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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 to the loss of life and injuries, the explosion affected all facilities within the complex, causing $715.5 million ...
The explosion blew the almost 6,350 short tons (5,760 t) of the ship's steel into the air, some at supersonic speed. Official casualty estimates came to a total of 567, including all the crewmen who remained aboard Grandcamp. All but one member of the 28-man Texas City volunteer fire department were killed in the initial explosion on the docks ...
The fire produced huge plumes of black smoke that spread over the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel and neighboring residential areas. [2] The explosion occurred at the K-Resin facility, which made styrene-butadiene, a type of synthetic rubber.
An explosion at the ARCO Chemical (ACC) Channelview, Texas petrochemical plant killed 17 people and injured five others on July 5, 1990. It was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of the Greater Houston area. The land along the Houston Ship Channel is a heavily industrialized area, with numerous oil refineries.
DALLAS (AP) — The Houston Ship Channel has been reopened for daytime traffic after flammable chemicals from a nearby petrochemical storage facility seeped into one of America's busiest shipping ...
October 16 – A tugboat hit and ruptured a gas pipeline on the Houston Ship Channel. There were no injuries, but the Channel was closed for a time. [90] October 27 and 28 – Fast moving water in the Cado Creek near Durant, Oklahoma led to 2 pipelines being ruptured. One pipeline was owned by Mobil, the other pipeline was owned by Total S.A.
Kinder Morgan Begins Service at BOSTCO Oil Terminal on Houston Ship Channel HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYS: KMP) today announced commercial operations are ...
The Houston Ship Channel, in Houston, Texas, is part of the Port of Houston, one of the busiest seaports in the world. [1] The channel is the conduit for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico , and it serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.