BP (Beyond Petroleum)

Filter tag: Negligence(clear filter)

Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
19/04/2011The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
(Project carried out by BP (Beyond Petroleum))
RBS accused of investing £1.3 billion - following a £5.6 billion prior investment - in environmentally damaging oil project of tar sands in Canada, also devastating ancestral lands of First Nation tribes.  Alberta, CanadaThe Guardian, Financial TimesClimate Change, Negligence, Pollution
12/08/2010BP (Beyond Petroleum)Failure to correct 270 violations after 2005 Texas City explosion -$50.6 million; $30m still contested for 439 "new wilful violations"Texas City, TX, United StatesUS Department of Labor, BBCNegligence, Occupational Hazard
08/06/2010
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01/01/2000
BP (Beyond Petroleum)Report finds repeated disregard of safety and environmental rules, risking a serious accident; Executives were not held accountable for failures, and some were promoted despite them.North AmericaThe Washington PostNegligence, Occupational Hazard
16/05/2010
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06/04/2010
BP (Beyond Petroleum)Illegal emission of harmful air pollutants from refinery, owing to persistent operation of malfunction-associated units.Texas City, TX, United StatesProPublicaNegligence, Pollution
25/04/2006BP (Beyond Petroleum)Inspection of refinery results in 32 per-instance willful citations - $2.4 million fineOregon, OhioUS Department of LaborNegligence, Occupational Hazard
07/03/2006
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02/03/2006
BP (Beyond Petroleum)'Prudhoe Bay' five-day oil spill caused by knowing neglect of corroding pipelines; around one million oil liters leaked.Prudhoe Bay, AK, United StatesBBCNegligence, Occupational Hazard, Pollution
13/12/2004Sapref
(Co-owned by BP (Beyond Petroleum))
Toxic gases such as sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides and benzene coming from refineries poisons air, and cause high incidence of cancer and respiratory ailments among residents, NGO says.Dourban South AfricaBBCInjuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution
31/10/2004
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01/08/2002
BP (Beyond Petroleum)Ιllegall release of air pollutants caused by failure to adequately inspect, maintain, repair and properly operate thousands of pieces of equipment across refinery - $81 million.Carson, California, United StatesSouth Coast Air Quality Management DistrictNegligence, Pollution