Chevron pays fine for selling gas contaminated with water

Chevron has agreed to pay $298,000 in civil penalties and costs for accidentally selling gas contaminated with excess water at Orange County stations in 2011, causing minor damage to at least 44 vehicles.

After customers complained, Chevron found unsafe levels of water in fuel at 22 Orange County stations, though only seven stations were definitively linked to engine problems, according to a settlement filed Monday in Orange County Superior Court. The settlement says the company traced the problem to “testing and equipment errors” at its refinery in El Segundo and a terminal in Huntington Beach.

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