Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Shell Oil Co.
Current Parent Company:
Royal Dutch Shell
Penalty:
$4,000,000
Year:
2014
Date:
February 27, 2014
Offense Group:
environment-related offenses
Primary Offense:
environmental violation
Secondary Offense:
False Claims Act and related
Violation Description:
Shell Oil agreed to pay $4 million in settlement of allegations it and its joint venture Motive Enterprises received reimbursement payments from a state fund for cleanup of gasoline station storage tanks, while also seeking and receiving payments from their insursers, when such recoveries require paying back the state fund.
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Massachusetts Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
Massachusetts
HQ Country of Parent:
Netherlands
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
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.
