AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $11,077,280 in fines on 3,567 enforcement dockets involving the state’s oil and gas industry and intrastate pipeline safety for calendar year 2017. These include: $337,721 in fines assessed in oil and gas protested dockets that went to hearing; $3,980,880 in penalties for Master Default Orders; $2,690,765 in fines for Master Agreed Orders, and; $4,067,914 for Pipeline Damage Prevention penalties. Totals include the Commission’s final enforcement actions for 2017, […]
