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.

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.

ALL but one of the 1,800 or so oil refinery workers have been accounted for after overnight search efforts, following the thunderous blast at BP’s 1,200-acre plant near Houston which killed 14 and injured more than 100 others, officials said yesterday.

Fears that US petrol prices would soar after an explosion at a massive British owned refinery in Texas faded today.