Texas oil executive pleads guilty on charges related to death of worker

Aghorn oil exec, company sentenced in 2019 Odessa gas leak that killed husband and wife

Texas Oilfield Company and Executive Plead Guilty in Hydrogen Sulfide Deaths - Inside Climate News

Permian Basin oilfield worker Jacob Dean and his wife, Natalee, suffered fatal hydrogen sulfide exposure at a work site. Two companies entered guilty pleas and will pay $1.4 million in fines.By Martha PskowskiAghorn Operating Inc., a Texas oilfield company, and its vice president pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges resulting from the death of a worker and his wife in 2019 near Odessa.

Texas oil executive pleads guilty on charges related to death of worker

AUSTIN, Texas — A West Texas oil executive will go to prison for violating laws meant to protect workers — actions that led to the deaths of a worker and his wife in 2019. Trent Day, vice president at Odessa, Texas-based Aghorn Energy, pleaded guilty to charges of violating the Clean Air Act and OSHA…

Texas Oilfield Company and Executive Plead Guilty in Hydrogen Sulfide Deaths

Permian Basin oilfield worker Jacob Dean and his wife, Natalee, suffered fatal hydrogen sulfide exposure at a work site. Two companies entered guilty pleas and will pay $1.4 million in fines. By Martha Pskowski Aghorn Operating Inc., a Texas oilfield company, and its vice president pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal charges resulting from the death of a worker and his wife in 2019 near Odessa.

Odessa Oil Companies Fined $1.4M After Employee and His Spouse Killed; Executive Sentenced to Prison

ODESSA, TX — Aghorn Operating Inc., its vice president Trent Day, and Kodiak Roustabout Inc. have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in connection to the 2019 deaths of Jacob and Natalee Dean, who were overcome by deadly hydrogen sulfide gas at an Aghorn facility in Odessa. Hydrogen sulfide, also known as H₂S, is a toxic gas commonly found in oil and gas production, particularly in “sour” crude reserves. Learn More Here.