W&T Offshore, Inc. WTI today
announced that it reached an agreement with the United States Attorney's
Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana that resolves environmental
violations related to the Company's Ewing Banks 910 oil and gas production
platform ("EW-910") in the Gulf of Mexico.
During 2009, employees of a contractor working for W&T Offshore on the EW-910
platform violated established protocols for collecting produced water samples
before submitting the samples to the laboratory for testing. Additionally, on
November 27, 2009, Federal government inspectors observed a light, visible
sheen on the water around the EW-910 platform, resulting from ongoing platform
cleaning efforts.
Under the agreement, W&T Offshore will plead guilty to one felony count under
the Clean Water Act for altering monthly produced water discharge samples from
the EW-910 platform in 2009 and to one misdemeanor count under the Clean Water
Act for negligently discharging a small amount of oil from the same platform
in November 2009. The Company previously disclosed the ongoing government
investigation.
The plea agreement, which is subject to Federal district court approval,
requires W&T Offshore to pay a $700,000 fine, make a $300,000 community
service payment, be placed on a three-year term of probation, and implement an
environmental compliance program subject to a third-party audit.
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