It signed a memorandum of understanding to provide information relevant to the probe, since it has been questioned for almost a year for allegedly bribing public officials and obtaining an improper advantage in Petrobras projects.

SBM could be barred from signing contracts with the Brazilian government or other state-run companies.

The Dutch supplier of production units agreed in November to pay $240m to the Netherlands’s prosecution office to settle a case of alleged improper payments to agents for companies including Petrobras.

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