EPA v. BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL/DEEPWATER HORIZON (NC)

Case summary

5/9/2011 - COMPLAINT ALLEGES DEFENDANTS VIOLATED CWA SECTIONS 311 AND 301/402. THE VIOLATIONS AROSE FROM OIL DISCHARGES FROM THE MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT, DEEPWATER HORIZON, IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COMPLAINT SEEKS PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. THIS IS A NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT CASE. In June 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana entered a Consent Decree between the United States and MOEX Offshore, to settle MOEX's Clean Water Act liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.? According to the terms of the settlement, MOEX will pay $70 million in civil penalties? the largest civil penalty to date under the Clean Water Act ? and will spend $20 million to facilitate land acquisition projects in several Gulf states that will preserve and protect in perpetuity habitat and resources important to water quality. The Federal government will receive $45 million in civil penalties, with the remainder divided between the several Gulf states. MOEX is required to spend $5 million in each of the Region 4 states of Florida and Mississippi and on the land acquisition and protection project.

Defendants (10)

• TRITON ASSET LEASING GMBHNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• LLOYD'S SYNDICATE 1036Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• QBE UNDERWRITING LTD.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• TRANSOCEAN HOLDINGS LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• MOEX OFFSHORE 2007 LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• ANADARKO EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, LPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• BP EXPLORATION & OIL INC. (GMG290110)

  GULF OF MEXICO, GULF OF MEXICO, TX, 99999

  Registry ID: 110015755672

• BP EXPLORATION&PRODUCTION, INC

  501 WESTLAKE PARK BLVD., HOUSTON, TX, 77079

  Registry ID: 110063982347

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
• CWA 311F — Oil Removal Cost Recovery
• CWA 311B — Oil & Hazardous Substances Discharge

Enforcement conclusions (4)

• BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL (ANADARKO) (NC)(042016C007)entered 2015-11-30

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $79,750,000

• BP EXPLORATION aka TRANSOCEAN/TRITON (GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL) (NATIONAL CASE)entered 2013-02-19

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500,000,000

• BP EXPLORATION aka MOEX (GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL) (NATIONAL CASE) (04-2012-C015)entered 2012-06-18

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $22,500,000 · State/local: $15,000,000 · SEP: $10,000,000

• BP EXPLORATION/MOEX/TRANSOCEAN DEEPWATER/TRITON/GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL/DEEPWATER HORIZON (NC)entered 2016-04-04

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $2,750,000,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2010-08-04Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2010-12-15Complaint Filed With Court
• 2011-05-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2015-11-30Final Order Lodged
• 2016-04-04Final Order Entered