Updated bp texas city animation on the 15th anniversary of. Texas city oil refinery history the pop history dig. Apr 16, 20 additionally, years of unsafe practices at the refinery have polluted the city, most notably the series of explosions and fires that killed 15 workers and injured 1,000 in march 2005. Bp texas city refinery reliability management group.
Mar 23, 2005 media in category texas city refinery explosion the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. A steady state model of texas citys raffinate splitter is used as the basis for a dynamic model in aspen hysys. Gooseneck piping and manual block valve chainedlocked. The success of the refinery and the jobs it provided caused the population of texas city to skyrocket. We propose a general safetydiagnosability principle for supporting accident prevention. And after polluting texas city from 1998 until earlier this year, bp sold its refinery, reaping lucrative profits while abandoning the nowcontaminated region. A dynamic hazop case study using the texas city refinery explosion. Chemical safety and hazard investigation board csb investigated not only bps safety performance at texas city, but also the role played by bp group management, based in london, england.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading bp texas city, texas refinery explosion and fire. Bp texas city refinery fire investigated houston, mar. Valeros texas city refinery hit by explosion, fire aol news. The texas city refinery explosion occurred on march 23, 2005, when a hydrocarbon vapour cloud exploded at the isom isomerization process unit at bps texas city refinery in texas city, texas. Bp texas city, texas refinery explosion and fire kindle edition by csb chemical safety board. A dynamic hazop case study using the texas city refinery. The explosions and fire occurred during startup of an isomerization unit at the refinery. Refinery explosion and fire, texas city, texas, march 23, 2005 open pdf 7 mb the u. A look into the ethical issues behind the engineering disaster. It identified material deficiencies in process safety performance at bps us refineries, and called on bp to give process safety the same priority as bp has historically given personal safety and environmental performance.
An explosion and fire occurred during the startup of a process unit. Refinery plant explosion in texas raises questions about chemical safety rules a refinery plant in southeast texas exploded early wednesday morning. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Report lessons learned from texas city refinery explosion please fill this form, we will try to respond. James frederick mike wright tammy greene abstract the march 2005 british petroleum bp texas city refinery disaster provided a stimulus to examine the state of process safety in the u. The bp texas city refinery disaster pdf file for free from our online library. The blast from the explosion blew out the windows of. The texas city refinery was the secondlargest oil refinery in the state, and the thirdlargest in the. I work for je merit, we provide contruction services for the refinery and petrochemical industry. Failure to learn also analyses the similarities between this event and the longford gas plant explosion in victoria in 1998, featured in his earlier book lessons from longford.
Bp texas city refinery explosion past enews taproot. On march 23rd, 2005 in texas city, texas, a horrendous explosion and fire at the british petroleum bp oil refinery killed 15 workers and injured another 180. Since the incident, several studies have investigated the root causes of the disaster. Texas city, texas after a huge explosion at a bp plc plant here in march killed 15 workers in the deadliest u. On march 23, 2005, the bp texas city refinery suffered one of the worst industrial disasters in recent u. Between 400 and 600 people were killed, with as many as 4,000 injured. Pdf examining organizational and safety culture causes of the. The texas city refinery explosion occurred on march 23, 2005, when a hydrocarbon vapor. As lead counsel in the litigation following the texas city blast, bca uncovered over 7 million internal bp documents and taped over 2,000 hours of depositions. According to the city of texas city, valero has reported that there were no injuries or fatalities. On march 23, 2005, the bp texas city refinery suffered one of the worst. Ten years after a texas city refinery blast killed 15 and rattled a community, workers keep dying. On march 23, 2005, the bp texas city refinery experienced a catastrophic process accident.
German translation of csb animation of the explosion at bp refinery, texas city, texas, now available 7172006. On march 23, 2005, a fiery blast at the british petroleum bp refinery in texas city, texas, killed 15 workers, injured 180 others, and caused major alarm in the community. Texas city explosion of 1947, industrial disaster sparked by the fire and explosion of the ss grandcamp on april 1617, 1947, in texas city, texas. About the industry the texas city refinery was the secondlargest oil refinery in the state, and the thirdlargest in the united states with an input capacity of 437,000 barrels 69,500 m3 per day as of january 1, 2000. The texas city refinery explosion occurred on march 23, 2005, when a hydrocarbon vapor cloud was ignited and violently exploded at the isom isomerization process unit at bps texas city refinery in texas city, texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery. The explosion killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others. Whether a flare would have ultimately prevented the explosion.
Pdf lessons learned from texas city refinery explosion. Valero faces another suit from workers in texas blast law360. At the time, it was one of the worst industrial accidents to have occurred in the u. An explosion at bps texas city refinery killed 15 and injured 170. The blast set off a chain of fires as well as a 15foot 4. Chemical safety and hazard investigation board explosion at bp refinery, texas city, texas 2005 csb maintains an extensive video presence at csb. Introduction during the startup of the isomerization unit isom on wednesday, march 23, 2005 following a temporary outage, explosions and fires occurred which killed fifteen and harmed over 170 persons in the bp texas city refinery, texas, owned and operated by bp products north america. Explosion at bp refinery, texas city, texas internet archive. Timeline of important events in the history of texas. A midmorning fire started on board the frenchregistered vessel ss grandcamp docked in the port, and detonated her cargo of approximately 2,200 tons.
Some 2,300 tons were already onboard, 880 of which were in the lower part of. The texas tribune and the houston chronicle spent two months examining whether the nations oil refineries learned the lessons of the deadly explosion at bps texas city refinery in 2005 one of the most studied industrial accidents in u. Bp texas explosion free download as powerpoint presentation. On march 23, 2005, a bp texas city refinery distillation tower experienced an overpressure event that caused a geyserlike release of highly flammable liquids and gases from a blowdown vent stack.
Report lessons learned from texas city refinery explosion please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as possible. The bp texas city refinery disaster by andrew hopkins pdf subject. Seven years later, bp still paying for texas refinery. Texas city kltv an explosion and fire has been reported at a refinery in texas city. Timeline of important events in the history of texas city 1854 us government built a light house near the current base of the texas city dike. May 03, 2015 about the industry the texas city refinery was the secondlargest oil refinery in the state, and the thirdlargest in the united states with an input capacity of 437,000 barrels 69,500 m3 per day as of january 1, 2000. Mar 23, 2020 updated bp texas city animation on the 15th anniversary of the explosion. Refinery image near sunset with golden tone on metal stacks with blue sky and clouds in square format.
On wednesday, march 23 2005, numerous explosions, and a fire, occurred at bp texas city refinery, texas, usa. Bp acquired the texas city refinery as part of its merger with amoco in 1999. Bp texas city refinery home case studies bp texas city refinery back to case studies. For example, all 15 workers who died in the 2005 texas city oil refinery explosion were contractors, and none of their deaths are counted in the federal governments annual report for oil refining industry fatalities. The bp texas city refinery disaster, respected ohs expert professor andrew hopkins discusses the causes of a major explosion at the texas city oil refinery on march. Csb releases new bp texas city animation general news. In the aftermath of the accident, bp followed the recommendation of the u. Stories by jim malewitz, lise olsen and mark collette with research and assistance.
On march 23, 2005, an explosion occurred at the isomerization process unit of the bps texas city refinery located in texas city, texas. The texas city disaster was an industrial accident that occurred april 16, 1947, in the port of texas city, texas, at galveston bay. Whether a flare would have ultimately prevented the explosion is questionable. Apr 19, 2018 houston reuters an explosion set off a huge fire at valero energy corps 225,000 barrelperday bpd texas city, texas, refinery on thursday afternoon but the fire was quickly contained. A deadly explosion on march 23, 2005, an explosion at the bp refinery in texas city, texas, killed 15 workers and injured 180. The blast, which killed 15 workers and injured more than 100, was contained within the plants 24,300 bcd isomerization unit and was extinguished within 3 hours. The texas city bp refinery explosion seems to have all the worst.
In the case of the 2005 bp texas city refinery explosion, the deficient situation awareness of operators was identified as a contributing factor leading to the deaths of 15 and injury of 180. Apr 06, 2020 download lessons learned from texas city refinery explosion. Human factors analysis of the bp texas city refinery explosion. There are 14 fatalities and that number could rise. Csb releases trailer blast damage information from bp texas city accident 6302006. Nov 05, 2015 the texas city refinery explosion occurred on march 23, 2005, when a hydrocarbon vapour cloud exploded at the isom isomerization process unit at bps texas city refinery in texas city, texas. The bp texas city refinery disaster reprint edition by hopkins, andrew 2008 paperback. The bp texas city refinery disaster, respected ohs expert professor andrew hopkins discusses the causes of a major explosion at the texa.
Process safety performance cannot be measured using ltis this case study could be used to trigger some useful, practical discussions with your offshore employees. Bp sold texas oil refinery after making hundreds of people. Bp texas city refinery explosion past enews taproot root. The billowing canopies went up on a bare patch of the texas city refinery grounds during a repair.
The catastrophic explosion that occurred at texas city on 23 march 2005 during the startup of the raffinate splitter resulted in an estimated 15 deaths and 180 injuries. To begin to apply the lessons of texas city to our own facilities. The bp texas city refinery disaster reprint edition by hopkins, andrew 2008 paperback on. Bp texas city is one of the largest refineries in the us, with a capacity of approximately 460,000 bbl per day. Jul 23, 2015 a look into the ethical issues behind the engineering disaster. Sep 09, 2005 bp acknowledges troubles at key refinery unit but blames employees explosion in march killed 15. Refinery plant explosion in texas raises questions about. Professionalismbp texas city refinery explosion wikibooks. Bp texas city incident health and safety executive. Costly cleanup, fines have failed to halt bp deaths. Texas city explosion of 1947 industrial disaster, texas. According to ktrk, there are reports of an explosion and a resulting fire at a valero refinery in texas city. The enormous bp amoco oil refinery in texas city was built in 1934 by a company called panamerican refinery, which was at the time a subsidiary of standard oil of indiana.
Pdf on jan, 2009, mark kaszniak and others published examining organizational and. Description download lessons learned from texas city refinery explosion comments. On march 23, 2005, the bp texas city refinery experienced one of the most serious u. The company incurred direct and indirect financial losses on the order of billions of dollars for victims compensation as well as significant property damage and loss of production. Pdf download for human factors analysis of the bp texas city. In 2005 an explosion rocked the bp texas city refinery, killing. The morning of 16 april 1947 dawned clear and crisp, cooled by a brisk north wind. March 23, 2020 the us chemical safety board is releasing an updated animation detailing the tragic events which occurred 15 years ago today at the bp america refinery in texas city, tx, when a massive hydrocarbon release and ensuing explosion and fire killed 15 and injured 180 others. Bp acknowledges troubles at key refinery unit but blames employees explosion in march killed 15. Description of the book failure to learn the bp texas city refinery disaster.
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