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Corporate conductConfirmed
Shell fraudulently deducted transportation costs
Shell fraudulently deducted oil transportation costs on the Mineral Management Service’s Form 2014s for specific oil leases from October 2001 through December 2005.
Little and Arnold say that Shell fraudulently deducted oil transportation costs on the Mineral Management Service’s Form 2014s for specific oil leases from October 2001 through December 2005.
Corporate conductConfirmed
Shell fined €25.8M for Congo bribery
Shell was fined €25.8M for bribing public officials in Congo.
Shell disregarded state underground fuel storage and hazardous waste laws, committing hundreds of environmental violations at its gasoline stations across California.
“Shell Oil Company disregarded the state’s underground fuel storage and hazardous waste laws, committing hundreds of environmental violations at its gasoline stations across California,” Brown said.
Workplace equityAllegation
Shell is accused of discriminatory workplace purge
Shell is accused of ousting white employees from its Houston corporate security team and replacing them with less qualified employees of color in a discriminatory purge.
Shell USA allegedly ousted all the white employees from its security team in a discriminatory purge, according to a bombshell lawsuit.
The lawsuit accuses Shell of maintaining illegal racial hiring and promotion quotas.
Oil giant Shell USA allegedly ousted all the white employees from its corporate security team in Houston — replacing them with less qualified people of color in what amounted to a discriminatory purge, according to a bombshell lawsuit.
Exclusive | Shell ousted white security staffers for 'weaker' diverse hires in 'discriminatory' purge: lawsuit
Corporate conductSettlement
Shell agreed to pay $2.2 million to resolve a Federal False Claims case involving knowingly underpaying royalties on natural gas from Federal leases
Inc., and Shell Western Exploration and Production (Shell Defendants) have agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million plus interest to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from Federal leases, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
Shell to pay $2.2 million settlement to resolve Federal False Claims case | U.S. Department of the Interior
WASHINGTON — Shell Oil Company, Shell Offshore Inc., Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., and Shell Western Exploration and Production (Shell Defendants) have agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million plus interest to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from Federal leases, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
Inc., and Shell Western Exploration and Production (Shell Defendants) have agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million plus interest to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from Federal leases, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
Corporate conductSettlement
Shell settles $1.1 billion corruption case in Nigeria
Shell (SHEL) Settles $1.1 Billion Corruption Case in Nigeria
Climate & energySettlement
Shell settles for excess VOCs and benzene emissions
Shell settles for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act and regulatory requirements, including excess emissions of volatile organic compounds and benzene.
The settlement resolves allegations that Shell violated the Clean Air Act and State law by failing to properly operate industrial flares at the facility.
The complaint alleges that Shell Chemical violated Clean Air Act (CAA) and regulatory requirements, which resulted in excess emissions of pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), various hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) including benzene, and nitrogen oxides (NOx).
Shell Chemical will pay a civil penalty of $350,000.
The Complaint seeks civil penalties and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Shell Chemical LP (“Shell”), violated the Clean Air Act (the “CAA” or “Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act, with respect to emissions of volatile organic compounds (“VOCs”), hazardous air pollutants (“HAPs”), and other pollutants at Defendant’s petrochemical facility located in Norco, Louisiana (“Facility”).
Shell further certifies that it has not applied for or received, and will not in the future apply for or receive: (i) credit as a Supplemental Environmental Project or other penalty offset in any other enforcement action for the BEP; (ii) credit for any emissions reductions resulting from the BEP in any federal or State emissions trading or early reduction program; or (iii) a deduction from any federal or State tax based on its participation in, performance of, or incurrence of costs related to the BEP.
Shapiro Administration Secures $15 Million Settlement from Shell, Including $7.5 Million for Beaver County to Resolve Air Quality Violations
Harrisburg, PA – Today, the Shapiro Administration announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) entered into a consent order and agreement (COA) with Shell Chemicals Appalachia, LLC (Shell), in which Shell formally acknowledged that the company exceeded total emission limitations for air contaminants and violated other environmental requirements, agreed to make improvements to reduce future exceedances, and agreed to pay $15 million to DEP and the local Beaver County community.
Under the agreement, Shell will pay a $7.5 million civil penalty, with 25 percent of that penalty directed to the Potter Township, the host municipality, as required by law.
In 2023, DEP secured a nearly $10 million agreement with Shell, including a $4.9 million civil penalty and an additional $5 million commitment for environmental projects benefiting the local community.
Shell will also contribute an additional $7.5 million to establish the new Beaver County Environment and Community Fund, bringing the total direct investment in the local community to $9.375 million.
Corporate conductConfirmed
Shell fined for pipework fire risk
Shell UK was fined for a potentially catastrophic pipework fire risk.