Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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20/01/2015 | (Equilon Enterprises) | Oil companies fined for Clean Air Act violations. Civil penalty - $900,000. | Texas, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud, Pollution | |
05/10/2006 | (Equilon Enterprises) | Violations of the Clean Air Act from 1999 through 2004; companies produced and distributed noncomplying fuel to motor vehicles threatening public health. Civil penalties for - Shell $600,000 & BP $900,000. | United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
16/02/2005 | (Equilon Enterprises) | Service stations operating in 1990s released large amounts of gasoline containing MTBE - potential carcinogen - nearby water wells, significantly contributing to Charnock Sub-basin drinking water problem. Replacing Santa Monica drinking water $3 million/year & $1.5 million investigation costs & cleanup costs over $200 million. | Santa Monica, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency, (2) | Negligence, Pollution | |
31/12/2001 - 01/01/2000 | Equilon Enterprises | Failure to accurately report chemical releases (cyclohexane and MTBE) used at facility - $16,500. | Bakersfield, CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Fraud | |
01/11/2001 | Frontier El Dorado Refining LLC (Co-owned by Equilon Enterprises) | Investigation suggests hazardous wastes or constituents released from oil refinery may have contaminated groundwater, surface water and soil. | Kansas City, MO, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
21/03/2001 | (Equilon Enterprises) | 3 petroleum refiners controlling 9 refineries ordered to reduce illegal harmful air pollution - NO & SO2 - by over 60,000 tons/year & also fined for alleged hazardous waste and toxics violations - civil penalties $9.5 million & environmental projects for pollution affected communities $5.5 million & installing pollution-control equipment ~$400 million. | Delaware, Louisiana, Texas, California, Washington - US | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
10/06/1999 | (Equilon Enterprises) | Ill-maintained pipeline ruptures and releases over 230,000 gallons of gasoline and ignites - 3 people killed, including two ten-year-old boys; over 9 injured; home destroyed; resulting fire killed over 100,000 fish and other aquatic organisms; massive environmental damage on creeks and soil. Civil and criminal penalties on Shell and Olympic - $92 million. | Bellingham, WA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution |