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Ex-Nymex Board Member Charged with Illegal Gas Trading

A former board member of the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) pled guilty Tuesday to two felonies — illegal trading in the natural gas market and tampering with physical evidence.

April 9, 2008

Houston Drilling Firm Fined for Using Gulf as Dumping Ground

Rowan Companies Inc., pursuant to a plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), has pled guilty to three felony counts in a federal court in Beaumont, TX, in connection with the dumping of oil and other pollutants into the Gulf of Mexico by one of its drilling rigs, Rowan-Midland, during the period from 2002 through 2004.

October 11, 2007