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Fortune 500 companies based in Houston [1]: Rank Company name 12: ExxonMobil: 48: Phillips 66: 60: Sysco: 105: Enterprise Products Partners: 106: Hewlett Packard Enterprise: 127: Plains GP Holdings
Thomas Peter Lee was born on March 19, 1871, in Petroleum, West Virginia to Alexander and Martha Jane Mount Lee, Thomas Peter Lee left school at the age of sixteen and went to work in the oil fields, first in his native state and then in Ohio.
The Superior Oil Company was an American oil company founded in 1921 in Coalinga, California, by William Myron Keck, [1] [2] Superior Oil began as a drilling contracting firm and grew into the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. [1] [3] In 1930 the company was the first to successfully use directional drilling in California. [4]
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. was an offshore drilling contractor headquartered in Houston, Texas.In October 2017, the company was acquired by Ensco plc. [1]The company owned and operated 4 ultra-deepwater drillships, 2 ultra-deepwater semisubmersibles (can drill in water up to 12,000' deep), 2 deepwater semisubmersibles, and 5 high-specification jackup rigs.
Location; Country: United States: Location: Houston (Texas, USA): Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: USHOU [2]: Details; Operated by: Port of Houston Authority: Owned by: City of Houston: Type of harbour: Artificial / natural: Number of cargo container terminals: 2: Number of major general cargo terminals: 5: Statistics; Annual cargo tonnage: 212 million (2006) [3]: Annual container volume: 1.6 ...
This became the "new" Hughes Tool Company while the remaining divisions of the business were placed in a new holding company, the Summa Corporation. During the 1979 visit by Deng Xiaoping to the United States, Deng visited the company's Houston plant. [8] Hughes Tool Company merged with Baker International to form Baker Hughes Incorporated in ...
The Texas LNG project is a multi-decade liquid natural gas shipping terminal project near Brownsville, Texas.It has been in the planning stages since the early 2010s and, as of 2019, gained regulatory authority approval for construction and operation in the 2020s, with initial export shipments as early as 2025.
Seadrill is an offshore drilling contractor providing worldwide offshore drilling services to the oil and gas industry.Its primary business is the ownership and operation of drillships, semi-submersible rigs, and jack-up rigs for operations in shallow to ultra-deep water in both benign and harsh environments.