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Company: Hess Corp.
Current Parent Company: Hess Corp.
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Penalty: $4,400,000
Year: 2015
Date: November 3, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: Hess agreed to pay $4.4 million in settlement of allegations it and its subsidiary Merit Oil received reimbursement payments from a state fund for cleanup of gasoline station storage tanks, while also seeking and receiving payment from their insursers.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Massachusetts
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
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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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.