BP OIL SPILL IN 2010 April 20th was a tragic day for BP and the crew of the Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon. “Floating fifty-two miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5‚000 feet of water was an oil rig drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.” (Hoffman‚ 2010) What unfolded next will go down in history as the worst accidental oil spill in the world. “The oil well a mile below the surface of the Gulf blew up from high-pressure methane gas expanding into the drill. As a result of the explosion‚ it ended
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The Gulf oil spill exploded on April 20th‚ 2010. It is known as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. 11 people died along with the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. The oil pipe was leaking oil 42 miles off the coast of Louisiana and was estimated of leaking 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The well was located 5‚000 feet beneath the ocean surface. It took them 87 days to finally cap the well. At that point the damage had already been done. Oil reached the shores of Alabama‚
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of the oceans from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ perhaps the largest in history‚ spread expeditiously. Due to cameras‚ leaks in the pipe buried on the ocean floor had been discovered. By the time the pipe leaks had been revealed‚ barrels of oil had secreted into the Gulf ruining reefs‚ destroying habitats‚ and killing animals in its path that dispersed throughout the Gulf by the wind and waves. The BP Oil Spill‚ also known as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ has cost billions of dollars
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BP was the ªrst of these companies to change from a reactive to a proactive climate strategy formulation. In 1996‚ it withdrew from the oppositional Global Climate Coalition (GCC)‚ which was characterized as the most powerful lobby organization in climate policy.28 BP then accepted the climate change problem as diagnosed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and gave its support to the Kyoto Protocol. In 1998 BP’s strategy formu- lation developed further in a proactive direction
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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
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occurs today is oil spills. The first major oil spill happened during World War II on the East Coast of the United States and spilled about 590‚000 tons of oil. The most recent oil spill happened last year in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and about 190‚120‚055 gallons of oil leaked into the Gulf. Oil spills have affected our marine life‚ seafood industry‚ houses‚ health‚ and fossil fuels. Our world will never be the same after these horrifying spills that are destroying our environment. Oil is a source
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CULF 2301.01 4 November 2010 Deep Water Oil Well Drilling For the last century finding a cheap supply of a sustainable energy source has been one of the major policies of the United States. Since the later stages of the industrial revolution and the first gasoline powered car were invented there has been an insatiable demand for petroleum. Oil well drilling first began onshore and then eventually led to shallow water drilling and finally deep water drilling as the technology evolved. Over the
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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 toxic to ocean life. It’s considered and environmental
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1. Do you agree or disagree with Tony Hayward’s quote at the end of the case? Was this disaster strictly a BP failure or an industry accident? (One of my biggest mistakes was that I allowed myself to become the lightning rod for hatred and anger.” He went on to say‚ “I genuinely feel that this could have happened to anyone. This is not BP. It is an industry accident.) I mostly agree with Tony Hayward because an accident of that size is a result of a complex combination of mechanical failures‚
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the largest‚most disastrous oil spill in the United States had begun. The oil leak was caused by an explosion that happened at approximately 10:00 p.m‚killing eleven people and injuring seventeen others. Two days later‚ the rig sank and started to leak oil and gas from the well. After about three months of the well (Macondo) leaking oil‚ it finally got capped off on July 15. Within those three months‚ the well had leaked 134 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The leak did not stop there
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