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Michel Thomas Halbouty (21 June 1909 in Beaumont, Texas – 6 November 2004 in Houston, Texas) was an American geologist, petroleum engineer, and wildcatter.Credited with discovering more than 50 oil and gas fields, he twice declared bankruptcy, but came back each time to regain wealth.
In 1948, Lee Pressman of New York and Joseph Forer of Washington, DC, represented Charles A. Doyle of the Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers Union along with Gerhard Eisler (public thought to be the top Soviet spy in America); Irving Potash, vice president of the Fur and Leather Workers Union; Ferdinand C. Smith, secretary of the National Maritime ...
The American Petroleum Institute was founded on 20 March 1919 and based in New York City. [1] In 1959, at a symposium organized by the American Petroleum Institute and the Columbia Graduate School of Business for the centennial of the American oil industry, the physicist Edward Teller warned then of the danger of global climate change. [9]
(The Center Square) – Job growth in the Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to remain strong, contributing to Texas again leading the U.S. in job growth last month. In October, the ...
Joe B. Foster was the founder of Newfield Exploration Company, a Houston-based oil and gas exploration company. He served as chief executive officer until his retirement from active management in January 2000, and remained as chairman of its board until May 2005.
[3] [7] Huffington also served as the chairman of the Asia Society, a New York-based charity, for seven years in the 1980s. [1] He also founded the Huffington Foundation, a Houston-based charity. [1] He and his wife, the former Phyllis Gough, who died in 2003, created the Huffington Center on Aging at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. [1]
Rob Brundrett is president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, whose mission is to protect, promote, foster and advance the common interest of those engaged in all aspects of the Ohio crude oil ...
Weatherford International plc is an American multinational oilfield service company, [1] headquartered in the US and operating in 75 countries globally across the oil and natural gas producing regions. [2] The company provides technical equipment and services used for drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention on gas and oil ...