The Minerals Management Service of the Department of Interior fined BP Exploration & Production, Inc. for violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. According to a notice published in the Federal Register: “Operator failed to verify employees were trained to competently perform the assigned well control duties. Additionally, they failed to have a remote-controlled station that could operate the valves in the flow and vent lines of the diverter. These violations contributed to a loss of well control event on November 14, 2002. There was no pollution or injuries.”