Shell Oil joined the ranks Thursday of major producers who havesettled sizeable royalty disputes with the Department of Justice.The company has agreed to pay the U.S. $56 million to settle claimsthat it underpaid royalties on natural gas produced on Federalleases.
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Plains Resources Settles Class Action Suit
Almost a year after Plains Resources and its subsidiary, PlainsAll American Pipeline L.P., were allegedly involved in”unauthorized trading,” the companies announced yesterday that theyhave reached an agreement in principle for the settlement of twoclass action securities suits. The companies have agreed to payaffected shareholders a total of $29.5 million plus interest forthe unauthorized trading loss disclosed in November 1999.
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