Operator Name
and Case No. |
Violation
and Date(s) |
Penalty Paid and
Date Paid |
Regulation(s) Violated
(30 CFR) |
The Louisiana
Land and Exploration Company
G-2000-047 |
The master
shutdown devices for bad oil pump number 1, bad oil pump number
2 and for 7 wells were bypassed; as well as the pressure safety
low on the fuel gas scrubber.
06/14/00 – 06/14/00 |
$85,000
01/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Fairways
Specialty Sales & Service, Inc.
G-2001-004 |
Operator did
not conduct an annual crane inspection and the Low Pressure Oil
Separator was operating above the MAWP.
06/03/00 – 10/26/00
09/23/00 – 10/30/00 |
$83,000
04/12/02 |
250.107(a)
250.108 |
El Paso
Production Oil & Gas Company
G-2001-005 |
The level
safety high on the sump tank was bypassed.
10/13/00 –
10/13/00 |
$13,000
02/13/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Matrix Oil &
Gas, Inc.
G-2001-006 |
INC issued for
a hole was in piping caused by corrosion approximately one foot
down stream of the PSV on the test separator.
09/14/00 – 09/29/00 |
$17,000
11/19/02 |
250.107 |
Fairways
Specialty Sales & Service, Inc.
G-2001-009 |
Facility was
not identified as required and the operator did not correct the
violation until 209 days after being cited. Civil Penalty is
being pursued as a failure to correct. Facility had corrosion
problems including rusty handrails, nuts, bolts, nipples, and
valves and the operator did not correct the violation until 213
days after being cited. Civil Penalty is being pursued as a
failure to correct.
07/11/00 – 02/04/01
07/11/00 – 02/08/01 |
$84,800
04/12/02 |
250.154
250.107 |
Fairways
Specialty Sales & Service, Inc.
G-2001-010 |
Facility was
not identified as required and the operator did not correct the
violation until 90 days after being cited. Civil Penalty is
being pursued as a failure to correct. Facility had corrosion
problems including rusty piping, handrails, nuts, bolts,
nipples, and valves and the operator did not correct.
11/06/00 – 02/01/01
11/06/00 – 02/05/01 |
$26,200
04/12/02 |
250.107
250.154 |
EEX Corporation
G-2001-013 |
Pressure safety
low on condensate pump bypassed.
12/01/00 – 12/01/00 |
$7,500
03/19/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
El Paso
Production Oil & Gas Company
G-2001-015 |
There were 5
wells where the downhole tubing plug was not tested within the
required timeframe.
06/04/00 – 02/20/01 |
$7,000
02/01/02 |
250.804(a)(1)(iii) |
Texaco
Exploration and Production Inc.
G-2001-017 |
Inoperable Gas
Detection system in the drilling mud returns.
04/17/01 – 04/17/01 |
$12,500
01/29/02 |
250.410(c)(2)(iv) |
Amerada Hess
Corporation
G-2001-018 |
ESD (emergency
shut-down) station on boat landing was bypassed; the PSHL
(pressure safety high/low) on the departing oil pipeline was
found bypassed; and the PSV (pressure safety valve) on the bulk
oil dual separator was bypassed.
04/11/01 – 04/11/01
03/31/01 – 03/31/01
03/31/01 – 03/31/01 |
$36,000
04/18/02 |
250.803(c)(1)
250.803(c)(1)
250.1004(b)(3) |
The Louisiana
Land and Exploration Company
G-2001-020 |
The SCSSV for
Wells Nos. B-1 and B-3 was bypassed.
03/07/01 –
03/07/01 |
$20,000
01/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Texaco
Exploration and Production Inc.
G-2001-021 |
Bypassed manual
reset relay for the test separator.
05/21/00 – 05/21/00 |
$10,000
01/23/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Chevron U.S.A.
Inc.
G-2001-024 |
The surface
safety value (SSV) for Well C-7 was bypassed.
06/15/01 – 06/16/01 |
$20,000
01/23/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
BP Corporation
North America Inc.
G-2001-025 |
Level safety
low (LSL) for glycol/hydrocarbon separator was found bypassed.
06/12/01 – 06/13/01 |
$20,000
01/10/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
El Paso Production GOM Inc.
G-2001-026 |
Burner safety
low on glycol reboiler was found bypassed. It was not flagged or
being monitored at the time.
05/24/01 – 05/24/01 |
$12,000
06/05/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
El Paso
Production Oil & Gas Company
G-2001-027 |
ESD station
blocked out of service by a closed manual isolation block valve
located on the sub-cellar deck exit stairway to the boat
landing.
06/19/01 – 06/19/01 |
$17,000
04/15/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Chevron U.S.A.
Inc.
G-2001-028 |
Pollution
occurred when both the wet oil tank and sump tank carried over.
The level safety high (LSH) on the wet oil tank did not shut-in
the platform as indicated on SAFE chart.
05/25/01 – 05/25/01
05/25/01 – 05/25/01 |
$36,000
01/29/02 |
250.300(a)
250.802(e) |
Denbury
Resources Inc.
G-2001-029 |
A major
component of the approved dry chemical firefighting system was
inoperable.
05/08/01 – 05/08/01 |
$15,000
03/07/02 |
250.803(b)(8) |
PANACO, INC.
G-2001-030 |
The ultraviolet
(UV) fire detection system for turbine generators were bypassed
plus no record of testing the fire detection system from 5/2/99
to 5/2/01.
05/02/99 – 05/02/01
05/02/01 – 05/02/01 |
$151,000
02/12/02 |
250.804(a)(8)
250.803(c)(1) |
NCX Company,
Inc.
G-2001-031 |
The 2" ball
valve for the by-pass line, near the fuel gas scrubber shut down
valve (SDV) was in the half-open position rendering the SDV
inoperative.
07/11/01 – 07/11/01 |
$12,000
04/24/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Stone Energy
Corporation
G-2001-034 |
Five barrels of
oil polluted the Gulf of Mexico. The pressure safety high/low
and independent pressure safety high were bypassed.
07/05/01 – 07/05/01
07/05/01 – 07/05/01 |
$35,000
05/03/02 |
250.803(c)(1)
250.300(a) |
Energy
Partners, Ltd.
G-2001-035 |
The surface
safety valve on Well C-1A was bypassed.
07/22/01 – 07/22/01 |
$10,000
06/10/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Devon Energy
Production Company, L. P.
G-2001-036 |
Operating with
an inoperable inlet SDV on the compressor suction scrubber while
the compressor remained in service and on production for 76
days.
04/25/01 – 07/09/01 |
$15,200
08/12/02 |
250.803(b)(7)(iii) |
Amoco
Production Company
G-2001-037 |
Fuel Gas
Scrubber SDV bypassed and PSH nonfunctional.
07/17/01 – 07/17/01 |
$15,000
04/02/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Energy Resource
Technology, Inc.
G-2001-038 |
The
high-pressure freewater knockout separator panel was pinned out
of service.
11/30/00 –
11/30/00 |
$15,000
06/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
NCX Company,
Inc.
G-2001-039 |
The manual
emergency shut down (ESD) station located on the east production
deck stairway exit to the cellar deck was found disconnected
from the facility ESD system and the platform's monitoring gas
detection system (ASH) was found bypassed.
07/17/01 – 07/17/01
07/17/01 – 07/17/01 |
$24,500
03/22/02 |
250.803(c)(1)
250.803(b)(4) |
BP Exploration
& Oil Inc.
G-2001-040 |
Rig floor hand
injured after receiving a shock from an improperly grounded skid
mounted electrical pressure washer.
03/15/01 – 03/15/01 |
$23,000
05/09/02 |
250.114(c) |
Apache
Corporation
G-2001-041 |
Surface safety
valve (SSV) on Well No. A-5 was found pinned out of service.
07/16/01 – 07/16/01 |
$13,000
05/10/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
GOM Shelf LLC
G-2001-042 |
The emergency
shutdown stations (ESD’s) at the S/E and N/W stairways at the
+10 deck were discovered inoperable. The ESD’s at the S/W and
N/E boat landings were also discovered inoperable.
07/24/01 – 07/24/01 |
$60,000
09/24/02 |
250.803(b)(4) |
Devon Energy
Production Company, L.P.
G-2001-044 |
The "total
system bypass" was found in the bypass position on a slave
panel. This bypassed the pressure safety high/low and level
safety high on the fuel gas scrubber.
06/27/01 – 06/27/01 |
$3,000
06/20/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Union Oil
Company of California
G-2001-045 |
The level
safety high on the sump tank was bypassed.
07/23/01 – 07/23/01 |
$10,000
04/16/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Union Oil
Company of California
G-2001-047 |
The emergency
shut down (ESD) station at the boat landing was found blocked
out of service
08/12/01 – 08/12/01 |
$5,000
09/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Union Oil
Company of California
G-2002-001 |
The emergency
shut down (ESD) stations on the northwest, southwest, east, and
west boat landings were all bypassed.
09/18/01 – 09/18/01 |
$20,000
09/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Nuevo Energy
Company
P-2002-001 |
Failure to test
fire and gas detection systems on required basis (every 3
months); 1 testing period missed. Failure to conduct required
monthly testing for flow safety valves on water injection wells
for 2 months; 2 testing periods missed.
06/22/01 – 07/23/01 06/23/01 – 07/13/01 |
$6,000
08/08/02 |
250.804(a)(8)
250.804(a)(8) |
Union Oil
Company of California
G-2002-003 |
Pressure safety
high/low and level safety high on fuel gas scrubber were found
bypassed.
09/25/01 – 09/25/01 09/25/01 – 09/25/01 |
$17,500
09/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1)
250.803(c)(1) |
Fairways
Specialty Sales & Service, Inc.
G-2002-004 |
Oil was
observed entering the Gulf of Mexico from two different sources
associated with the water clarifier: from the open end of an
unapproved 4” PVC line installed on the water overboard
discharge line and extending approximately 20’ into the air, and
directly from the water overboard discharge line due to a
malfunctioning dump valve.
09/28/01 – 09/28/01 09/28/01 –
09/28/01 |
$42,500
08/20/02 |
250.802(e)
250.300(a) |
J. M. Huber
Corporation
G-2002-005 |
The sump pump
was not operational resulting in pollution of crude oil into
Gulf waters.
10/30/01
–
10/30/01 10/30/01 –
10/30/01 |
$35,000
08/16/02 |
250.300(b)(4)
250.300(a) |
Fairways
Specialty Sales & Service, Inc.
G-2002-006 |
Emergency shut
down stations at two boat landings and the shut down valve to
the test separator were bypassed.
11/07/01 – 11/07/01 11/08/01 – 11/08/01 |
$28,000
08/20/02 |
250.803(c)(1)
250.803(c)(1) |
Linder Oil
Company, A Partnership
G-2002-008 |
The walkway to
the sump tank, handrails on a stairway and +12 walkway, and
grating at the wellbay area on the +12 level were not maintained
in a safe condition. The walkway and handrails had corroded to
the point of separation and the grating had missing sections.
08/28/01 – 09/20/01 |
$25,000
09/10/02 |
250.107 |
Union Oil
Company of California
G-2002-010 |
Three emergency
shut down stations were bypassed at the +10 deck level.
10/29/01 –
11/06/01 |
$15,000
09/11/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Kerr-McGee
Corporation
G-2002-011 |
The
surface-controlled subsurface safety valves in Wells A-6 & A-6D
were bypassed for 11 days.
09/14/01 – 09/24/01 |
$66,000
10/22/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Vastar
Resources, Inc.
G-2002-012 |
Two emergency
shut down stations were inoperable; one at the boat landing on
the F structure and one at the boat landing on the I structure.
12/03/01 – 12/03/01 |
$37,000
08/13/02 |
250.803(b)(4) |
Kerr-McGee Oil
& Gas Corporation
G-2002-013 |
Rusty vessel,
walkways, stairways, and grating preventing safe operations.
12/21/01 –
12/21/01 |
$20,000
10/22/02 |
250.107 |
Shell Offshore
Inc.
G-2002-014 |
Flowline
pressure-activated relay had a pin inserted in it thereby
bypassing the pressure safety high/low for flowline segment
FA-2.
10/01/01 – 10/01/01 |
$12,000
12/09/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Exxon Mobil
Corporation
G-2002-015 |
Secondary sump
pump, approved in lieu of level safety high on sump tank, found
out of service
01/10/02 – 01/11/02 |
$15,000
09/09/02 |
250.802(e) |
Seneca
Resources Corporation
G-2002-016 |
Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve (SCSSV) for Well No.
15 was bypassed and out of service.
12/11/01 –
12/14/01 |
$32,000
08/28/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
J. M. Huber
Corporation
G-2002-017 |
Relay for Well
Number 81 Surface Safety Valve pinned out of service
01/08/02 – 01/08/02 |
$7,000
08/27/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
BP Exploration
& Production Inc.
G-2002-018 |
The oil low
level sensor on the heater treater was not tested within the
required timeframe (missed 13 monthly tests).
12/13/00 –
12/03/01 |
$39,000
09/16/02 |
250.804(a)(3) |
Chevron U.S. A.
Inc.
G-2002-019 |
The gas sales
pipeline (KAH 827) did not have secondary over-pressure
protection.
11/13/01 –
11/13/01 |
$23,000
09/30/02 |
250.1002(d) |
Burlington
Resources Offshore Inc.
G-2002-020 |
The firewater
pump was in the manual mode instead of the automatic mode, as
required by the approved SAFE chart. The float cell oil pump’s
shutdown valve was bypassed.
04/20/01 – 04/20/01 04/20/01 – 04/20/01 |
$47,500
12/05/02 |
250.802(e)
250.803(c)(1) |
Remington Oil
and Gas Corporation
G-2002-024 |
Remote BOP
control station was found inoperable.
04/18/02 – 04/18/02 |
$12,500
12/04/02 |
250.406(d)(3) |
Vastar
Resources, Inc.
G-2002-030 |
Leaking valves
causing gas blow by and incorrectly operated Flotation Cell
causing gas accumulation resulting in a fire which required an
emergency evacuation of personnel and a shut in of the facility.
02/12/02 – 02/12/02 |
$20,000
12/10/02 |
250.107 |
LLOG
Exploration Offshore, Inc.
G-2002-031 |
Two violations
involving a ventilation alarm failure in the mud pit room when
the ventilation fan was turned off and an audible alarm failure
when testing the mud return indicator.
03/25/02 –
03/25/02 |
$25,000
12/20/02 |
250.410(c)(2)(iii)
250-410(e)(1) |
Conoco Inc.
G-2002-032 |
Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve for Well A-6 was
blocked out of service.
05/08/02 – 05/08/02 |
$10,000
11/27/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Conoco Inc.
G-2002-035 |
Surface-controlled subsurface safety valve for Well A-5 was
blocked out of service
05/09/02 – 05/09/02 |
$5,000
11/27/02 |
250.803(c)(1) |
Chevron U.S.A.
Inc
G-2002-029 |
The automatic
backup accumulator charging system was rendered inoperable by
closed air supply valves.
4/23/02 –
4/24/02 |
$30,000
12/20/02 |
250.515(c)(2) |
Total Penalties Paid:
1/1/02 – 12/31/02
56 Cases:
$1,503,700 |