# Shell Offshore, Inc. (GMG290103)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2005 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `131463`
- **Case Number:** 06-2005-1707
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Shell Offshore, Inc. (GMG290103) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Respondent is an offshore oil and gas extraction company operating in the Gulf of Mexico.  Respondent had a leak in their methanol line in lease area Garden Banks, blocks 341 and 426, that resulted in a discharge of 623 gallons on July 31, 2004.  The line is a small (1.5-2 inch) line on the seabed floor.  Respondent reported no observable impacts.  EPA is ordering them to fix the line and take steps to prevent such a discharge in the future.

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