Husky Energy Case

Working in the Asset Protection field at Cabela’s for the past two years I have been trained on emergency responses and the process that we have to follow. In this paper I am going to talk about three emergency responses, tornado in the area, winter storm, and a missing child. Each of these responses are very important and can always have an effect on the not only on the store but the company. Cabela’s has invested a lot of time and research in coming up with the best plan of action

We have come to a time where it is imperative to reset our courses associated with the safety of the employees, the safety of the brand and the longevity of the company alongside their competitive edge. As senior manager, consideration should not be limited to solely short-run solutions. It is primary for the company’s decision makers of all tiers manage the negative and positive potential of any crisis as time can carry the possibilities of unknown limits. Accommodations must be made for the entire community (Senior Management, Ergonomists, Labor Leaders, Politicians of the city, Service Staff, Human Resources and Line Management) under the company’s payroll that has been affected by this natural disaster using our revised Crisis Management Portfolio.

Some stakeholders in the Northern Gateway Project would counter with defending the Enbridge as they plan on using thicker pipe and horizontal drilling to bore beneath 30 rivers, instead of passing through them. Though they are changing their pipe sizes and thickness, this new material is being used for the first time and could potentially become a disaster if the pipe breaks and leaves over the ocean, rivers and/or environments. (5)

The Dakota Access Pipeline has been a topic of controversy since it was first announced to the public June 25th, 2014. This pipeline will run under the Missouri river to transport oil from the North Dakota Bakken oil fields to Patoka, Illinois, despite it being built on Sioux Nation territory grated to them through the 1851Treaty of Fort Laramie. This poses a threat to many tribes, including the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, for their concern of the environmental impacts, possible water contamination, and the destruction of sacred burial grounds.

The main issues are the risk of oil spills along the pipeline, which would traverse highly sensitive terrain, and 17% higher greenhouse gas emissions from the extraction of oil sands compared to extraction of conventional oil. The potential for oil spills could pollute air and critical water supplies and harm migratory birds and other wildlife. The Ogallala Aquifer spans eight states, providing drinking water for two million people and supports $20 billion in agriculture. Critics say a major leak could ruin drinking water and devastate mid-western US economy. Pipeline industry spokesman have noted that thousands of miles of existing pipelines carrying crude oil have crossed the Ogallala Aquifer for years in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Portions of the pipeline would cross an active seismic zone that had a 4.3 magnitude earthquake in 2002. TransCanada CEO described the Keystone Pipeline as “routine”, noting they have been building similar pipelines in North America for half a century the that there are 200,000 miles of similar oil pipelines in the US today. The Keystone Pipeline will include 57 improvements above standard requirements demanded by US regulations, making it the “safest pipeline ever

This controversy is between the Standing Rock Sioux Indian tribe and Energy Transfer Partners. Energy Transfer Partners has been building a pipeline that will transfer oil from North Dakota Bakken region through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. This oil pipeline will be part of the 2.5 million oil and gas pipelines the run all over the United States. This pipeline is 1,134 miles long and costing around 3.8 billion, while traveling underground through 50 counties in 4 states. The working progress has stopped due to the Sioux Indian tribe protesting against the the finishing of this pipeline.

Identify the current problem: The first step is identifying what in the system is going wrong and what needs to be changed. So first you should start with audit process, which will identify current issues or potential risks, which may occur in your company. From this report you will be able to know which areas in your company in need to be improved firstly. Also you should review which processes have higher impacts on your company, stakeholders, resources

According to the Pembina Institute on climate implications, the Energy East pipeline crosses at least 90 watersheds and 961 waterways such as the Rideau River and the Bay of Fundy. It is considered a serious threat to marine ecosystems, as well as the drinking water of more than five million Canadians. It threatens drinking water supplies like Shoal Lake, which supplies drinking water to Winnipeg as well as posing a threat to the St. Lawrence River which is a breeding ground for the beluga-whale.

Husky Energy Inc. is a recognizable company to many Canadians. Most people just know it as “The Husky” and see it as just merely an oil company operated through North America. Although Husky Energy Inc. is centred in Alberta and Saskatchewan, it is a worldwide enterprise. “China, Greenland, and Libya” all have Husky Energy within their countries (Husky Energy Inc.). Now privately owned, the business value is at “28 billion as of October 2009” (Warnock, 1) and continues to growing exponentially. They are continuing expansion, becoming much more than a gas and oil supplier. They understand the changes are essential in being a successful corporation.

Pipelines play such a big role in our lives which is why we as people rely on them for so many different things. Household products that we use on a daily basis such as aspirin, heart valves and crayons are some of the few items manufactured from crude oil. On the other hand there has been many events that have wrecked havoc on so many people

This pipeline was operational in June, 1997, under the ownership of Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. (Hall, William et al., 2003). At the time of the pipelines construction, there was no seismic criteria for the TAPS (Hall, William et al., 2003). In order to make sure the pipeline would survive an earthquake, Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. used mechanical engineers to make sure that the TAPS had the same seismic standards as the nuclear power industry, the offshore pipeline industry, and the military establishment (Hall, William et al., 2003). During the TAPS construction, it was designed to “withstand 6.1 m of horizontal offset, 1.5 m of vertical offset, and accelerations of 0.36 g” and a magnitude 5.5-8.5 earthquake as specified in the Stipulations for the Proposed Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System (Eberhart-Phillips et al., 2003; Boore, Joyner, and Coulter, 1972). Figure 1, located on page __, shows the pipeline’s route and the magnitudes of earthquakes the pipeline was constructed to withstand (Boore, Joyner, and Coulter, 1972). What figure 1 doesn’t illustrate is that the TAPS crosses three faults; the Denali, McGinnis Glacier, and Donnelly Dome (Hall, William et al., 2003). While this route is the most efficient at transporting the oil from Prudhoe Bay to the Gulf of Alaska, crossing three faults triples the likelihood of a major earthquake damaging the TAPS.

As the Disaster Coordinator for the city I am responsible for ensuring the public safety and welfare of the citizens within the city's jurisdiction. This requires me to have a full understanding on my role and responsibilities for managing disaster response and employing resources in order to save lives, protect property, the environment. Additionally I’m tasked to preserve the less tangible but equally important social, economic and political structures. My first reaction was to alert the regional Joint Terrorism Task Force to prepare them for possible activation. Next it is vital to gain situational awareness and develop a Common Operating Picture (COP). This COP is the who, what, where, when and how as it relates to the incident. Situational awareness starts at the incident site and includes continuous monitoring of reporting channels to gain

Husky Energy Inc. is a recognizable company to many Canadians. Most people just know it as “The Husky” and see it as just merely an oil company that is operated through North America. Although Husky Energy Inc. is based in Alberta and Saskatchewan, it is a worldwide enterprise. “China, Greenland, and Libya” all have Husky Energy within their countries (Husky Energy Inc.). The now privately owned business is valued at “28 billion as of October 2009” (Warnock, 1) and is growing exponentially. They are continuing expansion, becoming much more than a gas and oil supplier. They understand the changes are essential in being a successful corporation.

Escalating the problem, if it is beyond my ability to fix or my scope of management, would be the second technique of choice. I think using

Disasters have become an inevitable part of businesses and organizations as well. They not only have a major effect on business and organizational continuity; they also result to an overhaul in organizational operational mechanisms (Awasthy, 2009). It is for this reason that many organizations and business resort to preparing business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans that will facilitate better disaster management in future. Effective disaster recovery plans are important to every business and organization (Thejendra, 2008).