Mr Morrison highlighted changes such as a new unit in Houston focused on monitoringwells being drilled offshore to watch for signs of trouble: a function that he said had no parallel in other companies.
In a letter from CARD to government officials it was noted that Pall was monitoring fewer wells, less frequently and they reduced the purging from extraction wells.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has notified the national monitoring committee established to enforce the five-bank agreement, citing complaints of 210 prompt-processing violations by Wells Fargo and 129 by Bank of America.