Why do you think Marc Rich Co. agent in Nigeria was the first lady of the land at the time?
A major I know very well paid a certain Nigerian agent 5 cts/bbl on certain trades. Wonder why?
Enel would only purchase oil for years through a very limited number of purposely created companies that consisted of little more than a couple of guys in suits and a phone. They'd sell on to you Mr. Big Oil/Trader but only at a guaranteed margin of $6-8/ton (about 8-12% at the time). Wonder why?
How many Enel managers are being caught taking bribes even now?
Trust me on this, the biz was dirty as hell and the European traders, including state oil cos, were right in the thick of it.
What I refered to was stories like this joke:
The joke was Exxon's man could offer an official a nice pen. Elf could offer a Mercedes.
And the implication that Exxon does its business fair, it is the others that are dirty. That reminded me of similar stories of how swedish companies are honest and thus fooled by their crocked foreign competitors.
So what I am disputing is if indeed Exxon did not offer more then a pen. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
US companies are not virgins in the forest. No argument there.
A bribery scandal (by way of agents) was recently uncovered by a swedish documentary. JAS Gripen was sold and leased (two seperate deals) to the Czech republic and some pretty serious money changed hands to make it so. A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
I was rather shocked that anyone was surpried we do it too. If we didn't, we wouldn't get any planes sold. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
