BP Oil Spill: Group Members
BP Oil Spill: Group Members
BP Oil Spill: Group Members
Group Members:
CHEN SIJING
TANG HUAN
SUN YITONG
Timeline of the oil spill
20 April 2010
Explosion and fire on the BP-licensed
Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in
the Gulf of Mexico. 17 people are reported
missing ,17 injured. A blowout preventer,
intended to prevent release of crude oil,
failed to activate.
24 April
Oil is found to be leaking from the well.
25 April
US coast guard remote underwater cameras
report the well is leaking 1,000 barrels of crude
oil per day (bpd)
28 April
The coast guard says the flow of oil is 5,000bpd,
five times greater than first estimated, after a
third leak is discovered.
5 May
BP successfully attaches a valve to the end of the broken
drilling pipe at the Macondo well.
May 11/12 – Executives from BP, Transocean and
Halliburton blame each other.
July 15 – BP says it has stopped the leak — at least during
testing — with the new tight-sealing containment cap.
August 2 – U.S. government data shows 4.9-million
barrels of oil leaked before the well was capped in mid-
July, suggesting the company had underestimated the
cost by at least US$1-billion.
Case background
a Faulty System
the results of the negative pressure test
were incorrectly accepted
they did not realize the hydroncarbons
influx until it had passed through the BOP
(blowout preventer).
a flawed system that reacted inaccurately
and confused operators, e.g. BOP
Lack of Management
Communication
o Multiple indicators, less communication
The earliest indicator ------ even 5 hours before the
explosion, when an unexpected loss of fluid was
observed in the riser pipe.
The latest ------ 18 minutes before the accident
when abnormal pressure is observed and the pump
was suddenly shut down.
Long Records of Legal and Ethical
Violations , “Mostly Work” Approach
62,000 barrels
crude oil release per
day to the Gulf of
Mexico, 11 platform
workers’ deaths, 17
others’ injury, and
unpredictable
consequences on
ecology……
Shirking responsibility of
the BP Company
1. Lack of social
responsibility.
2. Irresponsibility,
Materialism,
Malthusianism.
Concealing The Truth