# 2025-00358: Oil Company Fines Get Inflation Boost to Maintain Sting

2025-00358, 2025 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments, is a Federal Register rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-10, effective 2025-01-10 (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00358
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00358
- Title: 2025 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments
- Type: Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-10
- Effective: 2025-01-10
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Oil Company Fines Get Inflation Boost to Maintain Sting

## Summary

Starting January 10, 2025, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue is raising the fines for oil and gas royalty violations to keep up with inflation. This means companies that mess up their royalty reports or break rules will face bigger penalties. These changes help make sure penalties stay fair and effective as prices go up over time.

## Abstract

Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (referred to herein as the "Inflation Adjustment Acts"), and Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") guidance, ONRR is adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalty ("CMP") amounts it assesses under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ("FOGRMA").

## Effects PRIA read

- Higher Fines for Royalty Violations: cost, medium. If your company reports oil and gas royalties, ONRR raised the maximum civil monetary penalties effective January 10, 2025. The new maximums are: 30 CFR 1241.52(a)(2) $1,562 (was $1,522); 1241.52(b) $15,628 (was $15,232); 1241.60(b)(1) $31,252 (was $30,461); and 1241.60(b)(2) $78,134 (was $76,155).…
- Inflation Multiplier and Rounding Rules: cost, low. ONRR used the OMB cost-of-living multiplier 1.02598 (October 2024 CPI‑U 315.664 divided by October 2023 CPI‑U 307.671) to calculate the adjustments and rounded increases to the nearest whole dollar. The rule implements those inflation adjustments as required by law.
- Agency Says Small Entities Not Significantly Affected: cost, low. ONRR states that this inflation-only adjustment "will not have a significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities" under the Regulatory Flexibility Act because it merely implements the statutorily required annual inflation adjustment.

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## Sources
- [2025-00358 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2025-00358/2025-civil-monetary-penalty-inflation-adjustments)
- [2025-00358 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2025-00358.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00358 (as of 2026-06-11).