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Company: BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL/DEEPWATER HORIZON (NC)
Current Parent Company: BP
Penalty: $3,377,250,000
Year: 2016
Date: April 4, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Mega-Scandal: Deepwater Horizon
Violation Description: Primary laws: CWA; CWA; CWA; CWA, Violation types: Oil Spill Violation Under CWA/OPA; Violation Of A Permit Requirement
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 04-2010-9036
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
Source of Data: Extracted from a download of the EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) ICIS FE&C file updated 3/2/2024, available at (click here)
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ECHO Case ID: 04-2010-9036
Link to ECHO: You can access EPA ECHO data on this facility here
Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.