In early 2006, Bp commissioned a report to look into managements' accountability into the explosion at BP Texas City on March 23, 2005. The report was completed in February 2007 and was comprised of two parts. The Trial Court ruled that this document was not confidential on April 18, 2007 and the appellate court denied the Petition for Writ of Mandamus on this issue on April 23, 2007.
Now the Court has ruled that the witness statements taken during accountability investigation are not confidential and these are being made available to the public for the first time.
Now the Court has ruled that the witness statements taken during accountability investigation are not confidential and these are being made available to the public for the first time.
Talking the Talk
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Both the main report and the supplemental Report are well footnoted. The conclusions they reached relied primarily on two main sources: (1) interviews conducted by Bonse’s investigation team, and (2) depositions conducted by the Plaintiffs who were injured in the March 23, 2005 explosion. The interviewees were often more forthcoming when they spoke with the accountability investigation team than they were when they gave their deposition.
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February 2007—Management Accountability Project:
Texas City Isomerization Explosion Final Report (“Bonse Report”) DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT February 2007—Management Accountability Project: Texas City Isomerization Explosion Supplemental Report (“Supplemental Bonse Report”) DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT Wilhelm Bonse- Geuking – Group VP and Senior Advisor to BP p.l.c. DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 1 DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 2 |
BP Upper Management
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One of the first decisions that the Bonse investigation team made was to avoid any preconceived notions regarding who might be accountable. This meant they were willing to look at more than the Texas City management team to find accountability.
Their investigation eventually led them to look into how decisions made in London and Chicago during the past decade helped cause the tragic explosion at Texas City. |
John Manzoni – (Former) Chief Executive for Refining and Marketing
DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Mike Hoffman – (Former) Group VP of Refining DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Pat Gower – Regional VP for Refining in the United States DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Ross Pillari – (Former) President of BP Products North America DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION John Mogford – (Former) Senior Group VP for Safety and Operations DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Paul Maslin – Group VP in Charge of Refining Technology DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION |
Texas City Management
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Despite looking at upper management’s role in the explosion, much of the focus of the investigation was on the BP Texas City leadership.
They found that several members of the management team at Texas City had accountability for this tragedy, but that some members of the team also had significant mitigating factors or who were previously accountable, but not at the time of the explosion. |
Don Parus – (Former) Plant Manager at BP Texas City
DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 1 DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 2 Kathleen Lucas – Operations Manager at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 1 DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 2 Joe Barnes – Manufacturing Delivery Leader for Health, Safety, Security, and the Environment (HSSE) DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Bill Ralph – Head of Process Safety at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 1 DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 2 Walt Wundrow – Manufacturing Delivery Leader for the Aromatics Unit DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 1 DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION 2 Willie Willis – Manufacturing Delivery Leader for the West Plant DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Rich Peltier – Manufacturing Delivery Leader for the Aromatics Unit DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Ray Hawkins – Superintendent of the ISOM, AU2, NDU, and ARU Units DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Mark Risinger – Turnaround (TAR) Superintendent DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Rick Hale – (Former) Plant Manager at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION |
Other Interviews
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There were a number of interviews of people who weren’t cited as having any accountability for the explosion in the Final Report. These people included everyone from London Executives to Front Line Leaders at Texas City.
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Pat King – HSSE Manager
DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Colin Maclean – Post Accident Plant Manager at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Randy Osborne – TAR Maintenance Execution Coordinator at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Rick Porter – Cherry Point Plant Manager DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Mark Richards – Operations Superintendent, Oil Movements and Blending at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Ian Rushby DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Kyle Seele – Engineer at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION Paula Sharp – Manufacturing Delivery Leader, Human Resources, at BP Texas City DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Helmut Shuster DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Greg Coleman - Former Executive Assistant to Lord Browne DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT Mike Broadribb DOWNLOAD BONSE STATEMENT DOWNLOAD DEPOSITION |