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Penalized for environmental violations — 3 findings
ExxonMobil settles environmental-enforcement case for $11.2 million
The settlement requires total payment by ExxonMobil of $11.2 million, including an $8.2 million penalty. It also calls for $3 million to purchase or restore environmentally sensitive lands along the Arthur Kill in NYC, and imposes injunctions for cleanup at Port Mobil and compliance with hazardous waste laws, plus a bar on arguing that those laws don't apply to isolated disposal events.
The settlement requires at total payment by ExxonMobil of $11.2 million. Included is the payment of penalty in the amount of $8.2 million (one of the largest obtained pursuant to RCRA), payment of $3 million to purchase or restore environmentally sensitive lands in New York City along the Arthur Kill waterway, and injunctions that require cleanup at Port Mobil, compliance with the hazardous waste law and regulations raised by the case, and a barring from arguing that hazardous waste laws to not apply to individual disposal events but rather only apply if long-term averaging of multiple events demonstrates the existence of toxic levels of waste.
ExxonMobil to pay $616,000 civil penalty under consent decree
ExxonMobil was adjudicated to pay a $616,000 civil penalty, hire an independent auditor to review compliance at ten refinery units, and fund a SEP to purchase a $730,000 Incident Command Vehicle for Beaumont Fire & Rescue Service.
Under the consent decree, ExxonMobil will pay a $616,000 civil penalty, hire an independent third party auditor to conduct a compliance audit of ExxonMobil’s procedures for opening process equipment at ten different process units at the refinery, and perform a supplemental environmental project (SEP) under EPA’s SEP Policy to purchase a hazardous materials Incident Command Vehicle (ICV), valued at $730,000, for the Beaumont Fire & Rescue Service (BFRS).
Exxon Mobil $14.25 million Clean Air Act penalty affirmed by federal court
A federal court affirmed a ruling that imposed a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of Clean Air Act violations at its Baytown refinery and chemical plant complex.
A federal court on Wednesday affirmed a federal judge’s 2021 ruling imposing a $14.25 million penalty on Exxon Mobil for thousands of violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company’s refinery and chemical plant complex in Baytown.
Penalized for worker-protection violations — 2 findings
Exxon Mobil settles OSHA process safety management case
Exxon Mobil Corporation settled with OSHA over process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals. The final order is dated July 20, 2016 and the action is described as a Formal Settlement, with a current penalty of $0.00.
A public record entry for ExxonMobil lists current penalty as $7,000.00; standard cited as 19100145 C03 Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags; citation type as Serious.
Judge questions evidence in ExxonMobil discrimination retaliation case
On May 14, 2025, a Seventh Circuit judge questioned what evidence a former employee seeking to revive her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against ExxonMobil had to refute ExxonMobil's assertion that she was fired after a stormy performance review.
A Seventh Circuit judge on Wednesday questioned what evidence a former employee asking the court to revive her discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against ExxonMobil had to refute the company's assertion that it fired her after she behaved unprofessionally and stormed out of a negative performance review
Exxon Mobil contributes $1,000,000 to Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee
Exxon Mobil Corporation contributed $1,000,000 to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee in January 2025. The act is recorded as a disclosed political contribution.
Exxon Mobil Corporation, the largest investor-owned oil and gas company in the world and the largest direct successor to John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, contributed $1,000,000 to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.
ExxonMobil announced plans on Wednesday to raise its oil production by 18% by 2030, investing between $28 billion - $33 billion annually to make it happen.
ExxonMobil donates over $10 million to Ukraine relief groups
ExxonMobil provided more than $10 million in direct funds to relief organizations helping Ukraine. The action occurred, with funds directed to Ukraine relief efforts.
ExxonMobil stands with the people of Ukraine. We have responded to the devastating humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion by providing more than $10 million in direct funds to relief organizations.
ExxonMobil began winning US DoD contracts to supply fuel to Israel under Foreign Military Sales beginning in 2003. Follow-on diesel and aviation-fuel contracts were recorded in 2005, 2010 and 2011 for use by Israeli military aircraft, tanks and vehicles.
ExxonMobil began winning US Department of Defense contracts, under the Foreign Military Sales program, to supply fuel to Israel starting in 2003, with follow-on diesel and aviation-fuel contracts recorded in 2005, 2010, and 2011 for use by Israeli military aircraft, tanks, and vehicles, per the American Friends Service Committee's Investigate database and corroborated by Oil Change International.
ExxonMobil expands Beaumont polyethylene plant capacity by 650,000 tons annually
ExxonMobil started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Texas plant, increasing capacity by 650,000 tons per year (about 65%) to 1.7 million tons annually.
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil said today it started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Texas polyethylene plant. The expansion increases plant production capacity by 65 percent or 650,000 tons per year, bringing site capacity to nearly 1.7 million tons per year.
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