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Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)	Penalty Total	Number of Records
environment-related offenses	$777,353,563	298
government-contracting-related offenses	$264,069,472	8
financial offenses	$124,560,000	3
employment-related offenses	$117,113,652	17
competition-related offenses	$49,101,142	3

Top 5 Primary Offense Types	Penalty Total	Number of Records
air pollution violation	$292,892,912	104
MTBE violation	$164,616,667	7
False Claims Act and related	$161,200,000	3
accounting fraud or deficiencies	$120,000,000	1
federal leasing royalty violation	$102,869,472	5

Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

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Individual Penalty Records:

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Company	Primary Offense Type	Year	Agency	Penalty Amount
Equilon Enterprises LLC	air pollution violation	2000	CA-SCAQMD	$1,014,239
Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc.	water pollution violation	2009	EPA	$1,025,000
Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. and Shell Offshore, Inc.	air pollution violation	2013	EPA	$1,100,000
SHELL CHEMICAL, LP	air pollution violation	2010	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,231,900
Shell Oil Company and Shell Pipe Line Corporation	oil spill	2005	IL-ENV	$1,332,932
Equilon Enterprises LLC	air pollution violation	2007	CA-SCAQMD	$1,351,000
Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc.	air pollution violation	2010	EPA	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $1,500,000
Shell Oil Company	False Claims Act and related	2011	DOJ_CIVIL	$2,200,000
Shell Offshore Inc.	environmental violation	2019	EPA	$2,200,000
Shell Oil Products Company LLC	wage and hour violation	2014	WHD	$2,258,480
Shell Oil Products U.S.	air pollution violation	2007	CA-BAAQMD	$2,850,000
Equilon Enterprises LLC	air pollution violation	2006	CA-SCAQMD	$3,300,000
Shell Oil Co.	underground storage tank violation	2014	MA-AG	$4,000,000
Shell	tax violations	2000	LA-AG	$4,360,000
Shell Oil Company and Motiva Enterprises	wage and hour violation	2014	WHD	$4,470,764
Shell Oil Co. et al.	MTBE violation	2022	RI-AG	$5,000,000
Shell Oil	consumer protection violation	2015	private lawsuit-federal	$5,000,000
Shell Oil Company	air pollution violation	2009	private lawsuit-federal	$5,800,000
Shell Chemical	environmental violation	2007	LA-ENV	$6,500,000
Equilon Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership	air pollution violation	2001	MULTI-AG	(*)Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting. $7,500,000
Equilon Enterprises LLC	wage and hour violation	2019	private lawsuit-federal	$7,750,000
SHELL PIPELINE COMPANY LP	environmental violation	2002	WA-ENV	$7,860,000
Equilon Enterprises	oil spill	2008	private lawsuit-state	$8,000,000
Shell Chemical L.P. and Shell Chemical Yabucoa	environmental violation	2010	EPA	$9,500,000
Shell Chemicals Appalachia, LLC	environmental violation	2023	PA-ENV	$9,935,023
Shell Chemicals Appalachia, LLC	environmental violation	2023	PA-ENV	$9,935,023
Shell Chemical LP	air pollution violation	2018	EPA	$10,350,000
Equilon Enterprises, LLC dba Shell Oil	environmental violation	2005	CA-MULTI	$10,750,000
Equilon Enterprises	wage and hour violation	2012	private lawsuit-federal	$11,170,000
Shell Oil	MTBE violation	2005	CA-OCDA	$14,500,000
Shell Oil Company	MTBE violation	2012	NH-AG	$17,500,000
Royal Dutch Shell	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	2010	SEC	$18,149,459
Shell Oil Company	hazardous waste violation	2009	CA-AG	$19,500,000
Shell Oil Co.	environmental violation	2008	CO-AG	$20,000,000
Shell Oil Company and Equilon Enterprises LLC	underground storage tank violation	2016	CA-WAT	$20,000,000
Shell Offshore, Inc.	federal leasing royalty violation	2003	ONRR	$21,839,472
Shell Oil Co.	pesticide violation	2016	private lawsuit-state	$21,897,293
Equilon Pipeline Company LLC	pipeline safety violation	2002	USAO	$25,000,000
Shell Offshore Inc.	federal leasing royalty violation	2012	ONRR	$25,000,000
Shell Oil Co.	MTBE violation	2002	private lawsuit-federal	$28,000,000
Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd.	Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	2010	DOJ_CRIMINAL	$30,000,000
Shell Oil Company	MTBE violation	2003	private lawsuit-state	$30,800,000
Shell Oil Company	False Claims Act and related	2003	DOJ_CIVIL	$49,000,000
Shell Oil	federal leasing royalty violation	2000	DOJ_CIVIL	$56,000,000
Shell Oil Company	pesticide violation	2019	private lawsuit-state	$63,000,000
Shell Pipeline Company LP	pipeline safety violation	2003	EPA	$67,000,000
Shell Oil Company et al.	MTBE violation	2018	NJ-AG	$68,500,000
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company	benefit plan administrator violation	2005	private lawsuit-federal	$90,000,000
Shell Oil Company	False Claims Act and related	2001	DOJ_CIVIL	$110,000,000
Shell Oil	air pollution violation	2013	EPA	$117,600,000
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company	accounting fraud or deficiencies	2004	SEC	$120,000,000
Equilon Enterprises LLC	air pollution violation	2001	EPA	$138,333,333