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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 Royalties on Offshore Oil and Gas Leases
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) collected $25 million from Shell Offshore Inc. in a settlement to resolve claims that the company underpaid royalties owed on oil and gas produced from federal leases. The settlement agreement covered both royalty-in-value and royalty-in-kind production from Shell deepwater leases in the Gulf of Mexico between 2000 and 2008.
- Misconduct Type
- Cost/Labor Mischarge
- Enforcement Agency
- Interior
- Contracting Party
- Interior
- Court Type
- Administrative
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement Announcement
- 1/17/2012
