The actions of “multiple companies and work teams” contributed to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year, a report released by BP has concluded.
A steep rise in the number of major and significant hydrocarbon releases – regarded as potential precursors to a major incident – has sparked the HSE to issue a warning to bosses in the offshore oil and gas industry.
BP Products North America Inc. (BP) has consented to pay a penalty of $50.6m (£32.5m) over safety issues stemming from the 2005 Texas City oil refinery explosion.
The union that represents HSE inspectors is worried that public-sector cost-slashing could undermine the Executive’s ability to regulate health and safety, particularly in the high-hazard industries.
Five companies will be sentenced on Friday for their part in the explosions at the Buncefield fuel depot, which caused the largest fire in Europe since the Second World War.
Five companies have been fined a total of £5.35m with £4.08m in costs over the Buncefield Oil Storage Depot explosions in Hemel Hempstead, in December 2005.
The actions of “multiple companies and work teams” contributed to the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year, a report released by BP has concluded.
A steep rise in the number of major and significant hydrocarbon releases – regarded as potential precursors to a major incident – has sparked the HSE to issue a warning to bosses in the offshore oil and gas industry.
BP Products North America Inc. (BP) has consented to pay a penalty of $50.6m (£32.5m) over safety issues stemming from the 2005 Texas City oil refinery explosion.
The union that represents HSE inspectors is worried that public-sector cost-slashing could undermine the Executive’s ability to regulate health and safety, particularly in the high-hazard industries.
Five companies will be sentenced on Friday for their part in the explosions at the Buncefield fuel depot, which caused the largest fire in Europe since the Second World War.
