Statoil USA E&P Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior et al

  1. October 24, 2017

    Statoil Unit Can Battle Royalty Penalty After Order Revision

    A Texas federal court on Monday granted a Statoil unit's limited request to revise an order dismissing the company's case over a government-imposed royalty penalty of more than $400,000, agreeing to remove a section that said an agency action wasn't final and paving the way for a new challenge to the fine.

  2. October 02, 2017

    Statoil Loses Challenge To DOI Royalty Reports Penalty

    A Texas federal judge tossed as premature Friday a Statoil unit's claims that by issuing the harshest penalties for inadvertent reporting errors, the U.S. Department of the Interior subverted the congressionally approved civil penalty structure for companies that fail their federal oil and gas royalty obligations.

  3. March 29, 2017

    Judge Pauses Statoil Royalty Violations Suit Against DOI

    With settlement negotiations in the works, a Texas federal judge on Tuesday stayed a suit from Statoil ASA's U.S. upstream unit accusing the federal government of subverting the congressionally approved civil penalty structure for failing to meet oil and gas royalty obligations by treating inadvertent reporting errors as serious violations.

  4. April 01, 2016

    DOI Wrongly Pumping Up Royalty Violations, Statoil Says

    Statoil ASA's U.S. upstream unit told a Texas federal judge Thursday that the U.S. Department of Interior is subverting the congressionally approved civil penalty structure for failing to meet federal oil and gas royalty obligations by treating inadvertent reporting errors as serious violations subject to the harshest penalties.

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