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Company: Shell Chemical
Current Parent Company: Shell PLC
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Penalty: $6,500,000
Year: 2007
Date: March 15, 2007
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Shell Chemical agreed to pay a fine of $1 million and spend $5.5 million on environmental improvement projects.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Louisiana
HQ Country of Current Parent: United Kingdom
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: oil and gas
Specific Industry of Current Parent: oil & gas
Source of Data: Shell Chemical to pay $1 million fine in settlement with DEQ, The Advocate, March 15, 2007 (via Nexis)
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.