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Company: XTO Energy Inc.
Current Parent Company: Exxon Mobil
Penalty: $16,000,000
Year: 2023
Date: November 1, 2023
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Secondary Offense: federal leasing royalty violation
Violation Description: XTO Energy Inc. agreed to pay $16 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it knowingly underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Native American lands. The settlement resolved allegations that the company improperly deducted costs necessary to put the gas in marketable condition, deducted costs of transporting carbon dioxide and failed to pay royalties on carbon dioxide.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
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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