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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: 
Stone Energy Corp.
Current Parent Company: 
Talos Energy
Penalty: 
$200,000
Year: 
2016
Date: 
March 28, 2016
Primary Offense: 
environmental 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 Parent: 
USA
HQ State of Parent: 
Texas
Ownership Structure of Parent: 
privately held
Major Industry of Parent: 
oil and gas
Specific Industry of Parent: 
oil and gas
Source of Data: 

https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/cp_paid_2nd_qtr_2016.pdf (archived copy)

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Parent company note: 
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