who was the bp executive on the deep horizon oil spill
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3 BP executives indicted over Gulf oil spill All of us at BP deeply regret the tragic loss of life caused by the Deepwater Horizon accident as well as the impact of the spill on the Gulf coast region, said Bob Dudley, BP's Group Chief Executive in a statement on the company's website.
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US oil spill: 'Bad management' led to BP disaster The oil spill was an avoidable disaster caused by a series of failures and blunders made by BP and its partners, including Transocean and Halliburton, and government departments assigned to regulate them, the panel concludes. It also warns such a disaster would likely recur because of industry complacency.
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- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil well drilling platform started the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history, releasing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP oil spill timeline BP oil spill timeline. Follow our step-by-step timeline of the BP oil spill, from the construction of Deepwater Horizon to date. A bird covered in oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill struggles to climb on to a boom in Barataria Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. Construction begins on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in Ulsan, South Korea, by Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard.
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Deepwater Horizon  (film) On August 19, 2014, casting began, with actor Mark Wahlberg added in the lead role of the film. Wahlberg plays Mike Williams, a real-life electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. On March 18, 2015, Gina Rodriguez was set to play a woman named Andrea Fleytas, who was on the bridge onboard the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the blowout, and frantically tried to contact the Coast Guard.
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- On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound, rupturing its hull and spilling nearly 11 million gallons of Prudhoe Bay crude oil into a remote, scenic, and biologically productive body of water.he Exxon Valdez oil spill injured 28 types of animals, plants, and marine habitats in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
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- Oil giant BP will pay nearly $21 billion to settle its 5 year old dispute with US Federal and State authorities over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which killed eleven workers, and spilt millions of gallons of oil across the Gulf of Mexico. Andy Rowell, October 6, 2015.
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- BP conducts exploration and production safely, reliably and responsibly to help America meet its growing energy needs. Who we are BP's commitment to the U.S. dates back 150 years through our heritage companies, Atlantic Refining and Richfield Petroleum. Commitment to U.S. economy BP fuels economic growth across the United States, and we have been the nation’s largest energy investor over the past 10 years.
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- 11 people died in the explosion and resulting fires of the Macondo Blowout on the BP Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on 2010 April 20. 17 other men were injured in the explosion. Two more men were killed in related incidents, one of them possibly a suicide by a fisherman turned clean-up worker.
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Compensation battle rages four years after BP's U.S. oil spill Compensation battle rages four years after BP's U.S. oil spill. By Jemima Kelly. Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and some islanders are fed up with hearing from BP that the crisis is over.
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11 Facts About the BP Oil Spill 1 BP is responsible for close to $40 billion in fines, cleanup costs, and settlements as a result of the oil spill in 2010, with an additional $16 billion due to the Clean Water Act. In the BP Oil Spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for a total of 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.
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8 Rules For Creating A Passionate Work Culture Once you have the right people, you need to sit down regularly with them and discuss what is going well and what isn’t. It’s critical to take note of your victories, but it’s just as important to analyze your losses. A fertile culture is one that recognizes when things don’t work and adjusts to rectify the problem.nce you have the right people, you need to sit down regularly with them and discuss what is going well and what isn’t. It’s critical to take note of your victories, but it’s just as important to analyze your losses. A fertile culture is one that recognizes when things don’t work and adjusts to rectify the problem.
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Special Report: Why the BP Oil Rig Blowout Happened April 20 was a triumphant evening for British Petroleum and the crew of Transocean's Deepwater Horizon. Floating 52 miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5000 feet of water, the oil rig was close to completing a well 13,000 feet beneath the ocean floor—an operation so complex it's often compared to flying to the moon.
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4 Reasons BP Stock Shouldn't Be in Your Portfolio Right Now NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people, BP (BP) stock may not be worth betting on. What more than $28 billion of expenses related to the explosion of an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico did not accomplish, last year's collapse in the price of oil did.
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- Oil is burned off the surface of the water near the source of Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, July 13, 2010. Oil is burned off the surface of the water near the source of Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast, July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Lee Celano. Tuesday, July 20, 2010.  Pelicans and other birds fly near a boom protecting against oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill off Racoon Island near Cocodrie, Louisiana July 15, 2010.
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How an all-star team put an end to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill How an all-star team put an end to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Had to navigate a no-man's land of uncertainty during crucial 24-hour period. Scott K. Johnson - Dec 4, 2012 3:10 pm UTC. Underwater cameras showed the escaping oil in graphic detail. When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20, 2010, 11 workers tragically lost their lives and the Macondo well began gushing crude oil—and it would continue to do so for nearly three months.
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Big Oil CEO: 'A Few People Are Going To Drown' Big Oil CEO: 'A Few People Are Going To Drown'. “None of us have a great sense for where oil prices are going,” said Al Walker, CEO of Anadarko Petroleum. So for some perspective Walker talked to his friend Jim Flores, CEO of Freeport McMoRan’s oil and gas business. Flores’ response: “Baby, it’s raining. It’s going to rain for a long time and we’re all going to get wet. A few people are going to drown.” Anadarko will be one of the survivors, said Walker. “We’re capable of handling whatever the market gives us.” Walker was speaking Wednesday at the Barclays oil and gas conference in New York.
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill The oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico, resulting from the explosion at a BP offshore drilling rig that tragically left 11 dead, is quickly growing to become the biggest ecological disaster this country has ever experienced. Here are 7 long-term consequences we must expect from this catastrophe. Close.n addition, as tragically seen from the Exxon Valdez disaster, local people can suffer long term personal damage from the devastation of their communities, with the escalated stress on families leading to increases in alcoholism, suicide, violence, and divorce.
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Inside the Harrowing True Story of Deepwater HorizonSurvivor Mike Williams: 'It Haunts Me' It’s been six years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, but for survivor Mike Williams, the memory is still fresh. “It haunts me,” Williams tells PEOPLE. “I’m still not completely over it.”.
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In a Warming Arctic, Oil Drilling Brings Disaster (Op-Ed) Frances Beinecke is the president of NRDC — an environmental advocacy organization with 1.4 million supporters nationwide — served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, and holds a leadership role in several environmental organizations.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Agreement in Principle with BP to Settle Civil Claims for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. BP announced on July 2, 2015 that it has reached an agreement in principle with the United States and the five Gulf states to settle the civil claims against the company arising out of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill tragedy. BP has announced the value of the settlement to be approximately $18.7 billion.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Could Affect Health LuAnn White, PhD, a professor of environmental health sciences and the director of the Tulane Center for Applied Environmental Public Health in New Orleans, is on the front lines of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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- A brown pelican, coated in oil, wallows in the surf on June 4, 2010, on East Grand Terre Island, La. The destruction of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig created a 206 million gallon oil spill.
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Facts: Causes and Effects on Economy That was only about 12 hours of revenue for the giant oil company. Caused by Captain. The Exxon Valdez disaster was caused by the negligence of its captain, Joseph Hazelwood. He was cleared of felony charges. He was convicted of a misdemeanor of negligent discharge of oil, for which he performed community service.
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BP oil spill: The environmental impact one year on BP oil spill: The environmental impact one year on. In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people and resulted in 4.9m barrels of oil being discharged, threatening marine life and hundreds of miles of coastline.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exam Essay 1. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. This spill had a catastrophic on the environment causing extensive damage to marine and wildlife habitats as well as killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. This spill is the “worst environmental disaster the US has faced”, according to White House energy adviser Carol Browner.