Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Motiva Enterprises LLC
Current Parent Company:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
Penalty:
$138,333,333
Year:
2001
Date:
March 21, 2001
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Violation Description:
To resolve a Clean Air Act case, Motiva Enterprises LLC, Equilon Enterprises LLC, and Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, which jointly operated nine oil refineries, agreed to spend $400 million to reduce emissions, pay a $9.5 million civil penalty and spend $5.5 million on supplementary environmental projects. The announcement did not indicate how much each company would pay. Here we assume the total was divided equally between the three.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
Saudi Arabia
Ownership Structure of Parent:
government-owned
Major Industry of Parent:
oil and gas
Specific Industry of Parent:
oil & gas
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
