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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Underpayment of Gas Royalties on Gulf of Mexico Leases
Shell Oil agreed to pay $56 million to resolve claims that it underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal leases. The government alleged that Shell systematically underreported the value of natural gas that it produced on federal leases in the Gulf of Mexico from August 1, 1986 to December 31, 1999 and paid less in royalties than it owed to the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Misconduct Type
- Government Contract Fraud
- Enforcement Agency
- Interior
- Contracting Party
- Interior
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Announcement
- 9/28/2000