Introduction The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill) occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in April of 2010. The spill had detrimental physical, chemical, and biological effects throughout ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill being the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the United States, makes it a very important event in US history. During the event many coastal areas along the Gulf of Mexico were coated with oil, including…

the Deepwater Horizon experienced an explosive blowout on a rig located in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion was about 40 miles of the Louisiana coast. With the flow of gas leaking out, it caused the death of eleven workers on the rig. About two days later the rig sank, which caused quite a lot of damage to a pipeline that laid drawn-out through 5,000 feet of water. As a result, the oil begin pouring from the damaged pipes into the ocean nearby, at the incredible rate. The Deepwater Horizon was built…

Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Conflict Kris Stephens BUS 5903 Conflict Resolution Dr. Jacqueline Gilliard Kstephens1@twu.edu August 22, 2010 Executive Summary British Petroleum (BP) is one of the largest oil companies in the world. They have recently been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons after suffering a record breaking oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tony Hayward, former CEO, has been criticized for his handling…

Samuel Goodman GEO- 215 / M001 Professor Read November 2014 The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also known as the BP oil spill was located in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010. This was the largest due to the impact it had on the environment. The oil company British Petroleum, chartered a mobile drilling rig that was drilling a deep exploratory well thousands of feet below the sea level. The rig was located in the Macondo Prospect in the Mississippi Canyon. The spill was first discovered when large…

oil than they could sell and not having a demand for it. Also BP has had disasters related to social responsibility, and before the major oil spill in 2010, BP was gaining a better reputation as a socially responsible oil company. This analysis will explain the different struggles that BP has faced over the years. I. Analyze BP’s efforts to improve sustainability and its reputation prior to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Was the company on the right track? Why or why not? Despite the company’s…

Abstract In this paper we explore the implications of BP's strategy after the Deepwater Horizon incident in terms of the public perception as well as how this may impact upon their performance and the strategic implication of the Deepwater Horizon Accident on BP's performance Introduction The Deepwater Horizon is noted by Pells (2010) to have been an ultra-deepwater and dynamically positioned offshore oil drilling rig. The rig is further noted by Pells to have been built by Hyundai Heavy Industries…

Westray mine disaster took the lives of 26 workers. This regulation looks to hold company executives personally liable for ignoring safety protocols and conducting behavior with criminal intent in the workplace (Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, 2014). Regardless of their founding, regulations can impose stiff penalties upon companies that choose not to place focus on implementing the necessary controls in place to ensure compliance to them. The BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster On April…

The e Deepwater Horizon oil spill at the Macondo well began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig on 20 April 2010 killed 11 people and caused almost 5 million barrels of oil to flow into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill covered 68,000 square miles of land and sea and triggered a response effort involving the use of nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant chemicals (Pallardy). Considered the largest accidental…

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill The Context Before the occurrence of the Deepwater Horizon event, BP had already been labelled as having a horrible safety record. A 2009 report by the United States Department of Labour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Todd & Petterson , 2009), indicated that BP had 270 existing fines of a ‘failure to abate’ and 439 ‘wilful violations’ of various safety protocols. At the time of the disaster the regulators of the oil industry in the United States was the…

The Deepwater horizon disaster portrays the weaknesses in the current drilling technology, management and design procedures. The outcome of the disaster shows high level of unawareness and unpreparedness, in the drilling companies. In this section, the report proposes various steps, which shall not only prepare the team, but also offer a guideline towards the response, in the case a similar disaster in the future. The proposed solutions include high-tech exploration, categorization of the disasters…