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Oct 16, 2015 34 min

1: BP Texas City

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The BP Texas City Oil Refinery disaster in 2005 shocked the world. With many safe-guards in place and lost-time injury rates so low, how could so many people be killed in a wholly preventable disaster? With John Chidgey. Links of potential interest: The U.S. Chemical Safety Board Texas City Refinery Explosion Isomerization Human Factors Influencing The Texas City Incident (PDF) (Archive.org) Lessons from Disaster: How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur Diesel Engine Runaway BP Completes Sale of Texas City Refinery (Archive.org) The Refinery Today (Archive.org) Texas City, Texas: Google Maps Location BPs Statement of Facts (PDF) (Archive.org) Notes: Original version released: 16th October, 2015 Re-written and Re-recorded: 20th August, 2023 Support Causality on Patreon Episode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle. Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared Roman, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Dave Jones and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.

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The BP Texas City Oil Refinery disaster in 2005 shocked the world. With many safe-guards in place and lost-time injury rates so low, how could so many people be killed in a wholly preventable disaster?

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1: BP Texas City

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  1. 0:45 Introduction
  2. 1:56 Hydrocarbons
  3. 3:36 Maintenance Work
  4. 4:30 The Incident
  5. 14:10 The Investigation
  6. 16:21 SCADA Mass Balance
  7. 18:09 Staffing Levels
  8. 19:49 Internal BP Report
  9. 23:09 Level Transmitters
  10. 24:20 SIL Ratings
  11. 25:34 Temporary Buildings
  12. 27:17 Lost Time Injuries
  13. 28:34 Cold Venting
  14. 29:32 How Could This Have Been Prevented?
  15. 31:05 Aftermath
  16. 31:19 Conclusion
  17. 32:45 Outroduction

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