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 ...

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, Oct. 28-- Investigators from the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Oct. 27 identified six key safety issues underlying the Mar. 23 explosions and fire at BP PLC's ...

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 ...

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, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Tuesday blamed a fatal explosion at BP's Texas City refinery on cost-cutting and poor risk management and called for tougher standards for ...

"As the investigation unfolded, we were absolutely terrified that such a culture could exist at BP," said the board's chairwoman Carolyn Merritt said in a speech to the National Petrochemical and ...