Corporate Description

BP Products North America is the corporate successor to Amoco Oil Company (1985-1998 separate corporation) and Standard Oil Company of Indiana (Indiana Standard, 1889-1985). Through the asbestos era, the Standard Oil Indiana → Amoco → BP corporate lineage operated major U.S. refineries including:

  • Whiting Indiana Refinery (1889-present) — one of the largest U.S. refineries on Lake Michigan
  • Texas City Texas Refinery (1934-2013 under BP; now Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery — see Marathon Texas City page)
  • Mandan North Dakota Refinery
  • Salt Lake City Utah Refinery
  • Other regional refineries and petrochemical operations

BP Products has been named as a corporate defendant in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation — including the publicly filed Missouri OBLF asbestos litigation. case where BP Products filed an Answer / Entry of Appearance.

Asbestos Exposure at BP / Amoco / Standard Oil Indiana Refineries

Standard U.S. refinery asbestos exposure pattern — see Chevron Richmond Refinery page for detailed refinery asbestos pathway documentation.

Worker Populations Exposed

  • BP / Amoco / Standard Oil Indiana operators, maintenance workers, technicians
  • UA pipefitters, HFIAW insulators, IBB boilermakers, IBEW electricians dispatched to BP refinery work
  • Turnaround and capital-project contractor workforces