Archives: Incidents
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| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/11/1996 | (Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Four companies fined for violations underground fuel storage tank regulations including: inadequate inventory control, failure to conduct manual tank gauging, and failure to report and confirm suspected releases - $2,150. | Arizona, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 18/07/1997 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell service station's underground storage tanks affecting water supply wells. Penalty - $30,000. | Ridgewood, NJ, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 12/03/2003 | (Archer Daniels Midland Company) (Ferro Corporation) (Chevron) (Dilo) (Exxon Mobil) (FMC Corporation) (Ferro Corporation) (GlobalSantaFe Corporation) (Halliburton) (Texaco) (Union Pacific Railroad Company) (Unocal) | Companies ordered to clean up Santa Fe Springs superfund site from year-long dumping of metal wastes, PAHs and VOCs. Cleanup costs - $9.08 million. | CA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 30/06/2006 - 01/06/2006 | Motiva Enterprises (Co-owned by Saudi Aramco) (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | Vapor storage tanks - controlling gasoline vapors - improperly maintained and leaking VOC-containing vapors. Fine - $75,000. | Bridgeport, CT, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Negligence, Pollution | |
| 31/08/1999 - 01/08/1999 | Motiva Enterprises (Co-owned by Saudi Aramco) (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Affiliate Of Texaco) | Companies cited for storing leaking or open containers of hazardous refinery waste - $94,596. | Delaware City, DE, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 19/09/2005 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Shell fined for failure to dispose led-containing hazardous waste - $6,680. | Marietta, PA, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 12/07/2011 - 04/06/2011 | ConocoPhillips | Series of oil spills, not disclosed until a month later. Suspicions of official cover-ups by the State Oceanic Administration. Lawsuit from local fishermen due to damage to ecosystem - $297 million. | Bohai Bay, Tianjin, China | Forbes, Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Bribing & Corruption, Pollution | |
| 17/07/2001 | Motiva Enterprises (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) (Co-owned by Saudi Aramco) | Leaking and corroded tank -unfit for use - explodes; one worker killed, many others injured; approximately 99,000 gallons of spent sulfuric acid spilled into Delaware river for days; thousands of dead fish and crabs; sulfuric acid released into the air. Criminal fines - $10 million. | Delaware City, DE, United States | US Environmental Protection Agency | Deaths, Injuries & Diseases, Negligence, Pollution | |
| 27/06/2006 | Shell (Royal Dutch Shell) | Inspection finds two Shell facilities lacking proper spill buckets. Penalty - $1,200. | Guam | US Environmental Protection Agency | Pollution | |
| 01/11/2001 | Frontier El Dorado Refining LLC (Co-owned by Equilon Enterprises) (Co-owned by Shell (Royal Dutch Shell)) | 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 |