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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Merit Energy Company, LLC
Current Parent Company: Merit Energy
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Penalty: $70,000
Year: 2011
Date: February 25, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: offshore drilling violation
Violation Description: During a BOEMRE inspection, it was discovered that a tubing plug was set above the mud line. There were also several severely corroded critical areas on the equipment and platform
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: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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