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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: JX Nippon Oil Exploration (U.S.A.) Limited
Current Parent Company: ENEOS Holdings
Penalty: $25,000
Year: 2011
Date: May 19, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: offshore drilling violation
Violation Description: During the course of a BOEMRE investigation, it was determined that Nippon did not perform the decommissioning operations in a safe and workmanlike manner. The operation involved the cutting of the tack welds that attach the skid base of the wood and fiberglass constructed office building to the platform deck structure. Hot slag from the cutting operation ignited the construction materials inside the walls of the building.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: Japan
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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