BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?
By Paul Andrews
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Paul Andrews
Paul Andrews has been creating novels, novellas and short stories for over twenty years. Though his heart lies with historical fiction, he also dabbles in science fiction, horror, and even a little romance. The "The Man Who Would Not Die," based on the life of Count Saint-Germain, was first novel. He also writes a popular Blog on his website, on Lost and Forgotten History still relevant today. Paul has a graduate degree from Rutgers University and spent many successful years in his 'day job' as a biotech R&D project manager. After working for a time in the ivory towers of Manhattan and Washington D.C, he slowly migrated south to warmer climes and a slower pace of life. He now works, lives and writes in North Carolina with his wife and two cats.
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BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong? - Paul Andrews
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BP
Where did it all go wrong?
Paul Andrews
Publisher Information
BP - Where Did It All Go Wrong? published in 2010 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published, and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
Copyright © Paul Andrews
The right of Paul Andrews to be identified as author of this book has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Disclaimer
The quotes and facts from this book were drawn from public domain sources, actual facts and figures quoted on published material by BP itself, and from various documentary sources also within the public domain / transmission.
Acknowledgements
Thanks to my family, and anyone who has placed their trust in me in the past ten years.
Introduction
BP is one of the UK’s biggest companies and a world leader in energy production. They provide customers with fuel for heat, light, transport, petrochemical production and much more.
What do we know about the company; what do we know about the current environmental crisis caused by the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, and where exactly did it all go wrong for BP ??
We will look at the history of how the company was formed, its expansion and global success, but also its track record on safety and environmental issues. We will present these as facts, as drawn from the public domain records and also BP’s own published figures and information.
We will not go into any great depth on any one issue, rather we will look at the overview and see if it is any more than what most other multi-national companies, or it is any different.
So where did it all go wrong for BP...???
As with any professional analysis, we should start at the beginning…
Chapter 1
The history, the facts and the figures
BP started its life as a company called