Chevron fined £5m for fatal explosion
Chevron fined £5m for fatal explosion
The former owners of an oil refinery in Pembroke have been fined £5m after four contractors were killed in an explosion.
Dennis Riley, 52, Robert Broome, 48, Andrew Jenkins, 33, and Julie Jones, 54, had been draining a chemical storage tank at the then Chevron refinery in 2011.
But flammable gases inside it ignited.
The judge said no fine could "reflect the value of someone's life".
A fifth worker, Andrew Ph...