What's New In W. Africa (Nigeria)

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Have it your own way .

That will be the very successful Twinned Ooter for the NLNG contract then. The so-called JV company is LNG is jointly owned in the following proportions:
NNPC 49%, Shell Gas BV 25.6%, Total LNG Nigeria 15% and Eni International (Agip) 10.4%.

That will be the Caverscam Twinned Ooter which, on 21 October 2009, under the 'close supervision' of Shell Aviation ran off the runway at Mobil Producing Nigeria's, Bonny airstrip when trying to turn round short instead of using the turning area at the runway threshold. The aircraft ran off the runway, causing the starboard undercarriage leg to become damaged. The Twinned Ooter had been flying LNG passengers to Mobil's airstrip ever since the decision was taken to terminate helicopter flights direct to the LNG residential area, previously carried out by an AW139 of Aero Contractors. The NCAA ordered the aircraft left where it was until accident investigators visited, causing great joy and delight to the Managing Director of MPN who was waiting to fly to the airstrip

The LNLG plant was built by TSKJ. TSKJ's $2 billion bid initially was not accepted as it was five percent lower than a bid submitted by competitor, Bechtel Group, Inc. When TSKJ felt that it may lose the bid, and as it was waiting to hear from the Nigerian government, a Kellogg executive, met with London lawyer Jeffery Tessler, and they were alleged to have discussed channeling $40 million to then Nigerian leader through Tesler's firm Tri-Star, based in Gibralter, Spain. This all eventually came to light when the USA SEC under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigated Halliburton. The House of Representatives 2004 probe established that Halliburton, through Tesler "paid bribes on behalf of TSKJ to Nigerian government officials. The bribes were paid in installments: $60 million in 1995, $37.5 million in 1999, $51 million in 2001 and $23 million in 2002." In the U.S., KBR and Halliburton have admitted to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by engaging in a decade-long bribing scheme to secure contracts in Nigeria. Both agreed to pay a combined fine of $579 million to settle criminal and civil charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice. Amongst those listed in the indctment is one Edmund Daukoru, a former Group Managing Director of NNPC, former director of Shell and now a director of Caverton Helicopters . Ah what a web we weave ........

Make up your own conclusions - I'm knackered