An oil firm, ConocoPhillips Limited, has been ordered to pay more than £1 million in fines and costs at Grimsby Crown Court for breaching health and safety rules in connection with two incidents in 2001, including a huge explosion at the Humber Refinery, South Killingholme, North Lincolnshire. The incident was described as “possibly the most serious chemical incident in Britain since the Flixborough disaster”.

Nobody was killed or seriously injured in the blast, but inspe... (205 more words)

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