Federal probe cites budget cuts for BP plant blast

Years of budget reductions contributed to conditions leading up to the Mar. 23, 2005, explosion at BP America Inc.'s 460,000-b/d Texas City, Tex., refinery, which killed 15 workers and injured 180 others, the US Chemical Safety Board said Oct. 30.

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