the Gulf War and the 9/11 attacks on the United States‚ many in the U.S.‚ and other Western countries‚ knew little about the Middle East. Besides Islamic terrorists primarily conducting operations in Israel and other foreign countries‚ Westerners generally recognize the Middle East as an oil-rich region‚ but few have a deeper understanding of the market opportunities in this region (Abbasi and Hollman 1993). The discovery of commercial quantities of oil in several countries of the Gulf Region
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BP Disaster The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most infamous industrial environmental disasters ever. On April 20‚ 2010‚ a marine oil-drilling dig called the Deepwater Horizon exploded‚ releasing hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This explosion resulted in the loss of human life‚ massive environmental damage‚ and widespread damage to the livelihood of people living along the Gulf Coast. The organization with the largest share in the
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BP oil spill is ranked as the largest environmental disaster in the world history. As the oil from BP spill washes ashore‚ people on Gulf Coast are suffering huge damages they have never met before. The U.S. government estimates that up to 60‚000 barrels of oil a day are spewing out from the damaged BP drilling rig to Gulf of Mexico. It has ruined the shoreline‚ killed animal and sea life‚ threaten the ecosystem and harmed the tourism and fishing in Louisiana. After the spilling happened‚ US government
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Damage April 20‚ 2010 began as a day of celebration‚ a day that marked 7 years without injury on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ and ended with 11 people dead‚ 78 days of oil flow‚ and 1‚074 miles of the Gulf of Mexico contaminated. Three years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill the beaches may appear clean but we have yet to see the final effects. BP‚ the company behind this tragedy‚ is still trying to clean up the mess they have created. This is a lot more complicated
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in the Gulf of Mexico that was caused by BP Oil Company. This impacted the whole gulf coast not just the animals. They had to pay almost 8 billion dollars to businesses and families. The spill caused major damage to marine‚ wildlife habitats‚ and to the Gulf’s fishing and tourism industries. Being from Louisiana I seen firsthand the effect the spill had on the gulf coast. Seafood is one of the biggest markets we have in Louisiana and we could not eat‚ buy‚ or sell anything out of the gulf. Skimmer
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Ethics in the Workplace Case Study: BP Oil Spill On April 20‚ 2010 off the Gulf of Mexico‚ there was a blowout of the Macondo well which is owned by British Petroleum also known as BP. When the blowout took place it got immediate media attention because aspects of the event were known over the world. Within events transpiring it was discovered how limited the resources and reaction to the disaster was going to be. This paper will detail aspects of the event from symptoms of the problem‚ the root
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Forum: General Assembly Committee 1 Issue: The situation of terrorist hostage taking Position: Chair of General Assembly Committee 1 Introduction Hostage Taking incidences vary around the world with perpetrators ranging from armed militant groups and individuals to members of workforces holding management captive in labour disputes. Often in these situations‚ companies or families are not in a position to control the resolution of the situation as the outcome rests in the hands of local
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British colonial rule and Indian Subcontinent 1/19/2013 Prepared by – (Group 10 The rising stars) Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 Group members – The British Raj (rāj‚ lit. "reign" in Hindi)[1] was British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.[2] The term can also refer to the period of dominion.[2][3] The region under British control‚ commonly calledIndia in contemporary usage‚ included areas directly administered by the
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seizure of American hostages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The latter event in particular was seen as a direct threat to Persian Gulf oil. President Carter‚ after a period of vacillation‚ used his 1980 State of the Union speech to lay out an explicit pledge to defend the Gulf by arms. His words: “An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America‚ and such an assault will be repelled by
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Professor Quazi Seraj English 112 11 October 2012 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was a devastating event that lasted several months. It occurred on April 20 through July 15‚ 2010 offshore Louisiana‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ USA. Deepwater Horizon is owned and operated by British Petroleum (BP). The spill was caused by an oil gusher on the ocean floor. The Deepwater Horizon rig started drilling a well at a water depth of 5‚000ft in MC block 252
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