This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It. by Nick Bowlin, The Frontier Co-published with The Frontier October 27, 2026, 5:00 am

This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It. by Nick Bowlin, The Frontier Co-published with The Frontier October 27, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-pollution-citation-violations?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river Reporting Highlights Citation’s Track Record: Citation Oil & Gas is named more than any other company in an Oklahoma database of pollution reports and other rule violations — over 1,000 times in the past decade. Pollution Without Punishment: Regulatory agency staff repeatedly recommended the state punish Citation. Instead, agency bosses allowed the company to restart operations without consequence. Regulators Rarely Regulate: Our analysis found that less than a third of enforcement cases filed by Oklahoma’s oil division since 2023 have resulted in punishment.