British Petroleum Oil Spill in 2010: Analysis, Remedial Principles and Practices

BRITISH
PETROLEUM
OIL SPILL
IN 2010

INTRODUCTION
• British Petroleum is international gas and oil organization which
is headquartered in London (Amadeo 2018)
• The company was founded in the year 2010 in the month of
April 20th
• The company faced enormous type of explosion which led to
largest marine oil spill off the coast of the United States in the
Gulf of Mexico
• The explosion affected more than 17 people who were injured
along with 11 people who died in the explosion and this led to
the negative brand image of the company in the entire market as
well
• The total responsibility was of British Petroleum which was
being caused due to the negligence in a negative manner

ANALYSIS OF CASE
STUDIES
First Case Study
• Mainly focuses on lack of ownership along with responsibility
• Major failure in leadership as there was lack of responsibility which led to disaster related to spilling of oil
• Transocean and Halliburton were the main players in the disaster along with British Petroleum and they
were not ready to take the responsibility of such disaster as well
• The major cause of spill was due to lack of faulty procedure
• The lack of ownership led to communication issues which delayed implementing a solution and plan of
action for cleanup

SECOND CASE STUDY
• Mainly focuses on complacency and the complexity of the
drilling of oil well is being compared to the trip to moon
• The contentment resulted that there is no such back up
plan in event of the event which was disastrous in nature
• However, the company was successful in nature while
operating in providing safety at the entry or the gateway