Oxy USA Inc. has been assessed a $947,200 civil penalty by the federal Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), based in Lakewood.
The office, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, is responsible for collecting royalties from oil and gas production that occurs onshore on federally owned lands, American Indian lands and offshore in the Outer Continental Shelf.
The penalty, announced Tuesday, was for “knowing or willful failure” to permit an audit of Oxy’s oil and gas leases on federal…
Oxy USA Inc. has been assessed a $947,200 civil penalty by the federal Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), based in Lakewood.
The office, part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, is responsible for collecting royalties from oil and gas production that occurs onshore on federally owned lands, American Indian lands and offshore in the Outer Continental Shelf.
The penalty, announced Tuesday, was for “knowing or willful failure” to permit an audit of Oxy’s oil and gas leases on federal…