Jack B. Moore Western Hemisphere Operations. Moore was the president and CEO of the company already in 2010 when a BP oil rig exploded (called the Deepwater Horizon oil spill). It killed eleven workers and spilled millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in US history. The company paid BP over $80 million in a negotiated settlement. Moore has a B.B.A. from the University of Houston. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Moore serves on the board of directors for the American Petroleum Institute (AP!)l,
Health consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill health surveys from individuals residing along the Gulf Coast whom experienced adverse health effects after exposure to the 2010 oil spill. The goal of the survey is to track the occurrence of adverse health effects in the area amongst people that were exposed to the oil spill or dispersants from subsequent clean-up efforts. In April 2011, a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine discussed the health consequences of the spill. According to the review, at high doses some crude-oil components cause respiratory, hepatic (liver), renal (urinary system), endocrine (hormonal system), neurologic, hematologic (vascular system), and other systemic