The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

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Based on BP reaction to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, someone would have thought that was their first incident in the company’s history. BP should have had a better handle on the crisis especially because this is not their first incident with a major oil spill. Unfortunately, BP has been at the center of attention on more than one incident. 15 workers were killed at a BP refinery in Texas when it blew up in 2005. In Alaska, an oil pipeline broke and spilled 200,000 gallons of oil in the North Slope of Alaska (Mouawad, 2010). By far, Deepwater Horizon was their worst incident with 11 deaths, millions of gallons of oil spilled, thousands of individuals were affected and billions in damage were paid out in fines and victims. BP strategy to

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