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    BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?
    BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?
    BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?
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    BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?

    By Paul Andrews

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    BP - Where did it all go wrong? is a quick-read business biography; it is a history and current breakdown of British Petroleum. The book introduces the reader to BP, how the company was formed, the chequered past it has, and discusses the recent disaster of one of the biggest oil spills in history. The book is skillfully written by Paul Andrews, who interprets many of the more advanced technological points, and explains them to the reader in more readable, plain English. The book asks - and attempts to answer - many questions about BP. How did they become so powerful? What caused the recent disaster? Could anything have been done to prevent it? And, of course, what does the future hold?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAUK Authors
    Release dateJul 5, 2010
    ISBN9781849891509
    BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong?
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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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      Book preview

      BP - Where Did it All Go Wrong? - Paul Andrews

      Title Page

      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

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