The former manager of a US BP plant where 15 people were killed in a 2005 explosion has denied repairs were delayed because of concerns over how profits would be affected.

Lawyers for BP have objected to comparisons made between the British oil giant’s deadly 2005 plant explosion in the US and examples of corporate mismanagement such as Enron’s collapse.

British energy firm BP is settling a pair of court cases stemming from a deadly explosion at its Texas City oil refinery two years ago, a lawyer for the two workers said tonight.

Internal BP documents released to the US public as part of a lawsuit settlement stemming from last year’s deadly explosion at a Texas oil refinery detail prior knowledge within the company of problems at the facility.

A woman whose parents were killed in an American oil refinery blast has received a payout after BP settled the last remaining lawsuit.