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Company: Murphy Oil USA Inc.
Current Parent Company: Murphy USA
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Penalty: $624,999
Year: 2010
Date: September 28, 2010
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: air pollution violation
Violation Description: Murphy Oil agreed to pay $395,312 to Louisiana and $229,687 to Wisconsin to resolve Clean Air Act violations at two petroleum refineries. These were part of a larger $144 million settlement involving the federal government; see the Violation Tracker entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: gas stations
Source of Data: Murphy Oil USA Agrees to Substantially Upgrade Pollution Controls - Will Spend Over $142 Million at Refineries in Wisconsin and Louisiana, Targeted News Service, September 28, 2010 (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.