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Bobby Maxwell

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Shell settles one royalty dispute with feds for $25 million

    This week's cover story, "Drilled, Baby, Drilled," reports on the efforts of a group of federal auditors to hold energy companies accountable for underpaid royalties on oil and gas leases. On the eve of its publication, the U.S. Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced a $25 million sett ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Drilled, Baby, Drilled: The strange battle to keep Big Oil from cheating

    This week's cover story, "Drilled, Baby, Drilled," reports on the efforts of a group of federal auditors to hold energy companies accountable for underpaid royalties on oil and gas leases. On the eve of its publication, the U.S. Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) announced a $25 million sett ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Bobby Maxwell, fed whistleblower, earns $7.5 million in oil company battle

    It took nine years of fighting for money the government insisted it wasn't owed. It probably cost him his job, too. But last week, former federal auditor Bobby Maxwell and the Justice Department finally reached a $26 million settlement with Anadarko Petroleum over underpaid royalties on oil leases ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Harrold Wright: The unsung whistleblower behind a big settlement with Big Oil

    John JohnstonBobby Maxwell​The Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue recently announced that Shell Oil and related companies have agreed to pay the goverment $2.2 million to resolve claims that the companies underpaid royalties from natural gas wells on federal and I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Five great Colorado whistleblowers

    Philip Van Cise​This week's cover story, "A Dam Shame," looks into the controversy generated by a state dam inspector named John Redding, who raised concerns about ethical violations inside the Colorado Department of Natural Resources--and ended up paying a high price for his concern. People w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    British Petroleum fined by feds in Colorado case -- three years later

    Tony Hayward.​Under fire for its lax supervision of British Petroleum and other offshore drillers, the embattled federal agency formerly known as the Minerals Management Service has fined BP $5.2 million for filing "false, inaccurate, or misleading" reports about its energy production in Color ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    Ken Salazar wants windmills in the ocean, but first he'll have to save the Interior Department

    Tony Hayward.​Under fire for its lax supervision of British Petroleum and other offshore drillers, the embattled federal agency formerly known as the Minerals Management Service has fined BP $5.2 million for filing "false, inaccurate, or misleading" reports about its energy production in Color ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    Crossing Over

    How government watchdogs became the energy industry's party animals

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    Sleaze, sex, cocaine -- and oh yeah, billions in lost revenues -- at Bush's Interior

    How government watchdogs became the energy industry's party animals

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    Blackburned

    Who’s the bigger bully — the smartass attorney who scorched the Denver Fire Department, or the fussbudget judge who threw out the verdict?

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2007

    The Verdict's In

    Who’s the bigger bully — the smartass attorney who scorched the Denver Fire Department, or the fussbudget judge who threw out the verdict?

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    Underdog Has His Day

    Who’s the bigger bully — the smartass attorney who scorched the Denver Fire Department, or the fussbudget judge who threw out the verdict?

  • News

    November 16, 2006

    Fighting Mad

    Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2006

    Beneath the Rough Exterior, a Rotten Interior

    Tycoon Jack Grynberg says the energy industry has stolen millions from him -- and billions from the government. What if he's right?

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of September 15, 2005

  • News

    September 8, 2005

    Duke of Oil

    He took on big energy companies and won. So why did the feds fire him?

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