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.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...