BP settles with eight refinery blast victims

Eight men reached a settlement with British energy giant BP in the second civil trial involving injuries in the deadly explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery.

BP settles with eight refinery blast victims

Eight men reached a settlement with British energy giant BP in the second civil trial involving injuries in the deadly explosion at the company’s Texas City refinery.

The trial over the 2005 accident – which killed 15 people, injured 170 and was the worst accident in the gas and chemical industry in almost 15 years – ended after nine days of testimony. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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