Drilling firm Noble Corp has admitted it has done some business with an agent in Brazil who recently pleaded guilty to charges in the Petrobras corruption scandal.
“We have used a commercial agent in Brazil in connection with our Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. drilling contracts,” the company said in a release on Wednesday. “This agent has pled guilty in Brazil in connection with the award of a drilling contract to a competitor and has implicated a Petrobras official as part of a wider investigation of Petrobras’ business practices.”
The Petrobras corruption scandal has been ongoing for months and has unearthed billions of dollars of misdeeds.
