- Per the previous civil penalties post
- Data are on a fiscal year basis (i.e. 2022 started on 10/1/2021 and ended on 9/30/2022)
- These data are only for civil penalties paid in that year. Data for civil penalties referrals are not publicly available.
- Nothing terribly surprising in the data. Fieldwood’s issues have been discussed at length.
- Note (last chart) the lag between the date violations were observed and the date penalties were paid. This lag is significant but understandable given due process considerations.
- Fastest payment: 6 months by Shell for an open hole that was not properly barricaded ($26,750 penalty, 2018).
- Slowest payment: 54 months by LLOG for failing to install and maintain equipment properly (three 2016 violations)
- Largest civil penalty paid: $512,900 by bp for a high-pressure gas release caused by the use of improper seals (May 8, 2018 violation).
- Smallest civil penalty paid: $16,300 by Arena for the release of 1000 psi gas on October 16, 2018
- The current maximum penalty amount is $52,646 per day, per violation.
- To learn more about the specific cases.
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