Learning from the Texas City Disaster: A call for Improved Safety Standards On October 23, 1989, a catastrophic explosion occurred at the Phillips 66 chemical complex in Texas City, Texas. The disaster claimed the lives of 23 workers and injured over 300 others. The explosion was triggered when a polyethylene reactor, used in the production […]

A Tragic Event in Offshore Drilling The Deepwater Horizon disaster, which occurred on April 20, 2010, stands as one of the worst environmental disasters in history. It took place on BP’s Macondo Prospect, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The event began with a blowout at the wellhead, causing […]

The Bhopal Disaster: A Tragic Legacy of Negligence In the early hours of December 3, 1984, the city of Bhopal, India, became the site of one of the worst industrial disasters in history. A chemical plant owned by Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) leaked approximately 40 tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC), a highly toxic gas used […]