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    large area of Southeastern Michigan including Washtenaw, Livingston, Jackson, Lenawee, Monroe, Oakland, Wayne, Ingham and Hillsdale Counties since 1974. Economic Structure of the Organization. Ann Arbor Well Drilling is a small business and the average size, according to the National Well Drilling Association standards, which in a recent document “Michigan’s Ground Water Industry Employment” it is quoted “This portion of the industry is characterized by small firms, many of which are multi-generation

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    economic penalties, but he did not refuse to accept it. He owned his error and he earned my respect for it. Jumping forward quite a bit in the semester we come to the case of the BP oil spill and the fate of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig was exploring a potential oil well far out in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 when several problems occurred and the rig ultimately exploded, and the well at the ocean floor failed and began spilling millions of barrel of oil into

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    being environmentally cautious, but during the year of 2010, BP experienced a disaster that would cripple it’s reputation far past that of the average petroleum energy company. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater offshore oil drilling rig licensed by BP. It was drilling the deepest oil well in US history, in the Gulf of Mexico. On April 20th, 2010, there was an explosion on the oil rig that caused it to burn and sink. This resulted in the deaths of 11 workers, the injury of 16 others, and a massive

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    Overfilling with mountainous regions and breathtaking scenery, Nepal has yet to recover from countless years of environmental issues. Like a snowball rolling down a hill, problems in Nepal only grow more significant as the years go by. Taking notice of the extreme environmental problems in the country, world-wide organizations researched the regions of Nepal, only to find that water pollution was an emerging, life-threatening issue. Immediately, many international organizations partnered with the

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    Offshore Drilling

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    Offshore Drilling Does anything out weigh the importance of our planet’s health? You would be surprised by the number of people who look the other way when it comes to keeping the planet clean. Offshore drilling is just one of the major environmental issues that has existed for many years and still continues to be a problem. The topic of offshore drilling not only touches on environmental issues but also political, economic, and ethical issues. All of these tie into the huge debate over offshore

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    Among the most monumental examples of failure regarding corporate social responsibility, that is to "maximize profits within the law" (Dejardins, 2014, p.53), is the Deepwater Horizon blowout catastrophe, occurring April 20, 2010. Historically noted as the single greatest environmental failure in the United States, the blowout of the Macondo well claimed 11 lives, injured dozens more, leaked 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, disrupted ecosystems and communities globally, and economic

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    Catalytic Hydration

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    energy to heat up the mixture of ethene and steam up to the reaction temperatures. Ethene is obtained by a cracked fraction obtained from oil. Over the years there have been many environmental disasters from drilling and transporting oil. On the 20th of April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. This lead to 4.9 million barrels of oil being spilled into the Gulf of Mexico which resulted in the worst environmental disaster in recent times with millions of aquatic

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    Horizon Oil Explosion

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    The 2010 Horizon Oil Rig Explosion April 20th, 2010 an explosion occurred that created what would be considered one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig was being leased by BP Oil Company and was located only about 40 miles off of the coast of Louisiana. A surge of natural gas that made its way to the Horizon rig’s platform ignited, causing the rig to capsize and sink, thus breaking risers that were being used to counteract the large amount of pressure from oil and

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    In 2010 on April 20th the Gulf of Mexico had seen the worst environmental disaster the world had ever seen. It started as an explosion on a BP oil rig that took the lives of 11 people and injuring 17 while leaking "...at least 3 million barrels of oil..." (Bryant & Hunter, 2010, para. 2 This was not the first accident that has happened to BP but, certainly the most costly. In 2005 there was an explosion at a refinery in Texas that killed 15 and injured over 180 people (Bryant & Hunter, 2010). They

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    Offshore Oil Drilling in United States Waters Oil is one of the most precious substances on Earth. It takes millions of years to form and has many applications throughout the world. Offshore oil drilling in the coastal waters of the United States is a technique used by companies to extract the oil buried deep beneath the ocean floor. Many people refer to the ways that offshore drilling will help the economy, both locally and globally, but despite the apparent benefits, the process is not without

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