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The incident started at approximately 1:05 PM local time on October 23, 1989, at 1400 Jefferson Road, Pasadena, Texas. A powerful and devastating explosion and fire ripped through the HCC, killing 23 people—all working at the facility—and injuring 314 others (185 Phillips Petroleum Company employees and 129 contract employees). In addition ...
Site of Phillips explosions of 1989, 1999 and 2000 (as photographed in 2008).. At approximately 1:22 p.m. CT on March 27, 2000, an explosion and fire responsible for one death and 71 injuries occurred at Phillips Petroleum's Houston Chemical Complex at 1400 Jefferson Road in Pasadena, Texas. [1]
The Pasadena site was home to the 1989 Phillips Explosion, which killed 23 employees and contractors and injured 314 after cost-cutting efforts by the company. The initial explosion was equivalent to 2.4 tons of TNT exploding, damaging the homes of residents within a six-mile radius of the refinery.
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) is a petrochemical company that is a 50/50 joint venture between Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66.The company was formed July 1, 2000, by merging the chemicals operations of both Chevron Corporation and Phillips Petroleum Company.
Four of the world's largest oil companies are forming a joint venture to create a rapid-response system to capture and contain oil spills in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon Mobil (XOM ...
Phillips disasters may refer to: 1989 Phillips disaster , a series of explosions and fire on October 23, 1989, in Pasadena, Texas 1999 Phillips disaster , an explosion and fire on June 23, 1999, in Pasadena, Texas
The joint venture between Chevron (CVX) and Phillips 66 (PSX), with a production capacity of 1.5 million metric tons per annum, is aiming to cash in on the strong demand for petrochemicals.
The explosion happened in Deer Park, a city about 18 miles east of Houston. According to reports from local news station ABC13, the fire spread south under Spencer Highway into the borders of the ...