Resolve

A shale-rich township in southwestern Pennsylvania is proposing mediation to resolve a dispute with a local gas driller.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. and affiliates Occidental Oil and Gas Corp. and OXY USA Inc. have agreed to pay the federal government $2.05 million to resolve claims that they knowingly underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal leases, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday.

Residents of Dimock Township in Susquehanna County, PA, whose drinking water supplies were contaminated by natural gas, are to receive a share of $4.1 million that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. agreed to pay under a settlement negotiated with the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

Units of ExxonMobil Corp. have been ordered to pay the United States $32.2 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and American Indian leases, the U.S. Justice Department announced last week. For its part, ExxonMobil acknowledged the settlement, which occurred two years ago, but vehemently denied the Justice Department’s claims that it deliberately underpaid royalties.

FERC has ordered an evidentiary hearing to resolve eight issues that shippers have contested in Texas Eastern Transmission’s (Tetco) gas quality and interchangeability tariff proposal.

FERC has ordered an evidentiary hearing to resolve eight issues that shippers have contested in Texas Eastern Transmission’s (Tetco) gas quality and interchangeability tariff proposal.

FERC has ordered an evidentiary hearing to resolve eight issues that shippers have contested in Texas Eastern Transmission’s (Tetco) gas quality and interchangeability tariff proposal.

Chevron Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $45.6 million to resolve claims that it and predecessor companies (Texaco, Unocal Inc. and their affiliates) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian leases, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said late last month. Three other producers previously settled with DOJ in the nearly 10-year-old case.

Chevron Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $45.6 million to resolve claims that it and predecessor companies (Texaco, Unocal Inc. and their affiliates) violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian leases, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday. Three other producers previously settled with DOJ in the nearly 10-year-old case.