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Company: Shell Oil
Current Parent Company: Shell PLC
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Penalty: $56,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: September 28, 2000
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: federal leasing royalty violation
Violation Description: Shell Oil agreed to pay the United States $56 million to resolve claims that it underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal leases. The settlement resolved allegations that Shell systematically underreported the value of natural gas that it produced on federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico from August 1, 1986 to December 31, 1999 and, consequently, paid less royalties than it owed to the government.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
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