Aghorn Operating, Inc. contested the willful violations, and made formal settlement of the violations on record today. OSHA has not closed the investigation.
The worse job conditions I ever had was when I worked for a producer in far South TX during the 1986 oil crisis. I could find no other job. Largest independent gas producer in the USA, but clever lawyers kept them in bankruptcy for the previous 13yrs. I was there for two years trying to keep their 1800 well 1000mi pipeline system running along with 2 production engineers. Leaks everywhere and a couple of explosions every month kept me busy. When they finally hit H2S in their far south wells, I had to quit. Too much chance of walking near pinhole leaks. Fortunately oil prices were rising by 1989, so I was able to go back to Houston.
