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The Texas City refinery explosion occurred on March 23, 2005, when a flammable hydrocarbon vapor cloud ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization process unit of the BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery.
Decisions made by the company helped cause the fatal explosion and subsequent fire, federal officials said. Two brothers killed in refinery explosion when ‘vapor cloud’ ignites. BP fined, feds say
The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions .
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: BP Lawsuits Over Refinery Air Pollution A second BP disaster continues to produce expensive lawsuits. Nearly a quarter of Texas City's residents ...
The spill occurred 1 mile northwest of Falls City, Karnes County, Texas, and entered Marcelinas Creek at flood stage. The spill was generally contained about three miles downstream. The floodwaters transported the oil laterally well beyond the banks of the creek, coating vegetation in these areas with oil as the floodwaters receded.
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) announced this morning that it has purchased the 451,000 barrel per day Texas City refinery from BP PLC (NYSE: BP) for $598 million. Included in the sale are ...
March 23, 2005: Texas City refinery explosion. An explosion occurred at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas. At the time, it was the fourth largest refinery in the United States and one of the largest in the world, processing 437,000 barrels of crude oil per day and accounting for 2.5% of that nation's gasoline supply.
Manzoni started to work for the oil and gas company BP in 1983. [2] In 2000, he was a group vice president at the company. [3] He was chief executive for refining and marketing at BP at the time of the Texas City refinery explosion in 2005, in which 15 people were killed and 170 injured. [4]