Despite having misspelled the name of the subsidiary involved, my company is indeed the one mentioned in this story about the BP Refinery explosion in Texas City.
Word is that things are pretty tumultuous in the Houston office right now.
My company prides itself (and rightly so) on its safety record, attentiveness, and procedures, so any injuries, and expecialy any deaths, are extremely unusual, even in as relatively dangerous a field as engineering and construction. I’m sure I’ll be hearing more about this.
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According to the press release, our folks were not actually working on the unit that blew, but were working on turn-around at another unit. However, a number of employees were at a jobsite trailer 150 yards from the unit that did go up. Eleven of our employees were killed.
The company is certainly responding to this a lot more publicly than usual. The corporate website now has a special link to a page with resources and info regarding the incident (including a FAQ which confirms that we weren’t doing anything with the isomerization unit in question, which is good news of a sort).
BP has a dedicated page to the incident and investigation, too.
BP has assumed full responsibility for the disaster.