4 YEARS ON FROM TEXAS CITY

Following the tragic Texas City incident in March 2005, the executive leadership of BP reviewed the fundamentals of the company's approach to process safety and operational excellence. This evaluation has led to significant changes designed to improve safety and operations, not just at Texas City refinery, but across the BP group worldwide. For instance, U.S. Refining has made significant progress with respect to the Independent Panel recommendations, which can be grouped under 4 main headings: Leadership Integrated and comprehensive process safety management system Process safety knowledge and expertise Process safety culture The changes go beyond adoption of the Independent Panel's recommendations, and the paper also discusses other issues, such as competencies, practices/procedures, metrics, and auditing, and highlights some wider messages for the industry.