In Re: Whitney Oil & Gas LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA CIVIL ACTION IN RE: WHITNEY OIL & GAS LLC NO: 22-3015 SECTION: “H” FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Petitioner Whitney Oil & Gas, LLC (“Whitney Oil”) deployed its own operators and contract operators from Quality Process Services, LLC (“QPS”) to check wells. On the morning of September 27, 2021, Claimant Kerri Espadron, a production operator for Whitney Oil, and Wyatt Boone, a production operator from QPS, departed in the field boat M/V LIL RED to check wells. Boone subsequently drove the boat…