The modifications allegedly violated the Clean Air Act at the natural gas processing facility in Manistee, Mich. Merit is the present owner and Shell is the former owner of the plant.
Contamination
Merit Energy and Shell to lower emissions after clean air violations
Shell defendant in $423 million settlement of water contamination class-action
The defendants in the case -- representing about 70 percent of the country's oil refiners -- agreed to make a cash payment of $423 million to water providers in a total of 17 states nationwide. Settling defendants in the case include BP Amoco, Atlantic Richfield, Chevron, Conoco Phillips, Shell, Marathon, Valero, CITGO, Sunoco, Hess, Flint Hills, El Paso Corp., Merchant Energy and Tesoro.