Essays on Spill

Benefits resulting from Due Diligence for Responsible Business Report

CSR generates benefits for a business internally as well as for the external stakeholders. However, it is challenging to monetize the benefits of the CSR since much of the benefits are only visible in long run. In addition, the challenge comes from the fact that they are indirectly led to by the positive changes of the CSR (Sino-German, 2012). On the other hand, whether firms are likely and able to practice the CSR is highly dependent on their managers’ incentives as well as constraints that are in turn determined by their preferences, contracts, ethical beliefs and objectives. The major ...

British Petroleum (BP) is an energy company, ranked as the third largest in the world. It undertakes oil exploration, refining, and the sale of oil products. The energy industry exposes the company to numerous risks and uncertainties in the exploration, extraction, refining, and sale of products (Bamberg, 2000 p.34). BP has however managed to maintain its top position in having a 100% oil reserve replacement for 17 years. Despite the efforts to maintain safety precautions, unfavorable events have followed the company’s operations. One instance is the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico where the company was drilling in ...

1. Assessing BP response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, it can be noted that the BP procedures that were undertaken in the extraction of the oil underneath depict carelessness of the company. Though, BP has already been facing a lot of ethical, corporate and environmental dilemma due to the previous oil spill that has damaged the image of the company. The company has not taken appropriate measures and lacked skills to drill down the Gulf of Mexico. The employee and management in the different headquarter across the globe did not step ahead to take any measures to ...

Starting this course gives me one more opportunity to touch to great and mysterious history of ancient Egypt, which full of different legends and cryptic stories. For example, pyramids: how human could built it up without any special machines or equipment. Maybe it took a place for some specific procedures. Until now, the pyramid’s construction keeps secrets. Another interesting thing is hierarchy and cult of religion. Below I want to show my present knowledge about ancient culture of Egypt and at the end of the course to compare it. Culture of Ancient Egypt came one of the first. ...

Leadership is arguably one of the most important traits an individual or employee can possess. Leaders possess certain skills and qualities that enable them to influence others to willingly follow their lead. Numerous research has been conducted on the different styles of leadership and similar characteristics that good leaders encompass. Leaders are important to organizations because they are able to influence change and provide a vision and common goal for followers to work together to achieve. They are the cohesiveness that binds individuals together and motivates them to put forth their best effort. There are two specific approaches to ...

A) Remote sensing the technology

http://uas.usgs.gov/ The Website narrates about Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the remote sensing project which is a part of US Geological Survey project. UAS applies such modern technologies as drones and small high-technological hovers for monitoring conditions of environment and landscape change rates, which is necessary in getting responses to natural hazards, recognition of the benefits and consequences of land and climate change. These technologies applied also “conduct wildlife inventories and support related land management missions” (USGS, “National Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office”). B) Remote sensing for oil spill detection and response http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/special/0199/pdfs/engelhardt1.pdf Australian Maritime Safety Authority widely uses ...

Introduction

The General Emergency Behavior Model known as GEMBO helps responders and risk assessors in identifying the STRESS types present, how to predict the kind of BREACH that can occur, RELEASE type, dispersion pattern that is called ‘ENGULF,' exposure radius or CONTACT, and lastly the hazards present that can bring HARM. The model helps first responders be able to take control of the affected area while coming up with the best course of action (Noll et al., 2014). Arguably, it is through the model that strategists can assess an area and note the key problems that can lead to ...

Introduction

On the wake of 20th April 2010, the deepwater oil rig of the coasts of the Venice exploded and caused a huge fire. In what could later be termed as the BP Crisis of 2010, about eleven of the workers who were at the plant at were burnt to death. In addition to the death cases, the explosion led to flow over 4.9 million barrels into the sea for three months. Upon expansion, the spill expanded to cover an area of over 70,000 square miles of the sea surface. The BP crisis has been considered as one of ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of the current research was to examine the impact of the wider view of CSR on operations management of any the organization. The aim was divided into four objectives i.e. This research was based on secondary analysis. The researcher collected secondary data from internet and peer-reviewed journals to achieve the research objectives. The researcher made the following conclusion from this research. Decision-making is the core responsibility of managers. Operations managers need ensure that business decisions do not affect the society negatively. The business should not make profits at the cost of the environment. The manager should ...

Better communication means using the same definitions. The words that are used by the petroleum industry to describe the amount of production, waste and loss are not clearly defined. Transparency is absolutely needed and communication with the IOCs must be improved. The petroleum industrial sector must be held responsible for what they say and what they do. Unravelling the doublespeak in written and spoken messages from the IOCs needs to be a serious goal. The people of the Niger Delta can be involved in translating the dialogue and regulatory intentions of the IOCs. They live in the reality and involving ...

The continuing environmental risk of deep-water drilling even after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico stems from the stubborn failure to learn the lessons from the past. Boesch argues that the US has failed to enact legislation that would reduce regulatory oversights that contributed to the blowout. This is underscored by the obsession of private oil firms on the profit-making technologies as against safety and environmental compatibility of offshore drilling. Sophisticated technologies have been developed to extract oil, but little has been done to bolster the capacity to prevent and/or rapidly contain deepwater blowouts. Despite the ...

BP Oil Spill had many negative effects to marine wildlife these effects occurred shortly after the instance while others occurred after the long run.

- This oil coated bird’s feathers and as a result many of the birds lost their buoyancy and capability to regulate their body temperature. Moreover, the oil concentration on the birds’ skin and face led to skin and eye lesions. Most of the birds died following this while the remaining few where infected with diseases. Birds require preening of their feathers so as to remain warm and dry, be able to remove parasites and remain ...

A chemical leak at Elk River on January made state officials impose strict water use restrictions to over 300,000 people in nine West Virginia counties. This is so because the chemical leaked into this river, upstream from the West Virginia American treatment facility. They imposed the restrictions after discovering that about 7500 gal of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol had spilled out of the storage tank about a mile upriver of freedom industries, which was a specialty chemical company (Lindsay 8). The governor affirmed nine counties in West Virginia a disaster region because the spill contaminated the drinking water.

The smell of licorice ...

Analysis of human failure contribution to process risk – The Case of Blowout in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract

The Gulf of Mexico is considered to have accounted for roughly 90% of the complete offshore drilling in the United States of America in terms of the oil volume that is extracted. This number can be further equated to approximately one-third of the total production of oil in the United States of America. There are more than 50, 000 wells that have been drilled here since the year 1947 and of these 4,000 wells were dug deeper than 1, 000 ft. of water. As of date, more or less 80% of the total offshore drilling happens at a ...

Businesses take many different forms, and understanding the different faces of businesses and their ownership can help us understand the businesses that make up our community. In Southern California, we pride ourselves on being open to entrepreneurial businesses and new ideas, and founding communities that are welcoming to new businesses with different approaches to the traditional business model. In this article, two local businesses will be examined; they are Dirty Dogs, which proclaims itself to be the “earth-friendly pet product store and spa,” and Jimbo’s, which is a local health food grocery store (“Dirty Dogs: Earth ...

Abstract

This paper surveys the different types of risks that workers and employees usually face within a given work setting. There are many hazards and dangers that employees in different types of industries encounter, particularly individuals in the manufacturing, construction and mining industries. All other known industries also have considerable risks facing their workers. This paper analyzes the case study of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill that occurred in 2010, as it relates to the risks that different British Petroleum (BP) workers faced during the oil spill.

Workplace Risk Analysis

Workplace Risks: The term Workplace Risk refers to the various types of hazards ...

Incentives to Conserve Marine Biodiversity

Practitioners of marine biodiversity conservation are progressively turning to approaches based on incentives. They hope it is going to persuade people to modify behaviors that negatively affect natural habitat and marine biodiversity. The government took too long to get involved, but now they are. More hope is visible as far as saving marine life is the discussion. The essay discusses incentives to conserve marine biodiversity within the framework of impure public goods by analyzing externalities, technology and economic incentives involved.

Impure Public Goods

Goods that are consumed by everyone in society or no one at all are referred to as public goods. ...

During the early stages of the Exxon Valdez Spill, fire-resistant boom was placed on tow line and two ships were attached to the ends of boom; with slow movement of the ships, boom collected the oil which was then ignited. But this method was not useful due to the conditions of weather. Dispersants were also sprayed; with the help of booms and skimmers, mechanical cleanup was done. For the delicate areas, special cleanup techniques were approved. After more than two decades, when the Gulf of Mexico encountered an oil spill, the weapons available remain the same (Houston Chronicle, 2013). ...

Chevron Petroleum is a multinational energy company headquartered in California, USA. Chevron ranks among the six top most oil companies in the world. The corporation is actively operating in about 180 countries. The company is engaged in the various aspects of energy production; these aspects include geothermal, oil, and gas. The company undertakes power generation, exploration, refining, production, chemicals manufacture, transport and marketing.

Chevron is considered the third-largest oil producer in Nigeria and it is one of the largest private investors in Nigeria. The corporation operates as a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. This venture operates in the ...

Abstract

This report provides an in-depth analysis of corporate social responsibilities and how they are accounted for by organizations. The report uses the CSR activities of British Petroleum to highlight how such initiatives have impacted the lives of different stakeholders. The report recommends a more guarded management approach to managing CSR funds to keep off unscrupulous officials who use them for their personal gains.

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Introduction.1 Analysis2 Driving Safely in Oman2 Water and Energy Management in Abu Dhabi..2

Encouraging Students to take Science3

Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill4 Impact of CSR to Company and the Society4 Benefits to the Corporations5 Benefits ...

The paper of Chuck Huff, fellow of the Psychology Department, St. Olaf College, entitled “Unintentional Power in the Design of Computer Systems” discusses on the problems that occur in the design of a computer system which results to harm, destruction or even instability. As the title says, the design glitch was done unintentional or simply, the author doesn’t know about it in the first place. His paper was a wake-up call to everybody in both software and hardware developers to be very careful in the design aspect of their modules. This is to help trim down the events that ...

Introduction

It is no secret that the oil and gas industry is a multi-billion dollar business. In fact, among the largest firms in terms of revenue that has garnered the top spots of the Fortune 500 are energy companies. It is also no secret that these oil and gas companies are among the riskiest business there is in terms of environmental and health hazards. Since the extensive exploration and extraction of natural gas and oils, there have been several incidents and disasters that have resulted to massive destruction of the environment and natural resources. Among the most notable are the Exxon ...

Introduction to prototyping

1.1 Definition and objectives A prototype is a functional model that works similar to the component of the product. In most cases, the client only has the general perspective of what is expected from the product of software. In such a situation where there is no detailed information concerning the system input, processing requirements and the output requirements, the prototyping model can be used. Prototyping has a number of objectives. First, it is employed in order to overcome the possible client misinterpretation and also to test technical feasibility of the proposed design and its purpose. Next is that it is meant ...

The Deep Water Horizon Disaster

Introduction The Deep Water Horizon is one of the most compelling disasters that had ever been recorded in the US in so far as oil spills and fire tragedies are concerned. The explosion had far-reaching implications because the spills negatively condemned the immediate environment and effectively rendered most of the people not employed because of the manifestations of the disaster. The spill majorly affected the ocean to the extent that the aqua system was put in jeopardy because of the oil infiltration. This team comprises of Dustin, Adrienne, Daniel and Mohammed seeks to analyze the problem and its ...

Introduction

Water degradation is the contamination of water (inland water that’s not saline) with materials or substances that result in the water being unfit for human, plant or animal use. Pollution may occur from chemicals, fecal waste, pesticides, sediments, petroleum or heated substances. Water sources that have been polluted are unfit for fishing, swimming, and the water is unfit for human consumption. Water quality degradation is, as a result, diffuse contaminants at the source with the spatial as well as the temporal variability that’s associated with the sources (Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change, 2007). It is more difficult to ...

Question 1

I have been mandated the task of managing a construction for a non-profit organization. The construction involves building of a 6,000 square foot office and an attached 20 residential hotel-like rooms for its beneficiaries. The budget for the project is tight, and the NGO requires to have the facility ready in the shortest time possible. The project is in the planning stage, and there is the availability of funds and some requirement documents. In this report, an analysis of how risk management is undertaken. The report will detail the application of risk management, the most important considerations with respect to the ...

Introduction

The Deep Water Horizon is one of the most compelling disasters that have ever been recorded in the US in so far as oil spills and fire tragedies are concerned. The explosion had far-reaching implications because the spills negatively condemned the immediate environment and effectively rendered most of the people not employed because of the manifestations of the disaster. The spill majorly affected the ocean to the extent that the aqua system was put in jeopardy because of the oil infiltration. This team compromising of Dustin, Adrianna, Daniel and Mohammed seeks to analyze the problem and its implications not ...

Question 1

Baltic Sea in the Atlantic Ocean has world’s largest dead zones. It has been a victim of anthropological activities such as over fishing and excess use of fertilizers in agricultural lands (Baltic Nest Institute, 2014). Dead zones similar to that of Baltic Sea are also seen in US territorial waters including Chesapeake Bay, Great Lakes, northern Gulf of Mexico, Long Island Sound and coastal Oregon. The Chesapeake Bay is a major nutrient sink that receives the storm water run-off from the 88,000 farms in the surrounding states as well as effluents from 5 major effluent treatment plants. Hypoxic conditions ...

Schlumberger Limited

Problem Solving Schlumberger Limited Schlumberger Limited is an American Company that operates in the oil industry. The company is the world's biggest oilfield services company that is present in over 85 countries across the globe. The company has principle offices in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Netherlands to coordinate its global operations. Schlumberger limited was started in 1926 by two French brothers who initially dealt with electrical related operations. However, the company has since diversified and has many interests in oil industry services whereby it mainly deals with seismic acquisition and processing, well ...

List of Figures

Figure 1 Torrey canyon supertanker and surrounded with oil spills 6 Figure 2 A-Geographical location of the disaster. B-Route at the time of accident 9 Figure 3Torrey Canyon and Air strike: World’s first ever environmental disaster 11 Figure 4 :The Renown Torrey quarry 11 Figure 5: Dead bird in Torrey Canyon query 12 Figure 6Plumes emitting from burning Torrey Canyon 13

Abstract

On 18th March 1967, the ship Torrey Canyon, carrying a load of 120000 tons of crude oil dashed against Pollard's Rock of the reef of Seven Stones near Cornwall, England. The resultant oil ...

Introduction

Rising levels of industrialization in Australia has led to increased demand for energy by both the domestic and commercial sectors of the economy. This is due to the fact that energy providing companies are parent firms to numerous firms especially in the manufacturing, processing and motor industries. As a result, it has been stated that energy is the vehicle for driving the economy to heights of economic growth and development. Without energy, rates of economic growth and development would stagnate or even drop in severe circumstances. However, in recent times, there have been intensified calls for energy companies to produce ...

The Environmental Problem: Uranium Mining in the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous nation under the jurisdiction and control of the United States’ Federal Government. It lies on the northeastern portion of Arizona; southeastern, South Eastern part of Utah, and northwestern part of New Mexico. Among all semi-autonomous nations under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal Government, the Navajo Nation remains to be the largest in terms of land mass and area. Due to the complex landscape of the Navajo Nation, a lot of potential economically relevant sites, both for tourism, mining, and even agricultural purposes have been identified. Natural sights such as the Ship Rock in San ...

Paper Due Date

Introduction/Background Shell is a Global Energy Company which operates in 70 different countries. The company employs ninety two thousand (92,000) employees world-wide with its corporate headquarters is in The Hague, Netherlands. Shell operates thirty refineries and produces three point two (3.2) million barrels per day. Shell’s mission statement is: “Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Our aim is to meet the energy needs of society, in ways that are economically, socially and environmentally viable, now and in the future” (Shell 2014).

Shell operates in sixteen (16) key segments:

- Credit Card Services - Motor Sports - Aviation - ...

Introduction:

Clean non-polluted water is a major basic requirement for all the living things. Nowadays, its availability becomes a major problem in the ecosystem. This problem is expected to increase in the future due to population growth and industrialization processes. The processes discharge of domestic, industrial and agricultural wastes contribute largely to the contamination of existing natural waters in the environment. Therefore, at the present moment, it is important that the pathogens and pollutants are completely removed from the waste water to cater for the needs of domestic use, industrial use, and irrigation purposes. This paper discusses two processes of oxidation and ...

Pollution results to over 100,000 deaths. This is according to research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Research from the institute’s laboratory conducting studies in the environment and aviation bases its findings that most emissions emanate from road transportation. It also emerges that road transportation is the single cause of pollution, and also results to premature death. In Baltimore for instance, Maryland is the city with highest deaths due to pollution, with over 100,000 deaths linked to air pollution as a result of industrial smoke. Pollution from transport sources is high. This is because most drivers ...

Abstract

The Bhopal disaster is the most damaging industrial disaster in the global history. The event that led to the death of about 7,000 and 10,000 people within a few days and subsequent deaths of about 25,000 people has raised ethical debates of the person who should assume the responsibilities of cleaning up the toxins from the environment and compensating the victims, who continue to experience devastating effects of the tragic event. Union Carbide was the Indian company responsible for the disaster when it occurred and has since compensated a few victims. However, Dow Company acquired the Union Carbide ...

The relevant stakeholders described in the articles is composed of the corporations such as Newmont Mining and the other companies involved in the mining operations. However, the most affected and considerably the important stakeholders in the case are the residents of the communities near the Yanacocha mine, and town of Choropampa. Peru’s mining history was shrouded with allegations of environmental negligence due to the issues of mercury spill that affected the nearby areas of Newmont mining site. What makes the corporations involved as stakeholders is that the company has the highest business interest in the issue given that ...

This paper is aimed at looking into business and society as interactive systems. Business operations are variously affected by the surroundings in which they operate, popularly termed the business environment; customers, competitors, suppliers, distributors, industry trends, substitutes, regulations, government activities, the economy, demographics, and social and cultural factors are forces included in any business environment (Kochan & Rubenstein, 2000). Others such as innovations and technological developments may also be classified as forces that influence the business environment. Equally, on a broad understanding, many may connote a different set of the definition of the business environment as a physical space or place where ...

The reading under review is “License to Ill” which talks about the effects of corporate social responsibility and the chief executive officer moral identity on corporate social irresponsibility. According to the study of chief executives, bosses who are known for their history of doing good deeds are more likely to take part in nefarious acts (Ormiston & Elaine 861). Most leaders feel that they have the right to act badly as they already have moral “credit”. Chief executives who have a good record in social responsibility, in the corporate world, have higher chances of thinking that they can behave in an ...

PART I

British Petroleum Company Profile BP plc, formerly known as British Petroleum, is a UK based multinational oil and Gas Company with its headquarters located in London, England, United Kingdom. As of 2012, BP is the world’s sixth largest energy company in terms of market capitalisation, fifth largest company by revenues, and sixth largest oil and gas company by production (BP. Financial and Operating Information, 2008-2012). BP is a vertically integrated organisation and it has a strong presence in all areas of the gas sector, including exploration and production, refining, promotion, distribution, power generation, and trading. The company also operates in the ...

Greenpeace And Exxon Mobil

GREENPEACE: Greenpeace is a global organization that campaigns against environmental degradation and supports the continuation of our earth’s biodiversity. They are engaged in non violent direct action to ensure a cleaner and healthier planet for us and our future generations. Greenpeace started on September 15, 1971 with a protest against the detonation of an underground nuclear device at the Aleutian island of Amchitka at Alaska. The nuclear test did happen later but the protest effectively prevented the series of four other tests planned in the same location. It is engaged in a number of activities to bring about a change ...

Management

Surf Shop Comparison The Hilo Hattie and Ron Jon Surf Shop are two companies who are famous for their garments and foot wears in the United States of America. The main similarity between the Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie is that the both companies are performing their businesses in the same market sector. Moreover, both companies are famous for their quality brands and their customers are satisfied with their products. However, there is one main difference between the Ron Jon Surf Shop and Hilo Hattie is that the Ron Jon Surf Shop is trying to extend ...

Apart from the common marine spills, the oil spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to let-off of petroleum products from tankers, and offshore platforms spill of already refined products such as petrol, kerosene, and by-products. Heavy products used by large ships include airplane fuels, the spill of any oily refuse and the waste oil. These oil spills are common in most parts of the world such as Kuwait, United States, Kern County, California, Iraq, Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Mexico. Other places are Trinidad and Tobago, Uzbekistan, Iran, parts of Africa such as ...

Chemical’s Name: Streptozotocin

This exercise is intended to help you gain and learn information about the potentially hazardous chemicals or materials in your work area. - First, identify the chemicals and materials used in your work area. - Locate the specific material data safety sheet (MSDS) for each of these materials. - Using the MSDS and other appropriate resources, complete the following exercise.

FILL IN THE BLANK

- Streptozotocin is the name of the material. - It is manufactured by Cayman Chemical Company. - If this material is flammable or combustible, there is NO DATA regarding the flash point. - ...

Introduction

This report will focus on failure damage on the road. It will take the given specifications from the director, and examine three different types of failure damage on a 300 meter stretch of pavement. The purpose of this project is to understand the road layers and the problems that may effect on each layer with different causes in each damaged selected location. This project also highlights the important role of creating study case and the advantage of making early fixing or maintenance to avoid the future unexpected damage on road. Moreover, this project’s emphasis how weather condition has the ...

The demonetized biased supportive nature of Gulf War is often seen in books and interviews with scholars published internationally. However, the debate demands an unbiased background that gives a person living in 21st century the eyes to understand the before and after of the Gulf War era. The chain of essential events is long and begins from the very start of 20th century but it is better to start with the political relations between the two main stakeholders, U.S and Iraq. The United States of America knew about the strength of the relationship between Iraq and Soviet Union in the ...

Technology Failures

Technology has changed the world and has made work very easy. Unlike in the past where most of the work done depended on the human energy, technology has changed the scenario. The notable kind of technology is the rockets that have been used during space travels have made man to explore what lies beyond the horizons. The aircrafts and trains have made transport of the human and goods are easier than before. The challenges that come with technology are the failure of such technologies to work as program. Since most of the machines are programmed by human who is ...

Within the PharmaCARE scenario outlined in this situation, several different stakeholders can be found. The key characteristics of a stakeholder primarily involve having some sort of vested interest in the company’s success and future; their financial success and/or livelihood must depend on the company doing well and succeeding. Stakeholders are typically very aware of the actual actions of an organization, and so organizations must work hard to ensure that they are happy in order to maintain their own success and legitimacy. In order to understand the full consequences of an organizational change or scenario, the stakeholders must be identified. ...

Abstract

The effects of oil drilling towards the environment or any drilling of similar nature such as drilling of natural gas has been extensively discussed. Major stakeholders such as the government, the private sector and common people that are directly influenced by these drilling activities have different views towards this topic, which makes it more controversial. Some idealist stakeholders, for example, believe that oil drilling poses serious environmental threats. For the same reason, they believe that the risk outweighs the advantages and so these drilling activities must be stopped at once. On the other hand, those stakeholders that is benefiting ...

Desperate Air

Unequivocally, the case ‘Desperate Air Corporation’ (DAC) is a typical case of ethical lapse and flawed ethical judgment because Mr. Nash overlooked any health risks to be faced by future users of underdeveloped ocean property. The first core issue is about the reliability of full environment audit of ocean front property conducted by DAC. The second major concern is about the validation of presence of hazardous waste material as claimed by the female employee of DAC. Taking into consideration the aforementioned issues from an ethical and legal perspective, Mr. Nash should have initiated a comprehensive re-audit of ocean property after hearing ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is known as the largest oil spill in history. On April 20, 2010, the explosion of the oil rig killed 11 people working on it and resulted in underwater cameras revealing the British Petroleum pipe leaking of over 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. A long distance from the coastal line (approximately 42 miles from Louisiana) and the marine nature of the spill resulted in its longevity – the well was capped in only 87 days after the accident ("Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico 2010."). The scope of the spill ...

Introduction

With a continuous change in the external environment, the interaction between the businesses and the society is evolving. There is an increased importance of corporate social responsibility so as to enable business enterprises to contribute towards the society.

British Petroleum (BP): Nature, Structure and Products

BP previously named British Petroleum is a widely known British multinational oil and gas company. It holds one of the coveted positions among the six oil and gas "super majors". As per current data on market capitalization it is the fifth-largest energy company, judging by 2012 revenues, it is fifth-largest company globally and measuring by 2012 production it is the sixth largest oil ...

Persian Gulf War

The Arab Gulf Region has been through two historically devastating wars: one was the prolonged conflict in 1980s between Iran and Iraq, and the other that followed was the war that started when the President of Iraq took the world by surprise and ordered the invasion of Kuwait. More than twenty years have passed since the official proclamation of the end of the Gulf War, but some would say that war continues to affect us every day. Nora Eisenberg recounted what the Executive Director of Gulf War veterans said, that the war not only lingers in the body of ...

- Global Statistics on Oil Spill and the Nigeria River Delta Despite recent advancements in shipbuilding technology, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has become one of the most recently publicized environmental fiascos in 2010. In the 1970s the number of oil tanker accidents has decreased significantly (i.e. below 138,000 tons of oil inputs in the ocean). The results were even better in 2009 where the amount of oil entering the ocean is estimated at about 63,000 tons (Jernelov, 2010). However, mishaps in tankers are not the only source of oil spill in ...

Introduction

A scientific study was conducted to evaluate the effects of crude oil on different nitrifying prokaryotes. The researchers utilized ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea to develop a bioassay. The study evaluated the ecological responses of these two groups of microorganisms on marine oil spills. Researchers found inhibition of nitrite production in all tested ammonia-oxidizing micro-organisms. The paper highlights the impact of crude oil spills on the environment. The paper also demonstrates the effects of phytoremediation to treat the oil spills. Many scientific studies had been conducted to evaluate the effects of phytoremediation (Using Nitrosopumilus maritimus and Nitrosococcus oceani) for crude oil ...

Background

British Petroleum (BP) is an oil company based in London, England that has business operations in more than 80 countries. With the production of approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil per day and more than 22,000 service stations, BP is considered the fourth largest global company in terms of revenue (Reuters, n.d.). However, BP is also responsible for causing the worst environmental disaster that is attributed to oil and gas companies. On April 20th 2010, the Deepwater Horizon Rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. The explosion killed 11 people and the drilling rig proceeded to spill ...

The term pollution in the simplest and most basic meaning refers to the condition, situation and circumstance where harmful and toxic materials and substances find their way to the environment thereby making human life inhabitable and unhealthy. In the recent history and empirical evidence has confirmed that human activities have contributed to pollution to the environment and in effect exposing the human race to danger and threats. They hazardous human activities are evident in the most developed nation in the planet, whereby the industrial refuse are deposited to water bodies. With the above background in mind, marine or water ...

Most people from the previous years did not have much concern for the environment; hence, they have taken it for granted. Man has and continuously abuse nature for its natural resources. While humanity’s number increase, the number of plants and animals decrease – the quality of the air and water has going down at a fast rate, too (Williams). Will the success of man means the downfall of the rest of nature? Such will not be the case. While, for the moment, giant leaps in industrialization resulted from man’s abuse of natural resources for the time being, the future ...

Business Environment: Essay Questions

Businesses take many different forms, and understanding the different faces of businesses and their ownership can help us understand the businesses that make up our community. In Southern California, we pride ourselves on being open to entrepreneurial businesses and new ideas, and founding communities that are welcoming to new businesses with different approaches to the traditional business model. In this article, two local businesses will be examined; they are Dirty Dogs, which proclaims itself to be the “earth-friendly pet product store and spa,” and Jimbo’s, which is a local health food grocery store (“Dirty Dogs: Earth Friendly Pet Product ...

Introduction

Globalization may be described as the increased interconnectedness and flows between world regions and cultures. Today, this interconnectedness is apparent in major events. Although globalization is usually associated with positive outcomes, it may have negative ones as well. For example, when disasters happen on the world stage, the interconnectedness and flow between regions accentuates the problem. No disaster depicts this fact clearer than the Prestige tanker disaster. In November 19 2002, The Beaches of Galicia in North-Western Spain were covered in thick sheets of heavy fuel oil known as Crude oil 4 (Gimenez 1). This was part of a twenty-one ...