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 ...

Tragedy in Texas City and technical difficulties in the Gulf of Mexico have marred BP's second-quarter financial results. The London-based energy company announced it is taking a one-time charge to ...

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.

More than 4 years after the deadly BP Texas City refinery blast killed 15 workers and injured more than 170, OSHA has proposed a record-breaking $87,430,000 in fines against BP Products North America ...

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 ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc on Friday announced settlements with four more victims of a deadly 2005 blast at a Texas refinery, leaving only one of more than 4,000 lawsuits still pending, a Texas state ...

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 ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Victims' effort to undo BP's criminal plea deal and stiffen penalties in the 2005 Texas City refinery blast that killed 15 workers prompted a U.S. judge on Monday to delay formal ...

HOUSTON — British oil company BP failed to emphasize safety at its U.S. refineries before the 2005 Texas City explosion that killed 15, according to a report released Tuesday by an independent panel ...

BP’s US subsidiary has agreed to pay $50 million in civil penalties to the state of Texas for pollution from its Texas City refinery, including the deadly March 2005 explosion, state Attorney General ...

BP acquired the refinery when it merged with Amoco in 1998. Soon after, the report said, BP ordered a 25 percent, across-the-budget cut in fixed spending at its refineries. In a preliminary ...

GALVESTON — After the selection process digressed briefly into the nation's immigration debate, lawyers picked an eight-woman, four-man jury Friday for a civil trial arising from the 2005 explosion at ...