February 22, 2012
Affiliates of French oil giant Total SA will pay $15 million to settle allegations in Texas federal court that they underpaid royalties owed on natural gas extracted from federal lands in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.
September 16, 2011
BP PLC units have agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle government allegations that they underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian land leases, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.
June 20, 2011
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Kerr-McGee Corp. have agreed to pay more than $17 million to settle a Texas suit that claims they knowingly underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian leases, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.
May 10, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday that Shell Oil Co. had agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a Texas suit alleging it underpaid natural gas royalties owed to the federal government.