Anatomy of a Disaster: Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery
2008•56m•Released
Documentary
This U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) video uses expert testimony and computer-animated reenactments to describe and discuss its detailed investigation into the March 23 2005 explosion of the ISOM (isomerization) unit at the BP (British Petroleum) refinery at Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed 15 workers, injured 180 others, and cost BP billions of dollars.
Writer
Sandy Gilmour, Daniel Horowitz
Cast
Sheldon Smith
Narrator
James Baker III
Himself
Glenn Erwin
Himself
Don Holmstrom
Himself
Andrew Hopkins
Himself
Mark Kaszniak
Himself
Trevor Kletz
Himself
Cheryl MacKenzie
Herself
Carolyn Merritt
Herself
William E. Wright
Himself
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