Definition of treasurer for English Language Learners. : someone who is officially in charge of the money that is taken in and paid out by a government, business, organization, etc.
On Aug. 27, 1955, an explosion at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting, Ind., destroyed much of the plant and dozens of homes. The explosion occurred in a âhydroformer,â a 26-story-high tank used to convert low-octane gasoline into high-octane gasoline at what is now a BP refinery.
July 6, North Sea off Scotland: 166 workers killed in explosion and fire on Occidental Petroleum's Piper Alpha rig in North Sea; 64 survivors. It is the world's worst offshore oil disaster. Nov. 10, Saint John's, Newfoundland: Odyssey spilled 43 million gallons of oil.