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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: 
oil and gas
Penalty Total since 2000: 
$44,317,245,460
Number of Records: 
5,448
Note: 
The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries 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. They 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 individual records list below.

Top 10 Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
BP$27,697,763,056286
Occidental Petroleum$5,434,247,922234
Exxon Mobil$1,600,593,595447
Marathon Petroleum$1,499,189,099299
Royal Dutch Shell$1,274,548,970388
Valero Energy$1,094,191,068257
Chevron$983,909,792478
Phillips 66$649,225,431211
Williams Companies$566,840,155112
Total S.A.$479,458,299132


Individual Penalty Records:

Click on the company or penalty amount for more information on each case. Click on the parent name to reach the summary page for that parent company.
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Company Parent Primary Offense Typesort icon Year Agency Penalty Amount
Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation Blue Ridge Mountain Resources accounting fraud or deficiencies 2016 SEC $250,000
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company Royal Dutch Shell accounting fraud or deficiencies 2004 SEC $120,000,000
Andeavor LLC Marathon Petroleum accounting fraud or deficiencies 2020 SEC $20,000,000
CHALMETTE REFINING PBF Energy aviation safety violation 2010 FAA $5,000
HOLLY REFINING & MARKETING COMPANY HollyFrontier aviation safety violation 2011 FAA $7,000
HUSKY ENERGY Cenovus Energy aviation safety violation 2012 FAA $9,750
SHELL LUBRICANTS Royal Dutch Shell aviation safety violation 2014 FAA $54,000
SANDRIDGE ENERGY SandRidge Energy aviation safety violation 2014 FAA $33,750
HUTCHINSON AEROSPACE AND INDUSTRY INC Total S.A. aviation safety violation 2018 FAA $75,000
PURE RESOURCES INC. Chevron benefit plan administrator violation 2006 EBSA $10,001
Marathon, INc. Marathon Petroleum benefit plan administrator violation 2002 EBSA $10,001
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company Royal Dutch Shell benefit plan administrator violation 2005 private lawsuit-federal $90,000,000
Williams Co Inc. Williams Companies benefit plan administrator violation 2005 private lawsuit-federal $55,000,000
BP Corporation North America BP benefit plan administrator violation 2006 private lawsuit-federal $1,450,000
Amerada Hess Corporation Hess Corp. benefit plan administrator violation 2005 private lawsuit-federal $2,250,000
Amerada Hess Corporation Hess Corp. consumer protection violation 2005 NJ-AG $372,391
BP BP consumer protection violation 2012 AK-AG $255,000,000
BP Products North America, Inc. BP consumer protection violation 2006 NJ-AG $315,000
Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. Chesapeake Energy consumer protection violation 2012 NY-AG $250,000
CITGO Petroleum Corporation PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.) consumer protection violation 2017 NJ-AG $456,610
Inergy Propane dba Pyrofax Energy Crestwood Holdings consumer protection violation 2013 VT-AG $240,000
Marathon Petroleum Company Marathon Petroleum consumer protection violation 2019 KY-AG $22,500,000
Valero Valero Energy consumer protection violation 2006 CT-AG $20,085
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Chevron consumer protection violation 2018 CA-MULTI $141,355
Equilon Enterprises, LLC dba Shell Oil Royal Dutch Shell consumer protection violation 2016 CA-MULTI $762,500
CITGO Petroleum Corp. PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.) consumer protection violation 2014 IL-CDBACP $45,000
Jiffy Lube International Inc. Royal Dutch Shell consumer protection violation 2001 NJ-DCA $99,286
Chesapeake Energy Chesapeake Energy consumer protection violation 2021 PA-AG $5,300,000
The Williams Companies, Inc. Williams Companies data submission deficiencies 2003 CFTC $20,000,000
Eni Petroleum Co. Inc. ENI economic sanction violation 2008 OFAC $6,562
Chevron Corporation Chevron economic sanction violation 2007 OFAC $2,000,000
Conoco Middle East Ltd. ConocoPhillips economic sanction violation 2004 OFAC $16,500
Conoco, Inc ConocoPhillips economic sanction violation 2004 OFAC $16,500
Chevron/Texaco Chevron economic sanction violation 2003 OFAC $14,071
Exxon Mobil Corp Exxon Mobil economic sanction violation 2003 OFAC $50,000
Exxon Mobil Exxon Mobil economic sanction violation 2017 OFAC $2,000,000
BP Exploration and Production, Inc. BP employment discrimination 2012 EEOC $5,400,000
Hutchinson Sealing Systems, Inc. Total S.A. employment discrimination 2013 EEOC $210,000
WilcoHess Marathon Petroleum employment discrimination 2013 EEOC $215,000
Parker Drilling Co. Parker Drilling employment discrimination 2015 EEOC $245,619
WilcoHess, LLC Marathon Petroleum employment discrimination 2009 EEOC $75,000
ConocoPhillips Phillips 66 employment discrimination 2009 EEOC $20,000
Shell Exploration Royal Dutch Shell employment discrimination 2006 OFCCP $50,000
ChevronTexaco Chevron employment discrimination 2007 private lawsuit-federal $5,571,435
Tesoro Refining & Marketing Marathon Petroleum employment discrimination 2012 private lawsuit-state $7,582,900
CITGO Petroleum Corporation PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.) employment discrimination 2019 EEOC $162,500
Apache Corporation Apache Corp. employment discrimination 2019 private lawsuit-state $846,616
Valero Refining-New Orleans, LLC and Valero Services, Inc. Valero Energy employment discrimination 2020 OFCCP $362,500
BP Products North America Inc. BP energy market manipulation 2007 CFTC $303,000,000
Marathon Petroleum Company Marathon Petroleum energy market manipulation 2007 CFTC $1,000,000
Williams Companies, Inc. Williams Companies energy market manipulation 2003 OR-AG $15,000,000
Williams Energy Marketing & Trading Williams Companies energy market manipulation 2002 MULTI-AG $417,000,000
BP Energy Company BP energy market manipulation 2003 FERC $3,000,000
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Occidental Petroleum energy market violation 2009 FERC $1,332,423
DCP Midstream, LLC DCP Midstream Partners energy market violation 2008 FERC $360,000
BP Energy Company BP energy market violation 2007 FERC $7,000,000
Williams Companies Williams Companies energy market violation 2005 FERC $7,600,000
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco) Williams Companies energy market violation 2003 FERC $20,000,000
Noble Energy, Inc. Chevron energy market violation 2010 FERC $4,160,487
ConocoPhillips Company Phillips 66 energy market violation 2012 FERC $3,719,900
Enterprise Texas Pipeline LLC Enterprise Products Partners energy market violation 2013 FERC $7,549,539
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. (Transco) Williams Companies energy market violation 2003 FERC $20,000,000
Freeport LNG Development, L.P. Freeport LNG Development energy market violation 2021 FERC $550,000
Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC Crestwood Holdings energy market violation 2021 FERC $700,000
BP America Inc. BP energy market violation 2020 FERC $20,367,169
Equilon Enterprises Royal Dutch Shell environmental violation 2015 EPA $900,000
Phillips 66 Phillips 66 environmental violation 2014 EPA $500,000
Gasco Energy Inc. Gasco Energy environmental violation 2014 EPA $110,000
Chesapeake Appalachia LLC Chesapeake Energy environmental violation 2013 EPA $9,700,000
Atlantic Richfield BP environmental violation 2013 EPA $21,000,000
Tesoro Corporation Marathon Petroleum environmental violation 2013 EPA $1,100,000
Talisman Energy USA Inc. Talisman Energy environmental violation 2012 EPA $62,457
Hess Corporation Hess Corp. environmental violation 2012 EPA $45,850,000
Marathon Petroleum Marathon Petroleum environmental violation 2012 EPA $460,000
BP America BP environmental violation 2011 EPA $426,500
ConocoPhillips Phillips 66 environmental violation 2011 EPA $198,000
Williams Companies Williams Companies environmental violation 2011 EPA $50,000
Western Refining LP Marathon Petroleum environmental violation 2011 EPA $1,450,000
Gasco Energy Inc. Gasco Energy environmental violation 2011 EPA $350,000
Trans Energy EQT Corp. environmental violation 2015 EPA $600,000
Stone Energy Corporation Talos Energy environmental violation 2015 BSEE $40,000
W&T Offshore, Inc W&T Offshore environmental violation 2015 BSEE $100,000
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC environmental violation 2015 BSEE $30,000
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC environmental violation 2015 BSEE $125,000
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Chevron environmental violation 2015 BSEE $350,000
W&T Offshore, Inc W&T Offshore environmental violation 2015 BSEE $30,000
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC environmental violation 2015 BSEE $30,000
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Occidental Petroleum environmental violation 2014 BSEE $70,000
Apache Corporation Apache Corp. environmental violation 2014 BSEE $40,000
Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc. Talos Energy environmental violation 2014 BSEE $30,000
Energy Resource Technology GOM, Inc. Talos Energy environmental violation 2014 BSEE $80,000
Stone Energy Corporation Talos Energy environmental violation 2014 BSEE $50,000
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC environmental violation 2014 BSEE $30,000
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Chevron environmental violation 2014 BSEE $35,000
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC environmental violation 2014 BSEE $70,000
Apache Corporation Apache Corp. environmental violation 2014 BSEE $75,000
Linder Oil Company Linder Oil environmental violation 2014 BSEE $25,000
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC environmental violation 2014 BSEE $75,000
BP Exploration & Production Inc. BP environmental violation 2014 BSEE $65,000
W&T Offshore, Inc. W&T Offshore environmental violation 2014 BSEE $30,000
Apache Corporation Apache Corp. environmental violation 2014 BSEE $360,000
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