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Violation Tracker Summary for Mega-Scandal
Mega-Scandal: Deepwater Horizon
Description: This list shows cases in which companies paid penalties of $25 million or more in cases related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Penalty Total since 2000: $35,854,750,000
Number of Penalty Records: 14
Note: The totals here are adjusted to account for the fact that each current parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
| Top 10 Current Parent Companies | Total Penalty $ | Number of Records |
| BP | $33,125,000,000 | 8 |
| Transocean | $1,611,750,000 | 3 |
| Halliburton | $1,028,000,000 | 1 |
| Mitsui | $90,000,000 | 2 |
Individual Penalty Records:
Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the current parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
| Company | Current Parent | Current Parent Industry | Primary Offense Type | Year | Agency | Penalty Amount  |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2015 | DOJ | $20,800,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2012 | private lawsuit-federal | $7,800,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2015 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $4,900,000,000 |
| BP Exploration and Production Inc. | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2012 | DOJ | $4,000,000,000 |
| BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL/DEEPWATER HORIZON (NC) | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,377,250,000 |
| BP Exploration & Production Inc. (Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill) (National Case) (Lead) | BP | oil and gas | environmental violation | 2016 | EPA | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $3,372,250,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | oil spill | 2015 | MS-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000,000 |
| Halliburton Energy Services Inc. | Halliburton | oilfield services and supplies | oil spill | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $1,028,000,000 |
| Transocean | Transocean | oilfield services and supplies | oil spill | 2013 | EPA | $1,000,000,000 |
| BP | BP | oil and gas | investor protection violation | 2012 | SEC | $525,000,000 |
| Transocean Deepwater Inc. | Transocean | oilfield services and supplies | oil spill | 2013 | EPA | $400,000,000 |
| Transocean Ltd. | Transocean | oilfield services and supplies | oil spill | 2017 | private lawsuit-federal | $211,750,000 |
| MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC | Mitsui | diversified | oil spill | 2012 | EPA | $90,000,000 |
| MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC | Mitsui | diversified | oil spill | 2012 | MULTI-AG | (*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $25,000,000 |
