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The document summarizes a major accident that occurred at the Texas City Refinery in 2005. It provides background on the refinery and describes how an explosion occurred during the restart of an isomerization unit, killing 15 people. A key cause was that the raffinate splitter overflowed and overheated, causing excessive vapors to flow to an inadequately designed blowdown drum. The accident revealed underlying cultural issues around process safety and a lack of barriers to prevent major accidents. BP conduc

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