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The Houston Exploration Company

Offshore OCS operator · BSEE code 01046

The Houston Exploration Company is an oil & gas operator on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. Across 277 incident-enforcement events recorded by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (1986–2010), it received 38 facility shut-ins, 364 component shut-ins, and 386 warnings — BSEE's escalating responses to safety and environmental incidents offshore.

Recent incident-enforcement events

DateRegionWarningsComp. shut-insFac. shut-ins
5/4/1999 2:00:00 PMGulf of Mexico100
4/14/2011 2:00:00 PMGulf of Mexico100
4/12/2011 2:00:00 PMGulf of Mexico900
3/6/2002 2:30:00 PMGulf of Mexico100
2010-10-06Gulf of Mexico200
2009-09-15Gulf of Mexico100
2009-05-01Gulf of Mexico010
2008-06-24Gulf of Mexico100
2008-05-20Gulf of Mexico200
2007-07-23Gulf of Mexico020
2007-07-17Gulf of Mexico230
2007-07-13Gulf of Mexico020
2007-07-12Gulf of Mexico100
2007-06-27Gulf of Mexico001
2007-06-16Gulf of Mexico220
2007-06-12Gulf of Mexico100
2007-05-21Gulf of Mexico010
2007-04-12Gulf of Mexico250
2007-04-09Gulf of Mexico100
2007-02-08Gulf of Mexico100
2006-11-07Gulf of Mexico300
2006-10-24Gulf of Mexico210
2006-10-11Gulf of Mexico100
2006-08-28Gulf of Mexico110
2006-07-27Gulf of Mexico300
2006-06-28Gulf of Mexico110
2006-06-27Gulf of Mexico020
2006-06-22Gulf of Mexico300
2006-06-21Gulf of Mexico200
2006-06-20Gulf of Mexico100
2006-06-12Gulf of Mexico700
2006-05-22Gulf of Mexico130
2006-04-20Gulf of Mexico010
2006-04-11Gulf of Mexico160
2006-03-24Gulf of Mexico020
2006-03-21Gulf of Mexico100
2006-03-02Gulf of Mexico200
2006-02-28Gulf of Mexico510
2006-02-27Gulf of Mexico020
2006-02-15Gulf of Mexico100
2006-02-14Gulf of Mexico180
2006-02-13Gulf of Mexico100
2006-02-02Gulf of Mexico010
2006-02-01Gulf of Mexico100
2006-01-31Gulf of Mexico120
2006-01-27Gulf of Mexico001
2006-01-26Gulf of Mexico370
2006-01-25Gulf of Mexico110
2006-01-20Gulf of Mexico410
2006-01-18Gulf of Mexico332
2006-01-11Gulf of Mexico230
2006-01-04Gulf of Mexico110
2006-01-03Gulf of Mexico102
2005-12-01Gulf of Mexico200
2005-11-30Gulf of Mexico400
2005-11-10Gulf of Mexico010
2005-10-30Gulf of Mexico010
2005-09-10Gulf of Mexico160
2005-09-08Gulf of Mexico100
2005-08-22Gulf of Mexico100

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About this data

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) regulates oil and gas operations on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. When an incident occurs, BSEE can issue warnings (Incidents of Noncompliance) or order component or facility shut-ins — halting production until the operator corrects the problem. This page aggregates BSEE's published incident-enforcement records by operator.

Source: BSEE Data Center. License: CC0 1.0.