TEXAS CITY If BP had to sell it s refinery to any one company, Mayor Matt Doyle was sure glad it was a company that already had a presence in his city. I hate that (BP) is leaving, and I fully ...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has announced that BP has agreed to pay a $50 million fine “for unlawfully emitting pollutants during and after the March 2005 explosion” at its Texas City plant.

HOUSTON AP - Former BP PLC Chairman Lord John Browne was questioned Friday about his knowledge of the oil giant's deadly 2005 Texas City plant explosion, a plaintiffs' attorney said.Browne's ...

BP’s release of massive amounts of carcinogens into the Texas City air has been covered by the media here, but today it’s getting a much larger spotlight. The New York Times looks at the incident, in ...

An independent panel left little question Tuesday about BP's poor safety oversight, its deficient leadership and short-term focus at its U.S. refineries -- critical indictments for a company still ...

OSHA proposed a record-breaking $87 million in penalties for BP’s alleged failure to correct serious health and safety standards at its Texas City, Texas, refinery, the location a fatal 2005 explosion ...

Here's a look at some of the findings in BP PLC's final internal report on the March 23 refinery explosion in Texas City: • Making safety a priority. "There was no evidence of comprehensive and ...

HOUSTON (MarketWatch) -- BP Plc. reached an eleventh hour settlement Thursday with a woman who lost both parents in the Texas City-refinery blast last year, just days before the trial was set to begin ...

HOUSTON | An internal report by BP PLC about its deadly 2005 Texas City plant explosion recommended that four executives and managers be fired for failing to perform their jobs and demonstrating poor ...

A survey conducted by the United Steelworkers union (USW) has found that the problems that contributed to the March 2005 blast at BP’s Texas City refinery aren’t only limited to that site, but also ...

TEXAS CITY BP announced early Monday an agreement to sell its Carson, Calif., refinery to the Tesoro Corp. for $2.5 billion. The company still is in the process of finding a buyer for its Texas City ...