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Kellogg Brown & Root in Nigeria Corruption Case
The firm Halliburton acquired Dresser Industries in the year of 1998. Among Dresser’s businesses was M. W. Kellog, which was combined with an existing Halliburton business and renamed Kellog Brown and Root. By that time, Kellog was expecting to build a series of liquefied natural gas in Nigeria, but in order to do that it was required to win an initial contract form the Nigerian Government. At the beginning everything was going according to plans, however; when the consortium was deep in final negotiations, the Nigeria’s oil minister was removed from his charge and replaced. So, not taking any risks, Kellog decided to hire to the British lawyer Tesler, in order to secure the contracts; the main reason why Kellog took that decision was because Tesler succeed in a similar previous situation in Nigeria years before. However, the payment given to Tesler was far out of proportion to the services he provided. In the end, it was revealed......

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