Texas

BP explosion

Jos Cantor
ENEP 2015 Alberto Lozano Rivas
Edward

 Pertes
ECONOMICAL
$2 billion in compensaDon repairs, payouts and lost prot
$161 million to control polluDon in Texas City, improved monitoring and
maintenance and enhanced its internal management
$12 million on civil penalty and $6 million was spent on a supplemental project to
decrease air polluDon
PenalDes of $92,000 from OSHA
incurred $1.6 billion for vicDms compensaDon
STAFF
15 contract employees killed and 180 injured employees because of exploDon.

MATERIAL
ISOM unit, nearby trailer area, the adjacent catalyst the adjacent parking areas,
catalysist warehouse: severe blast damage.

70 vehicles and 57 trailers destroyed

50 storage tanks from tank farm damaged

osite: buildings situated north of the renery damaged up to 3 quarters of mile

away from the explosion