OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The operator of a south Arkansas chemical plant that exploded in 2012 has filed a federal lawsuit in Oklahoma against a French company that supplied industrial gas for the facility, arguing that the supplier is responsible for more than $100 million in damages and losses as result of the blast.
El Dorado Chemical Company, which is part of Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc., filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Air Liquide. The lawsuit accuses Air Liquide of negligence for failing to properly maintain oxygen pipes at the nitric acid plant in El Dorado, Arkansas, The Oklahoman reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/1v8XPtm ).
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