In light of the series of accidents that have plagued BP’s Texas City refinery since March 2005, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced during a Feb. 7 news conference that ...

"While human errors contribute to most major incidents including this one they are rarely the root cause," Holmstrom said. "The mistakes that were made in Texas City have their roots in decisions made ...

BP PLC had a “broken safety culture” at the time of the Mar. 23, 2005, fire and explosion at its 460,000 b/d Texas City, Tex., refinery that killed 15 people and injured 180 others, the US Chemical ...

Internal documents show that budget cuts and a lack of leadership contributed to significant safety problems at BP PLC's Texas City plant, the site of last year's deadly explosion, federal ...

HOUSTON – Internal documents show that budget cuts and a lack of leadership contributed to significant safety problems at BP’s Texas City plant, the site of last year’s deadly explosion, federal ...

An unsafe culture at UK supermajor BP contributed to an explosion at its massive Texas City oil refinery that killed 15 people and injured about 180 others in 2005, the head of the US's Chemical ...

U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman Carolyn W. Merritt on May 16 told members of a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee that she found "striking similarities" between the causes of the ...

Three years after the explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others at the BP Texas City refinery, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has released a new, comprehensive safety video that ...

Washington, DC, March 21, 2008 -- Three years after the explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 180 others at the BP Texas City refinery, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new ...

At a Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) hearing last week, offshore oil drilling experts from Norway, Australia, and the U.K. recommended that the U.S. shift to a nonprescriptive ...

HOUSTON, Mar. 20-- BP PLC had a "broken safety culture" at the time of the Mar. 23, 2005, fire and explosion at its 460,000 b/d Texas City, Tex., refinery that killed 15 people and injured 180 others, ...