The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was one of the worst man made disasters in recent history. Back in 2010‚ an estimated 47‚000 people and 7‚000 boats/vessels were involved in the cleanup process. “It was estimated by a government-commissioned panel of scientists that 4‚900‚000 barrels of oil had already leaked into the Gulf.” (Pallardy) An excessive amount of oil has polluted the region. The government and BP had to take action as soon as possible‚ before the spill reaches further distances. The disaster
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Kathy Giovinazzo February 12‚ 2011 April 2010 BP’s Deepwater Horizon well exploded‚ sending oil gushing for three months into the gulf. The explosion killed eleven crewmembers and is probably the greatest environmental disaster the United States has faced. Scientific estimates put the amount of oil that was being discharged from the broken well at above 1‚470‚000 U.S. gallons per day. On July 15‚ 2010 BP successfully stopped the flow of oil from the wellhead‚ after spilling 190 million
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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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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The largest marine oil spill in United States history began on April 20‚ 2010‚ with an explosion at the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico. Millions of barrels of oil flowed into the water over the next 87 days‚ much of which washed up on shore along the Gulf coast region of the United States and Mexico. The accident was the result of numerous shortcuts undertaken by BP‚ and resulted in both environmental destruction and legal action. The events
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CASE STUDY: THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECTS OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL ENEE 501 – POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOR THE ENERGY INDUSTRY HARJOT BHANDAL 10106493 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABTRACT 3 INTRODUCTION 3 BACKGROUND 3 ANALYSIS 5 CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION 5 ENVORNMENTAL EFFECTS 6 ECONOMIC EFFECT 7 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCES 9 ABSTRACT On the 20th of April 2010‚ a tragic event occurred just off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon
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deadly explosions occurred within the oil rig giant‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ an immense offshore drilling platform‚ located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast (Steffy‚ 2011). These explosions were due to a defective blowout preventer and numerous gas leaks seeping up and through the well to the riser pipe‚ connecting to the rig‚ igniting fire. The efforts of attempting to save this flame ridden platform was lost on April 22‚ 2010‚ for the rig‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ sunk. As the rig’s drilling platform fell into
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BC13541 REAE 5303 Spring 2013 Nepa Case Study Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (BP Oil Spill) On April 20‚ 2010 a catastrophic explosion on the Deepwater Horizon off shore drilling platform caused the largest single release to the environment due to oil drilling. This explosion killed 11 workers and injured 17. This oil spill is very controversial because it can be questioned if this spill could have been prevented and what exactly went wrong. There is much debate on who is to blame
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Maria Benackova (000611942) | Corporate Social Responsibility | Ulke Veersma Coursework Header Sheet 198085-‐-‐-‐14 Course Coursework Tutor BUSI0011: Dissertation -‐-‐-‐
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During the Deepwater Horizon Disaster‚ “there was a list of 20 anomalies which includes several irregularities in the well’s behavior‚ some of which were already known. The list also includes instances where standard well-control protocols were not followed” (Kreitner & Kinicki‚ 2013‚ p. 362). In this week’s chapter case study‚ the Deepwater Horizon Disaster was due to the BP and Transocean using the non-rational model of decision making. More specifically‚ these companies unconsciously used Simon’s
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In Deepwater Horizon we have a film that checks off all the boxes in preparing us for the inevitable shock and awe that almost literally explodes across the big screen. We have likable characters‚ unquestionable heroism‚ people trying to do their jobs‚ out-of-touch corporate executives who have no idea what they are doing‚ and a story that does BP Oil & Gas no favors. In documenting the horrors of what took place on the evening of April 20‚ 2010‚ more than 40 miles off of the Louisiana Coast‚ director
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