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XTO Agrees to Pay $16 Million to Resolve Natural Gas Royalty Underpayments to the United States
XTO Energy Inc. has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it knowingly underpaid royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Native American lands. The settlement resolves allegations that the company improperly deducted costs necessary to put the gas in marketable condition, deducted costs of transporting carbon dioxide and failed to pay royalties on carbon dioxide. ...
23 Interior OIG Employees Honored by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
Today, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) honored 23 individuals from the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the 26th Annual CIGIE Awards Ceremony. Each year, the annual awards honor exceptional work across the Federal inspector general community from the prior year.
“I am so proud of our office’s work that CIGIE is honoring today,” said Inspector General Mark Lee Greenblatt. ...