Fracking Company To Pay $6.15M For Underpaying Royalties On Federal Leases

(September 28, 2021, 11:42 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sept. 27 announced that it has reached a $6.15 million settlement with a hydraulic fracturing company to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by underpaying and underreporting natural gas royalties related to fracking operations on federal land in Wyoming and New Mexico....

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