Death at Phillips’ Houston Chemical Complex after explosion, fire - April 28, 2000

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canada's oil and gas industryApril 2000

Vol. 5, No. 4

Week of April 28, 2000

Death at Phillips’ Houston Chemical Complex after explosion, fire

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

Phillips Petroleum Co. said that one person was killed and 71 treated for injuries after a March 27 explosion and fire at the company’s Houston Chemical Complex near Pasadena, Texas. Thirty-two Phillips employees and 39 contract employees were taken to area hospitals.

The explosion and fire occurred at Phillips’ K-Resin styrene-butadiene copolymer plant.

At a press conference at the complex, Jim Mulva, Phillips’ chairman and chief executive officer, said the fire had been extinguished, and there was no danger to the public. An outside environmental contractor found no hazardous airborne contaminates leaving the plant. Phillips said the cause of the accident would be investigated.

The entire complex was shut down following the explosion and fire. Phillips said it expected to resume polyethylene and polypropylene production within a few days.

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