Essays on Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

A critical Evaluation of the response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Introduction The oil industry plays a significant role in providing the oil used as fuel in other major industries that drive the economy. Due diligence and utmost care are among the guiding principles that regulate the industry as any problem may have adverse effects on the environment as well as human and animal life. However, due to unavoidable circumstances, the oil spillage sometimes occurs with devastating results on the seabed and the animal life that lives under the waters. The Deepwater Horizon is one of the worst accidents that happened in the oil production and processing industry. It happened ...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill occurred in the location of Gulf of Mexico on April 20th of 2010 due to an explosion which took place on the Deep Water Horizon oil rig. Transocean, the operator and owner of the oil rig, is an offshore-oil-drilling company. However, it had been leased by BP Oil Company. A natural gas caused the blasting which caused a wellhead blowout. The blowout resulted in the worst marine oil spill in the history. Despite attempts to put a temporary seal to prevent the further oil spill, the equipment malfunctioned. The oil the contamination extended spill ...

The role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a strategic management plan while considering stakeholders needs and agendas

Introduction Ethics are the code of conducts or the rules placed to govern certain processes. Ethics vary from place to place depending on the environment, cultural, social and religious practices among others. Ethics, therefore, dictate how people should behave in certain situations. Social responsibility, on the other hand, is what companies or firms do to show that they are concerned about the society in which the company or business is set up. An example of social responsibility is when a corporation participates in a fundraising that is conducted to help improve the lives of people living in a particular ...