All Petrobras articles – Page 3

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    SBM Offshore Settles Bribery Case With Brazilian Authorities

    2016-01-25T12:00:00Z

    Dutch engineering company SBM Offshore announced today that it has accepted an out-of-court settlement with Brazilian authorities to resolve allegations relating to the Petrobras bribery scandal, while emphasizing that the settlement does not involve an admission of guilt.

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    Petrobras Cancels Drilling Services Contract With Ensco

    2016-01-08T15:30:00Z

    U.K.-based Ensco said this week in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its customer, Brazil state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras, cancelled its contract for a drilling services contract because of alleged irregularities with respect to contracting prior to the company’s acquisition of Pride International in 2011.

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    Leniency in Petrobras Scandal Means Decision on Self-Disclosure

    2015-11-10T13:15:00Z

    As the Petrobras corruption scandal moves to the investigation of international companies that did business with the Brazilian national energy company, Europeans companies now face some challenging decisions around the issue of self disclosure. Our Man From FCPA, Tom Fox, has more inside about the considerations you need to make.

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    Europe and Petrobras—What Has a Car Wash Wrought?

    2015-11-04T12:00:00Z

    Image: The scope of the Petrobras corruption scandal is literally worldwide. Now, reports the Financial Times, Rolls Royce has become embroiled in the Brazilian national energy company’s “Operation Car Wash” snafu (dubbed so because the investigation literally started with a car wash), and is currently under investigation by the ...

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    Sevan Marine Self-Reports Bribery Probe

    2015-10-19T09:45:00Z

    Sevan Marine, a technology and engineering company, announced last week that it has handed over to Norwegian authorities the results of an internal investigation report regarding potential bribes paid to Petrobras to obtain business. Additionally, it has initiated contact with the relevant prosecutors’ offices in the United States, the ...

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    Update on the Petrobras Corruption Scandal

    2015-10-07T17:00:00Z

    This week one commentator reported that the Netherlands-based SBM Offshore would pay $255 million in fines and penalties for its role in the Petrobras scandal. If SBM Offshore does settle with Brazilian authorities for this amount, it will be a first step in resolving the morass businesses sucked into that ...

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    PetroBras Denies Potential FCPA Settlement

    2015-08-24T13:15:00Z

    Image: Last week PetroBras said in an SEC filing that it is not working with U.S. regulators to end the long list of corruption charges leveled against the company. That statement is merely the latest in a long list of unusual events in the compliance spectacle that PetroBras has become, ...

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    Braskem Self-Reports FCPA Probe

    2015-04-28T14:15:00Z

    Brazil-based petrochemical giant Braskem has launched an internal investigation into potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Braskem said it is investigating allegations that two of its former executive officers made improper payments from 2006 to 2012 to Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras, in exchange for raw-material supply agreements. ...