The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations in the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.
Jump into summer fun with this week’s amazing Insider DealsFILE - A Marathon gas station is seen, Feb. 22, 2022, in Bradenton, Fla. The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday, July 11, 2024, for alleged air quality violations at the company's oil and gas operations in the Forth Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. – The federal government announced a $241.
Marathon officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Houston-based Marathon operates 169 well pads in North Dakota, where the company extracts oil and natural gas. The settlement calls for Marathon to eliminate the equivalent of over 2.25 million tons of carbon-dioxide emissions over the next five years, which the agencies said was tantamount to taking 487,000 cars off the road for one year, and will also eliminate nearly 110,000 tons of volatile organic compound missions.
The complaint alleged that these and other Clean Air Act violations at nearly 90 Marathon facilities resulted in thousands of tons of illegal pollution.
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