Anatomy of a Disaster: Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery
2008•56m•Released
Documentary
This U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) video uses expert testimony and computer-animated reenactments to describe and discuss its detailed investigation into the March 23 2005 explosion of the ISOM (isomerization) unit at the BP (British Petroleum) refinery at Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed 15 workers, injured 180 others, and cost BP billions of dollars.
Writer
Sandy Gilmour, Daniel Horowitz
Cast
Sheldon Smith
Narrator
James Baker III
Himself
Glenn Erwin
Himself
Don Holmstrom
Himself
Andrew Hopkins
Himself
Mark Kaszniak
Himself
Trevor Kletz
Himself
Cheryl MacKenzie
Herself
Carolyn Merritt
Herself
William E. Wright
Himself
Recommended
7.3
Whitney
2018
6.6
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
2025
7.8
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
1990
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
6.5
Star Wars Biomes
2021
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.8
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
2014
6.8
9/11: Inside the President's War Room
2021
7
Sherman's March
1985
6.9
Rich Hill
2014
7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
6.8
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
7
This Place Rules
2022
7.8
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
6.9
Into the Abyss
2011
7.8
Adele One Night Only
2021
6.9
Directed by John Ford
1971
6.9
The Matrix Revisited
2001
Similar Movies
In Spite of Ourselves
2021
In Memoriam
2019
7.4
The Patent Scam
2017
7.1
The Shock Doctrine
2009
8.5
The Nightingale Sings
2019
Enxame
2024
8.3
Impact
2014
7.3
Titanic: The Complete Story
1994
101 Near Misses
2020
6.6
Inquiry: The Great British Housing Disaster
1984
3.4
More Dangerous Than Dynamite
1941
5
Flight Photographers
2025
7
Tomato Republic
2014
5.2
Last Days on Earth
2006
7.5
Two Towns of Jasper
2002
8.3
Catastrophe
1977
7.5
Bulletproof Salesman
2008
7.4
Big Bang in Tunguska
2008
1985: Heroes among Ruins
2022
5.2
Shake Hands with Danger
1980