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Sector: Natural Resources - Companies

Agip  Ashland Oil, Inc  BP  Brown & Root International  Chevron Texaco 
Conoco  Elf  ExxonMobil  Falcon Oil Gas  Glencore 
Halliburton  Katy Indus. Inc.  Kellogg, Brown & Root UK  Marathon Oil Corporation  Marubeni 
National Grid  Niko Resources  Shell  Statoil  Tesoro Petroleum Corp 
TNK  TotalFinaElf Triton Indonesia, Inc. UNOCAL  

Sector: Natural Resources - Resources

Title Publication Date Subject(s) Publisher
China Report Due On Rio Tinto Case  11 January 2010 Bribery Allegations,
Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Wall Street Journal 
China Investigation into Espionage/Bribery at Rio Tinto Wrap  11 January 2010 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The AM Law Daily 
China Concludes Investigation Stage of Rio Tinto Bribery Case  11 January 2010 Corruption and Bribery   Economic Observer 
New Ecuadorean judge named to hear Chevron case  29 September 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Reuters 
Judge delays decision on Eni, Saipem Nigeria deals  22 September 2009 Corruption and Bribery,
Debarring,
Public Procurement  
 
E-mails Released By Chevron In Ecuador Case Are Real-Lawyer  21 September 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Wall Street Journal 
Sinopec chairman gets suspended death sentence for bribery  15 July 2009 Bribery Convictions,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Daily Telegraph 
Sipopec former chief gets suspended death sentence  15 July 2009 Bribery Convictions,
Corruption and Bribery  
RiaNovositi 
Bribery is widespread' in Rio caseBy Zhang Qi and Tong Hao (China Daily)  15 July 2009 Bribery Convictions,
Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
China Daily 
China's Rio Tinto inquiry widens  14 July 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
BBC News 
China 'sending a message about loyalty'  13 July 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
ABC Net 
China Broadens Steel Inquiry Beyond Rio Tinto  13 July 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
New York Times 
Nigeria: Senate Probes Members Over 'Deregulation Bribe'  14 May 2009 Corruption and Bribery,
Networks  
allAfrica.com 
Why we are silent over bribery allegation  12 May 2009 Corruption and Bribery,
Networks  
The Punch 
Museveni bemoans corruption  12 May 2009 Corruption and Bribery   The Citizen 
Nigeria: Halliburton - Ex-Air Chief, Permsec Held  12 May 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery,
Public Procurement  
allAfrica.com 
Tata Sons joins global firms against corruption  9 May 2009 Campaigns,
Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
Hindustan Times 
Corruption seen at root of Iraq's lack of services  7 May 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Reuters 
French judge wants to investigate 3 Africa leaders  6 May 2009 Campaigns,
Corruption and Bribery  
Associated Press 
Halliburton: US’ll cooperate with Nigeria Report  26 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Punch on the Web 
10m euros Siemens scandal: NLC urges investigation  23 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Daily Triumph 
Halliburton: FG pleads for more time  22 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   The Punch 
Nigeria: Halliburton - Security Probe Panel Begins Work Tuesday  20 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   allAfrica.com 
US has evidence against Nigerians Investigators  19 April 2009 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Punch 
Halliburton: Not going under the carpet  12 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Punch on the Web 
Nigeria: The Halliburton Scandal  10 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   allAfrica.com 
The Corruption Premium  6 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Forbes.com 
The Halliburton bribe takers  1 April 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Next 
Extractive Industries Initiative (EITI): Progress Report 2007-2009  1 April 2009 Non-governmental Organisations,
Corruption and Bribery  
EITI 
Corrupt elite threaten Cambodia's development  6 February 2009 Corruption and Bribery   Radio Australia 
Former Willbros workers accused in bribery scheme  19 December 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Houston Chronicle 
Human Rights Watch tasks German president on corruption in Nigeria  9 November 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Punch 
Peru's Cabinet resigns amid bribery scandal  11 October 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Los Angelos Times 
Tip of the iceberg: "Corruption widespread in the oil industry"  10 October 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Aftenbladet 
Peru government rocked by corruption scandal  9 October 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Associated Press 
U.S. Probe Into LNG Contracts Reaches Beyond Nigeria  5 September 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Wall Street Journal 
Ex-KBR chief faces jail over bribe case  4 September 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Financial Times 
Federal bribery investigation goes beyond single case in Nigeria  4 September 2008 Bribery Convictions,
Corruption and Bribery  
Chron.com 
Corruption killing Bangladesh forests: watchdog  18 August 2008 Corruption and Bribery   AFP 
Progress Report 2008 Enforcement of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions OECD Anti-Bribery Convention  24 June 2008 Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
Transparency International 
‘Vultures’ expose corruption  15 June 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Times Online 
Regents' permits add to deforestation: Study  2 June 2008 Corruption and Bribery   The Jakarta Post 
State Collusion Breeds Corruption In Timber Sector  2 June 2008 Non-governmental Organisations,
Corruption and Bribery  
AllAfrica.com 
PWYP calls on oil and gas companies to do more to fight corruption and poverty  30 April 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Publish What You Pay 
TI exige a compañías de gas y petróleo aumentar la transparencia en sus ingresos  28 April 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Transparency International 
TI appelle les compagnies pétrolières et gazières à augmenter la transparence des revenus du secteur  28 April 2008 Campaigns,
Non-governmental Organisations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Transparency International 
Country Halliburton Probe - U.S. Expands Probe to Shell EA Project  28 April 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
allAfrica.com 
TI calls on leading oil and gas companies to increase revenue transparency  28 April 2008 Campaigns,
Corruption and Bribery  
Transparency International 
Nigeria panel to probe oil industry abuses  23 April 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Financial Times 
Donors Support Ngolle Ngolle's Anti-Corruption Campaign  21 April 2008 Campaigns,
Corruption and Bribery  
AllAfrica.com 
Garden furniture for UK market 'from illegally logged rainforest',  19 March 2008 Corruption and Bribery   The Telegraph 
Sierra Leone: Efforts to Rid Mining Sector of Corruption  17 March 2008 Corruption and Bribery   allAfrica.com 
Amid accusations of bribery by loggers, Borneo chief's remains to be exhumed  19 February 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Mongabay.com 
Kazakhstan: Corruption, Idle Promises Blamed For Mining Accidents  24 January 2008 Corruption and Bribery,
Trade Unions  
RadioFreeEurope 
Dutch begin Jamaican bribe investigation  9 January 2008 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
Dutch News 
Corruption blamed for deforestation  3 January 2008 Corruption and Bribery   Philippine Daily Inquirer 
Nigeria ex-governor denied bail in corruption case  17 December 2007 Corruption and Bribery,
Networks  
Reuters 
Yar'Adua Restates Resolve to Cleanse Nnpc  15 December 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Allafrica.com 
I’m Not Involved in Wilbros Contract Scam, Says Kupolokun  12 December 2007 Bribery Allegations,
Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
This Day 
Widespread corruption fells timber export hopes  11 December 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Financial Times 
Niko's Bangladesh woes widen  10 December 2007 Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery  
ReportonBusiness.com 
World Bank admits Congo errors  7 December 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Financial Times 
Wilbros scam: It is blackmail, a cover up - Atiku  2 December 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Sunday Tribune 
UPDATE 1-SEC issues supoena in GlobalSantaFe bribery probe  27 November 2007 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Reuters 
Nigeria: Willbros Bribery - AGF Begins Probe From Houston  12 November 2007 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Daily Trust 
Bribery fine helps push Siemens into first loss in 6 years  9 November 2007 Corruption and Bribery   International Herald Tribune 
Nigeria to probe officials implicated in bribery  7 November 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Reuters Africa 
Wilbros' Ex-GM Pleads Guilty to Bribing Govt Officials  6 November 2007 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
allAfrica.com 
Venezuela Must be Dropped from the Kimberley Process  9 October 2007 Campaigns,
Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
Rapaport News 
Oil and Corruption in Iraq Part II: Smuggling Thrives in Basra  11 September 2007 Corruption and Bribery,
Public Procurement  
Environment News Service 
Public corruption probe expanding?  10 August 2007 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
KTUU.com 
If a tree falls, does the World Bank hear it?  8 August 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Asia Times 
US official says Army bribery case is largest from Iraq reconstruction effort  26 July 2007 Corruption and Bribery,
Public Procurement  
The Associated Press 
Panalpina launches internal bribery inquiry, after US requests documents  25 July 2007 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Forbes 
Congo: Is President’s son paying for designer shopping sprees with country’s oil money?  26 June 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Global Witness 
Transparency International’s (TI) ‘G8 Progress Report’  5 June 2007 Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
Transparency International 
Memorandum *To Have and Have not"  30 May 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Heinrich Boll Foundation 
Corruption in Congo: Seeing the wood for the trees  12 April 2007 Corporate Accountability,
Corruption and Bribery  
Reuteralert 
The Human Rights Impact of Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement in Rivers State, Nigeria  30 January 2007 Corruption and Bribery   Human Rights Watch 
Dutch to probe Mittal contract  1 July 2006 Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery,
Trade Unions  
The Australian 
Liberia: FLAWUL Troubled!  29 March 2006 Bribery Allegations,
Public Procurement,
Trade Unions  
Allafrica.com 
Corruption blamed for rainforest destruction  2 March 2006 Corruption and Bribery   Sydney Morning Herald 
Investigation urged into west African oil deals  20 December 2005 Corruption and Bribery   The Guardian 
Kensington International Limited (Claimant) and Republic of the Congo (formerly the People's Republic of the Congo) (Defendant)  28 November 2005 Corruption and Bribery   The Guardian 
Oil producers 'face bigger corruption threat' as prices rise  27 August 2005 Corruption and Bribery    
Little hope for survivors as corruption linked to coalmine disaster  13 August 2005 Corruption and Bribery    
120 Feared Dead at Mine Linked to Chinese Officials  12 August 2005 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Washington Post 
UN: Panel Accuses Sevan, Yakovlev Of Corruption In Oil-For-Food Program  8 August 2005 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery,
Public Procurement  
 
The Rich Boys; An ultra-secretive network rules independent oil trading. Its mentor: Marc Rich  18 July 2005 Corruption and Bribery   Business Week 
Environment; Corruption Rooted in Logging Industry - NGOs  18 July 2005 Corruption and Bribery   Inter Press Service 
Govt pledges to uproot corruption in coal production  10 July 2005 Corruption and Bribery   China View 
UK backs oil firm despite bribery inquiry: Halliburton arm gets $ 10m DTI loan guarantee  21 June 2005 Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Guardian 
British bank rebuked over secret Liberian diamond deal  3 June 2005 Corruption and Bribery,
Privatisation  
The Guardian 
NGO Coalition Statement Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Conference 17 March 2005, London Taking forward revenue transparency: a shared responsibility  17 March 2005 Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
Publish What You Pay 
Fraud Office looks into British energy firm's role in Balkans Company  15 February 2005 Bribery Allegations,
Corporate Governance,
Corruption and Bribery,
Networks  
The Guardian 
Iraq food aid chief took oil allocations  5 February 2005 Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery,
Networks  
Sydney Morning Herald 
Cheney oil firm faces UK inquiry  30 October 2004 Bribery Investigations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Guardian 
A rich country being stripped of its wealth: British firms among those to profit from energy bonanza in Equatorial Guinea  2 June 2004 Corruption and Bribery   The Guardian 
American workers attack BP policies  16 April 2004 Corporate Accountability,
Trade Unions  
The Guardian 
Nigeria; Alleged $180m Scam: Creditors Under Pressure to Ditch NLNG Trains 4&5  5 April 2004 Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery  
Africa News 
Time for Transparency: Coming clean on oil, mining and gas revenues  1 March 2004 Corruption and Bribery   Global Witness 
UK lawyer named in bribery inquiry: Solicitor said to have played key role in corrupt Nigerian deal  6 February 2004 Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Guardian (London) 
Health and Safety - Global picture  1 January 2004 Corruption and Bribery,
Trade Unions  
IFBWW 
Operation Total Makeover; CAN A TAINTED OIL GIANT CHANGE ITS SPOTS? INSIDE TOTAL'S STATE-OF-THE-ART CORPORATE OVERHAUL  8 December 2003 Corporate Accountability,
Corruption and Bribery,
Socially Responsible Investment  
Time International 
Elf Verdicts Reveal State Corruption at Highest Levels  25 November 2003 Corruption and Bribery   World Socialist Web Site 
US oilmen fight Blair on transparency  18 June 2003 Corruption and Bribery,
Anti-corruption Instruments  
The Guardian 
Elf trial hit by lawyer's revelations  17 June 2003 Corruption and Bribery   The Guardian 
ISIS heads oil trade corruption campaign  23 May 2003 Corporate Accountability,
Corruption and Bribery,
Socially Responsible Investment  
GasandOil.com 
Cheney firm paid millions in bribes to Nigerian official  9 May 2003 Corruption and Bribery   The Guardian 
EITI on the right track: let’s go further and faster  16 February 2003 Corruption and Bribery   Global Witness 
Short warns of oil boycott over African corruption  11 February 2003 Corporate Accountability,
Corruption and Bribery  
The Guardian 
Greasing the Skids of Corruption  4 November 2002 Corruption and Bribery   Center for Public Integrity Africa News 
Firm Faces Fine for Bribery in Lesotho as UN Prepares Convention on Corruption  29 October 2002 Bribery Investigations,
Corporate Governance,
Corruption and Bribery,
Debarring,
Public Procurement  
World Bank Dev News 
Transparency International calls on oil companies to disclose payments to Angola  18 October 2002 Corruption and Bribery   TI Press Release 
BP stops paying political parties  1 March 2002 Bribery Allegations,
Corporate Accountability,
Networks,
Networks  
The Guardian 
BP pledges to end political donations  28 February 2002 Corruption and Bribery   Financial Times 
Global Corruption Report  27 January 2002 Corruption and Bribery,
Whistle blowing  
Global Corruption Report 
Itera to repay Rbs2bn to Rospan creditors Itera to repay Rbs2bn to Rospan creditors Itera to repay Rbs2bn to Rospan creditors  13 August 2001 Corruption and Bribery   Financial T 
A Crude Awakening - One year on, business as usual!  6 December 2000 Accountants and Auditors,
Corporate Accountability,
Corruption and Bribery  
Global Witness 
A CRUDE AWAKENING - Press Release  5 December 1999 Accountants and Auditors,
Corporate Accountability,
Corruption and Bribery  
Global Witness Press Release 
Placedome Las Christinas    Bribery Allegations,
Corruption and Bribery  
UNICORN 
Revenue Watch    Corruption and Bribery    
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