communication consistent standard for all the employees of BP for different location‚ culture and language. Originally‚ this is a good way to guide the company staff to maintain company standard and reputation. But the code did not effectively address specific high-risk activities for the scope of daily operations. It
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Consumer Ethnocentrism: Gulf Coast Shrimp Introduction This research has been done based on the effects of the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ nearly three years later. Students in an International Business course at the University of Southern Mississippi were asked to survey at least twelve people each to obtain data concerning the consumer ethnocentrism of local coast shrimp versus imported shrimp. The surveys were taken at random‚ and the survey participants were of different age
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The British Petroleum Company‚ Business Culture and Global Competition George Enclarde Jones International University / BBA110 Abstract To try and understand how business is conducted form a global perspective‚ I used British Petroleum as a model in this paper‚ along with the research of other international companies and government agencies. Let’s consider the idea of small businesses around the globe competing and evolving into major players in the global economy. The U.S. and E.U. guidelines
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The Effects of Oil Spill After the oil spilled over‚ did people’s life change? For sure‚ it affects a lot to human’s lives. However‚ what are those effects? Three major places which are affected by oil spill are business marketing‚ people’s health‚ and environment. The first effect is the economic effect. The tourist season was killed because of the oil spill. The ocean which is full of oil is very unclear‚ and nobody wants to have a vacation at a place like this. The killed tourist season is
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill July 5‚ 2010 Word count: Background: BP plc is a British-based global energy company which is the third largest energy company and it is the United Kingdom’s largest corporation the fourth largest company in the world (BP‚ Wikipedia). Its name is initials of the company’s former legal names British Petroleum. British Petroleum merged with Amoco in December
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