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Company: Stone Energy Corp.
Current Parent Company: Talos Energy
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Penalty: $200,000
Year: 2016
Date: March 28, 2016
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: oil or gas drilling violation
Secondary Offense: offshore drilling violation
Violation Description: During the course of a BSEE inspection of simultaneous operations, inspectors discovered that an actuator associated with the shutdown valve on a 4" bi-directional pipeline, which delivers gas-lift gas to the facility was venting an excessive amount of natural gas to the atmosphere from a vent tube.
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: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
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