"… 06 BP public relations campaign was overshadowed by the devastation of the Texas City refinery and the subsequent litigation that forced BP to pay at least $2 billion to …"

"… t have a playbook and don’t deviate very much from it,” he said.BP’s Texas City refinery, one of the largest in Texas, exploded on March 23, 2005, killing 15 worke …"

"… ety lapses have been chronic.”In February BP announced plans to sell the Texas City refinery.  …"

"… refinery emerged in the summer of 1986. Amoco, which used the acid at its Texas City refinery (later acquired by BP), wanted to learn what would happen if large quantit …"

"… n the U.S. occurred on October 30, 1987, at Marathon Petroleum Company’s Texas City refinery. As a crane moved a piece of equipment weighing several tons, the equipmen …"

"… he potential for harm to its members, has urged BP to stop using HF at its Texas City refinery as a “show of good faith,” Nibarger said.In a statement, BP said it ha …"

"… in California, perhaps by 2013.)The aftermath of a 2005 explosion at BP's Texas City refinery, which killed 15 workers and injured at least 180 others. Credit: U.S. Che …"

"… issuade BP from cutting corners and overlooking lessons of the past at its Texas City refinery, acquired from Amoco in 1998. On March 23, 2005, an old, poorly designed r …"

"… ed upon.After fining BP $21 million for the disaster, OSHA returned to the Texas City refinery in 2009 and discovered that the company had broken its promise to fix hund …"

"… h can lead to fires and explosions. For example, the injury rate at BP’s Texas City refinery in 2004, the year before the deadly blast, was about one-third that of the …"

"… per day. Last October, OSHA proposed a record $87 million fine against the Texas City refinery. The agency proposed a fine of $3 million against the Toledo refinery in M …"

"… e in agency history, for failing to repair potential safety hazards at the Texas City refinery. At the time, OSHA issued 270 “notifications of failure to abate,” and …"

"… tional serious safety violations have been routinely found at not just the Texas City refinery, but at other company plants.Coon, the primary lawyer representing familie …"

"… four years ago following its investigation of the 2005 explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery, which killed 15 people and injured at least 180.  The board is taske …"

"… Air or Water Act within the preceding 7 years.The 2005 explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery killed 15. OSHA has proposed penalties of $87 million for alleged violatio …"

"… osed a record $87 million penalty against BP for alleged violations at the Texas City refinery – violations that, according to regulators, reflected the same sorts of …"

"… the agreement gives OSHA an “unprecedented level of oversight” at the Texas City refinery and is far superior to a 2005 agreement it struck with BP following the ex …"

"… r its work on safety improvements.But Brent Coon, a lawyer for many of the Texas City refinery blast victims, is skeptical. “If history is any indicator, it will have …"

"… d August 2005, a series of fires, explosions, and leaks ripped through the Texas City refinery, releasing thousands of pounds of flammable and toxic air pollutants into …"

"… ves problems found by EPA inspectors after a catastrophic explosion at the Texas City refinery on March 23, 2005, which killed 15 and injured 170 others. The settlement, …"

"… Administration and promised to spend at least $500 million to upgrade its Texas City refinery. The Center for Public Integrity reported in May that BP’s refineries in …"

"… settle other alleged Clean Air Act violations at the same refinery. BP’s Texas City refinery is the third-largest in the United States and processes more than 460,000 …"