BP knew of "significant safety problems" at its Texas City refinery well before a deadly explosion in March 2005, according to US investigators.
The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) found a catalogue of internal BP reports highlighting maintenance backlogs and poor infrastructure at the site.
The blast killed 15 workers and injured 180, the worst US industrial accident in more than a decade.
BP has agreed it was preventable and has allocated $1.6bn in compensation.
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