Texas City, Texas

The Texas City explosion that occurred, killing 15 employees was a large news item at the time, though quickly fading from the headlines, BP was fined $21 million for the numerous violations that contributed to the Texas City explosion. Also occurring in the same year as the Alaska pipeline leak, these issues should have shown BP leadership that something was developing within the large corporation that needed attention. Browne at the helm earlier had ruthlessly implemented cost cutting and risk taking which spelled out imminent danger on the horizon for BP. The accidents that should have been the wake-up call to BP went unheeded. During Mr. Hayward’s tenure, BP had been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 760 safety violations in its refineries. The pledge that BP would address the safety problems that created the Texas and Alaska accidents never materialized. Instead four years went by and the company’s risk taking became worse. Just a year after the BP refinery explosion in Texas City, Tex., killing 15 workers and injured hundreds more the ‘Deepwater Horizon” oil well exploded in April 2010, resulting in death, fire, widespread environmental and economic damage along the Gulf coastline and is still felt today.…

The Texas City disaster was an accident in April 16, 1947, in the Port of Texas City, it’s was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Fire started on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp her goods of roughly 2,300 tons of ammonium nitrate ignated, with the initial blast and with chain-reaction of further fires and explosions in other ships and nearby oil-storage facilities killing at least 581 people, including all but one…

Texas City, Texas also known as toxic city is a booming industrial area surrounded by the most significant ports in the Galveston Bay for the shipping community, and is surrounded by oil refineries and chemical plants (Ferling, 1996, p.48). Additionally, it is a city all too familiar with industrial accidents. However, nothing will ever compare to the most devastating industrial accident the state of Texas and America has ever seen; the 1947 Texas City Explosion. An article entitled “Texas City…

The growing pains in Texas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to expansion and modernization affect everyone. The rapid changes in Texas created chaos and prosperity for the people on the land. The swift changes caused people to face economic, social, political, and demographic issues differently and some faced with more difficult issues than others were. The demographics of the state experience great change because many were created in the cities. The people had to move in…

place in. Just these 2 things are not really known was it before or after the civil war and who really started it? This is a small look at all of the different aspects of the Mexican-American war. This paper is for a US history class so let’s look at the history and find out what causes there were for the war. The war between the United States and Mexico starts before the United States gets involved to fight Mexico. Spain came up with an idea of how to colonize Texas, but we’re going to…

Allen, Texas The city of Allen offers residents a family-friendly community with exceptional schools, beautiful homes, and a nationally-recognized parks and recreation program.The eclectic city is home to almost 200 restaurants, four premiere shopping destinations, a recently renovated and award-winning golf course, as well as a 7,000-seat entertainment arena. The wonderful community of Allen is continually recognized for the impressive quality of life it is able to offer its residents. The…

of changes in Texas has significantly changed our economy throughout the years. Texas is defined by being the second largest state in the union, if also has the second most populous. Texas has many urban areas, rapidly growing and becoming more diverse. The economy of high technology, industries and oil. In my perspective, the population and economy will continue gradually to increase shaping Texas to one of the most important states in the United states. Texas is filled with many…

What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas Erica Grieder. PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107, copyright 2013. 284 pages. Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas, by Erica Grieder, breaks Texas down into its basic components in order to explain to non-Texans what Texas truly is. Grieder’s covers four main topics in her book. One of the topics she talks about is the economy. A major event that…

Causes that Led to Texas Independence Texas Revolution, a rebellion that took place in late 1835 and continued till early 1836 by the Texans or Tejanos, was against the Mexican government and military. Though, the roots of this rebellion took place long time ago, when Mexico achieved its independence from Spain in 1821 and when Mexico legalized immigration from the United States. Immigrants from the United States gained permission to settle in the state of “Coahuila y Tejas” (now Texas). Moses…

An Evaluation of Three Web Sites • Portal to Texas History The Portal to Texas History (http://texashistory.unt.edu/) provides visitors access to a wealth of information about Texas history, in a variety of different formats. Users can search for books, newspapers, photos and maps through a search box at the top of its main page. They may also choose to search “everything”. An “everything” searches for the term “Alamo” displays results including historic photos of the Alamo, recent pictures of…