Prosecutors in Brazil said on Wednesday former Petrobras executive Renato Duque had unfairly favored Italy’s Saipem SpA on a contract for an undersea gas pipeline for the Lula and Cernambi offshore subsalt fields.
The accusations came in an emailed summary of charges against Duque, who is on trial over allegations of corruption, and four other people in a price-fixing, bribery and political kickback scheme at Brazil’s state-run oil firm.
Prosecutors said Duque accepted bribes from Saipem’s representative in exchange for favoring the company in a 2011 auction for the pipeline contract. As director of services at Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Duque was the senior executive responsible for contracting.
Saipem said it had not been notified by the authorities of the allegations.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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