Category Archives: Halliburton

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) is the world’s second largest oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. It has hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands and divisions worldwide and employs over 50,000 people.

The company has its headquarters in the North Belt office in Houston, Texas, and in offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (opened March, 2007) where Chairman and CEO David J. Lesar works and resides, “to Focus [the] Company’s Eastern Hemisphere Growth.” The company will remain incorporated in the United States.

Halliburton’s major business segment is the Energy Services Group (ESG). ESG provides technical products and services for petroleum and natural gas exploration and production. Halliburton’s former subsidiary, KBR, is a major construction company of refineries, oil fields, pipelines, and chemical plants. Halliburton announced on April 5, 2007 that it had finally broken ties with KBR, which had been its contracting, engineering and construction unit as a part of the company for 44 years.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Blog Florida-based St. Joe Co. Sue Transocean and Halliburton in Delaware

Florida-based St. Joe Co. Sue Transocean and Halliburton in Delaware Florida company can sue Transocean and Halliburton in Delaware By Alejandro de los Rios A federal judge in Delaware has granted the Florida-based St. Joe Co. permission to seek damages … Continue reading

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Blog Halliburton Link

Halliburton Link Halliburton Now Linked To Deepwater Oil Spill The oil spill associated with the the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the biggest oil spills in U.S. history, has now … Continue reading

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Blog Entirely Preventable Disaster

Entirely Preventable Disaster Oil-spill investigators: ‘This was an entirely preven table disaster’ By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY WASHINGTON — BP failed to keep a close watch on work done by the cement contractor at its doomed Macondo oil well, even though … Continue reading

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Blog Halliburton Well Flaws

Halliburton Well Flaws Official Spill Investigation: Halliburton Ignored Well Flaws Too BY Austin CarrToday BP isn’t the only culprit in the Gulf oil spill–Halliburton deserves much of the blame too, according to the first official investigation into the matter. The presidential … Continue reading

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