Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and BP Case Study

2017 ◽  
pp. 313-320
Author(s):  
Michael L. Madigan
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill

scholarly journals Sustainability governance and legitimisation processes: Gulf of Mexico oil spill

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nader Elsayed ◽  
Sameh Ammar
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Sustainability Governance ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence of sustainability governance through the unfolding hybridisation process between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility and the implications of this for understanding patterns in sustainability reporting over time. Design/methodology/approach The Gulf of Mexico oil spill incident is an extreme case study undertaken to examine its implications on the organisational legitimacy of British Petroleum (BP) and the latter’s response to the incident and beyond. The paper draws on Suchman’s legitimacy framework (1995) to understand sustainability governance as an organisational practice that evolved post the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to manage BP’s legitimacy. It draws on archival records and documentation from 2008 to 2017, as key sources for data collection, using interrogation by NVivo software. Findings Sustainability governance is a sound practice that was socially constructed to manage the re-legitimatisation process following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It is characterised by broadness (the interplay between the corporate governance and corporate social responsibility disciplines), dynamic (developing the tactics to repair and maintain legitimacy), agility (conforming to the accountability for socially responsible investment and ensuring steps towards geopolitically responsible investment) and interdependence (reflecting composition and interactions). Practical implications This paper has practical implications for organisations, in terms of sustainability governance’s constitution, mechanism and characteristics. Social implications This paper has implications not only for organisations, in terms of sustainability governance’s characteristics, but also for policy-makers, regulators and accounting education. However, the present paper’s insights are achieved through an in-depth and longitudinal case study. Originality/value This paper has problematized the concept of sustainability governance and elaborated its evolution (the emergence, enactment, deployment and interplay) process. The sustainability governance showed an otherwise organisational response that moves our understanding of the deployment of disclosure for complex organisational change as a way to discredit events.

The Mega Borg Fire and Oil Spill: A Case Study

1991 ◽  
Vol 1991 (1) ◽  
pp. 273-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P. Leveille
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Visual Surveillance ◽  
Airborne Radar ◽  
Media Relations ◽  
Cellular Telephones ◽  
Organizational Challenge

ABSTRACT On June 8, 1990, an explosion and fire disabled the tankship Mega Borg during lightering 57 miles off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mega Borg drifted, leaking burning oil, for several days before the fire could be extinguished and the vessel taken in tow. The ensuing response brought into action more than 50 commercial vessels and two Coast Guard cutters, with more than a dozen skimmers. A variety of aircraft were also used, including the Coast Guard's AirEye side-looking airborne radar system, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for visual surveillance, and C-130 transports equipped to apply dispersants. Good weather and the accident's distance from shore prevented all but a small amount of oil from coming ashore. Communications problems arose throughout the response, which had to rely largely on cellular telephones for lack of standardized radio frequencies. Media relations for this serious accident were a major organizational challenge.

A PREVIEW TO THE DIGITAL COMPONENT IN THE NEW WIRELINE FORMATION TESTING ERA: GULF OF MEXICO CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
German Garcia ◽  
◽  
Hadrien Dumont ◽  
Simon Edmundson ◽  
Chris Babin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico

scholarly journals Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on a deep-water coral community in the Gulf of Mexico

2012 ◽  
Vol 109 (50) ◽  
pp. 20303-20308 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. K. White ◽  
P.-Y. Hsing ◽  
W. Cho ◽  
T. M. Shank ◽  
E. E. Cordes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Coral Community ◽  
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill ◽  
Water Coral

The effect of oil spills on the bacterial diversity and catabolic function in coastal sediments: a case study on the Prestige oil spill

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (20) ◽  
pp. 15200-15214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Acosta-González ◽  
Sophie-Marie Martirani-von Abercron ◽  
Ramon Rosselló-Móra ◽  
Regina-Michaela Wittich ◽  
Silvia Marqués
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Diversity ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Coastal Sediments ◽  
Prestige Oil Spill ◽  
The Prestige

scholarly journals Erratum: Corrigendum: Quantifying overlap between the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and predicted bluefin tuna spawning habitat in the Gulf of Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott L. Hazen ◽  
Aaron B. Carlisle ◽  
Steven G. Wilson ◽  
James E. Ganong ◽  
Michael R. Castleton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Bluefin Tuna ◽  
Deepwater Horizon ◽  
Spawning Habitat ◽  
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

scholarly journals An assessment on oil spill trajectory prediction: Case study on oil spill off Ennore Port

2018 ◽  
Vol 127 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
S J Prasad ◽  
T M Balakrishnan Nair ◽  
Hasibur Rahaman ◽  
S S C Shenoi ◽  
T Vijayalakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Trajectory Prediction

Gulf of Mexico's First Application of Riserless Mud Recovery for Top-hole Drilling - A Case Study

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hall Cohen ◽  
Jermund Kleppe ◽  
Tore Grønås ◽  
Thomas Baxter Martin ◽  
Torstein Tveit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Hole Drilling
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