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Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
Boots & Coots is a well control company and has international offices throughout the globe within Halliburton. It was founded in 1978 by Asger "Boots" Hansen, Jr. (May 29, 1926 – June 16, 2019) [1] and Edward O. "Coots" Matthews (April 23, 1923 – March 31, 2010), [2] veterans of the Red Adair Service and Marine Company.
Halliburton planned to move its headquarters to Houston in 2002. [89] Halliburton, which signed its lease to occupy a portion of 5 Houston Center in Downtown Houston in 2002, [90] moved its headquarters there by July 2003. [91] Halliburton occupied 26,000 square feet (2,400 m 2) of space on the 24th floor in 5 Houston Center. [86]
In particular, Halliburton has been singled out for receiving what is perceived to be government favoritism for doing a shoddy job of rebuilding Iraq's oil infrastructure. [23] When the Pentagon's own auditors determined that about $263 million of a Halliburton subsidiary's costs were potentially excessive, the Army still paid the company all ...
The Top 100 Contractors Report on the Federal Procurement Data System lists the top 100 defense contractors by sales to the United States Armed Forces and Department of Defense.
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is a 2006 documentary film made by Robert Greenwald and Brave New Films. Produced while the Iraq War was in full swing, the film deals with the alleged war profiteering and negligence of private contractors and consultants who went to Iraq as part of the US war effort.
Halliburton gained $39.5 billion in "federal contracts related to the Iraq war". [41] Many individuals have asserted that there were profit motives for the Bush-Cheney administration to invade Iraq in 2003. Dick Cheney served as Halliburton's CEO from 1995 until 2000. Cheney claimed he had cut ties with the corporation although, according to a ...
The Iraq National Oil Company (INOC) was founded in 1966 by the Iraqi government. [1] It was empowered to operate all aspects of the oil industry in Iraq except for refining which was already being run by the Oil Refineries Administration (1952) and local distribution which was also already under government control. [1]