RMC-07-113 Operating with Integrity

Description:

Safety performance in BP made sustainable improvement during the 1990s and the early part of 2000. A similar improvement in process safety and integrity management has not been seen, culminating in a series of serious incidents including an explosion in the Texas City Refinery in 2005 killing 15 people, the near loss of the Thunderhorse deepwater production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and a significant oil spill in Alaska. This paper provides details of these incidents, and relates how BP has put systems and processes in place to prevent any such similar incidents happening again across the company.