Alaska oil firm to pay largest ever Jones Act violation penalty

Oil and gas firm Furie Operating Alaska will pay the largest Jones Act penalty in the history of the act. Furie was penalized when it transported the Spartan 151 jack-up drill rig from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska in 2011 using a foreign-flagged vessel. The Jones Act, passed in 1920 prevents foreign-flagged ships from […]

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