Item 1. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ExxonMobil has elected to use a $1 million threshold for disclosing environmental proceedings.
As reported in the Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, in December 2024, XTO signed a consent decree with the Department of Justice to resolve alleged violations of the General Duty Clause of the Clean Air Act as it related to the Schnegg well in Powhatan Point, Ohio upon payment of an $8.0 million penalty. On March 11, 2025, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio entered the consent decree, and XTO paid the civil penalty of $8.0 million.
As reported in the Corporation’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, on December 11, 2024, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas assessing a $14.25 million penalty against ExxonMobil related to alleged Clean Air Act and other violations at the Baytown complex. On March 11, 2025, ExxonMobil filed a petition for review with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Refer to the relevant portions of Note 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information on legal proceedings.
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