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W&T Offshore Reaches Resolution to Clean Water Act Investigation
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W&T Offshore Inc. has 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…
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