Texas Oil, Gas Firm Apache to Pay $4 Million Fine Over Alleged Air Pollution

Apache Corporation is also expected to pay an additional $5.5 million to help address the environmental harm caused by its alleged violations.

Dust blows around a crude oil pump jack and flare burning excess gas at a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, on Nov. 25, 2019. Angus Mordant/Reuters

Apache Corp., an oil and gas producer, will pay $4 million in civil penalties to settle a lawsuit that alleged it failed to comply with state and federal clean air regulations in New Mexico and Texas, the Justice Department (DOJ) said on Feb. 14.

The firm is also expected to spend an additional $5.5 million to help address any environmental harm caused by its alleged violations, the DOJ said.