Ethical Dilemma with the Bp Oil Spill
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 BP. The explosion took the lives of 11 individual’s and rendered 17 severely injured. Furthermore, it led to devastating impacts on the environment, polluting both, the land and the seas. The Deepwater Horizon was essentially a massive floating deep water drilling rig, which could operate in depth of as much as 10,000 feet under water. The drilling rig was owned by Transocean. At the time of the explosion, the drilling rig was operating at 5100 feet in depth of water, drilling an exploratory well around 35,050 feet deep, in the Mocando Prospect, located at the Gulf of Mexico.
On the 20th April 2010, the most devastating oil spill ever experienced in American history began to take shape and form. At approximately 9:45 pm on the previously mentioned date, methane gas broiling at intense high pressure immersed into the drilling riser, overwhelming the drilling rig, where it ignited and exploded into wildfire flames, endangering the drilling rig to nothingness. After being laden with furious flames for an approximate of 36 hours, the Deepwater Horizon sank on the morning of 22nd April 2010.
In order to understand the root causes and events that lead to the explosion and subsequently the oil spill, it is important to probe into the background of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in concern to the safety record of Transocean and the pre-explosion warnings and problems that were being experienced. In the years following 2003, various reports were being culminated on Transocean,
On the 20th April 2010, the most devastating oil spill ever experienced in American history began to take shape and form. At approximately 9:45 pm on the previously mentioned date, methane gas broiling at intense high pressure immersed into the drilling riser, overwhelming the drilling rig, where it ignited and exploded into wildfire flames, endangering the drilling rig to nothingness. After being laden with furious flames for an approximate of 36 hours, the Deepwater Horizon sank on the morning of 22nd April 2010.
In order to understand the root causes and events that lead to the explosion and subsequently the oil spill, it is important to probe into the background of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in concern to the safety record of Transocean and the pre-explosion warnings and problems that were being experienced. In the years following 2003, various reports were being culminated on Transocean,