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Company: Shell Oil Co.
Current Parent Company: Shell PLC
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Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2014
Date: February 27, 2014
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: underground storage tank 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 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
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