- HOUSTON (Reuters) -- A Halliburton
Co. HAL.N subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) has won the contract
to oversee any firefighting operations at Iraqi oilfields after any U.S.-led
invasion, a Defense Department source said on Thursday.
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- KBR was widely viewed by many in the oilfield services
industry as the likely candidate to oversee firefighting in Iraq's oilfields.
Halliburton does extensive logistic support work for the U.S. military.
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- Vice President Dick Cheney served as Halliburton's chief
executive officer from 1995 to 2000,
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- A possible beneficiary of Thursday's deal is oilwell
firefighting company Boots & Coots International Well Control Inc.,
with which Halliburton has had an alliance since 1995.
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- A Halliburton spokeswoman declined comment and referred
all questions to the Defense Department.
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