Two former executives of the Noble Corporation, an offshore drilling contractor, have agreed to settle civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they allegedly bribed Nigerian officials in exchange for oil rig permits.

Settlement terms, which must be accepted by a judge, were not revealed, Reuters reported. If brought to trial, this case would have been one of the few in which the SEC brought a civil action to court.

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