Failure to learn : the BP Texas City refinery disaster /

Hopkins, Andrew, 1945-

Failure to learn : the BP Texas City refinery disaster / Andrew Hopkins - Sydney, N.S.W. : CCH Australia, 2008 - x, 186 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

"This book discusses the causes of a major explosion at the Texas City Oil Refinery on March 23, 2005. The explosion killed 15 workers and injured more than 170 others. Failure to Learn also analyses the similarities between this event and the Longford Gas Plant explosion in Victoria in 1998."--Provided by publisher

9781921322440 (pbk.)


British Petroleum Company. Texas City --Explosion, 2005
Esso Australia. Longford Plant --Explosion, 1998


Petroleum refineries--Accidents--Texas--Texas City
Petroleum refineries--Safety measures--Texas--Texas City
Industrial accidents--Investigation--Texas--Texas City
Gas industry--Accidents--Victoria--La Trobe River Valley
Gas industry--Safety measures--Victoria--La Trobe River Valley

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