Author: Tom Lyon, Grace Augustine
Product Type: Mini-Case
Product #: 1-428-736
Publication Date:12/2009
Length: 4
Keywords: Business, Government and Society; Energy & Utilities; Strategic Management; North America; Oil Industry; Sustainability; Energy; Environmentalism;
| Discipline: | Business, Government, and Society
Strategic Management |
| Industry: | Energy & Utilities |
| Region: | North America |
| Topic: | Sustainability |
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This mini-case is a follow-up to the BP and the Whiting Refinery Case (A), which describes the situation facing BP America's President Bob Malone in late 2007. Malone could not understand where they had gone wrong while attempting to expand the refining capacity at their Whiting, Indiana plant. They had followed all the rules set out by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and legally obtained a permit for expansion. Still, they were swiftly attacked by environmentalists from the surrounding area.
The BP and the Whiting Refinery case parts (A) and (B) ask students to evaluate BP's decision and its options for moving forward with the expansion.
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