Gulf of Mexico

Diagnosing Conflict caused by the BP rig explosion of spring 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and analyzing it through the Triangle of Satisfaction was a challenging endeavor. Looking through the eyes of BP, the State of Louisiana and the US Federal government I first identified the motivating factors from each perspective. British Petroleum BP is a powerful mega-organization, with a business model that reports “their belief of achieving sustainable success as a group, is to act in the long term-term

working because of the pressure and scrutiny that large companies are put under by the media. In business there is no room for mistakes and perfection is expected. One of the biggest managerial blunders to ever happen is the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum Background BP is a company that delivers energy products around the world through the exploration and refinements of natural resources. The company is also known as one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies that competes

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 plants, animals, beaches, etc. This directly affected coastal ecosystems in the Gulf, and

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill of 2010 on the Gulf of Mexico and Its Surrounding Communities On April 20th, the Deepwater Horizon oilrig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded and sank, 11 people died in the explosion. Five days after the explosion, underwater cameras revealed that the British Petroleum (BP) pipeline, connecting the oilrig to the underwater well, had ruptured and was leaking 3.19 million barrels (over 130 million gallons) of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline was finally capped 87 days

the Gulf of Mexico is a prime example of water that has extremely high levels of phosphate and it comes to no surprise that it has detrimental effects its environment. The effects of phosphate contamination

recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill, millions of gallons of oil were dispersed in the Gulf of Mexico in the same area known as the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone. The hypoxic zone along the Gulf Coast contains less than the normal amount of dissolved oxygen, at two parts per million. The little to no oxygen is theorized to be caused by excess nutrients from the Mississippi River along with the stratification of the Gulf waters. The excess nutrients create a growth of primary consumers and when decomposing

every single hour. The world’s oceans are among the most affected by constant dumping of chemicals. The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 released 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the largest spill in US-controlled waters.1 It is estimated that 50-60 percent of the oil remains in the Gulf, after the use of methods such as burning and chemical dispersion. This event had some serious consequences on our marine environment, including 4,768 dead animals washed up on shore.1 These

CASE STUDY- MINI CASE: BP GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL CASE SUMMARY 1. In a narrative format, summarize the key facts and issues of the case. In the case of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill, we examine the effects of an organization not being prepared for this particular crisis. The world scrutinized the actions, inactions, and the human decisions made by BP that led to a major catastrophic crisis. The organization was not prepared for a crisis of this magnitude. Our text stated that this type of negligence

entered the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 as a tropical storm. Between August 26 and 28, the storm quickly regained hurricane status and initially strengthened to a Category 5, taking aim for southeast Louisiana (see Fig. 1). On August 28, Katrina entered the Gulf of Mexico, about 250 miles south-southeast of the

called “Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010”. It is the largest marine oil spill in the history, it caused approximately 41 miles (66 kilometers) leakage off the coast of Louisiana, and its subsequent sinking on April 22. The Deepwater Horizon rig is owned and operated by offshore-oil-drilling company Transocean and leased by oil company BP. After leakage accident, BP company has agreed to pay $175 m to settle claims that it deceived shareholders by underplaying the severity of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico