On 10/14/2004 11:16 PM, in article
et, "Tom Kunich"
wrote:

"Tim Lines" wrote in message
news:VsGbd.183531$wV.106524@attbi_s54...

But Halliburton has a multi-billion dollar gub-mint contract to try
anyway.

Hmm, they also had the same sort of contracts with Clinton's administration
in Bosnia.

There are basically three companies in the world that can do jobs of that
natu Halliburton - a services company, Bectel - an engineering company
and Schlumberger - a French company.


Schlumberger hasn't been a French company since 1940, and even prior to that
most of their business was conducted in the US.

But hey, if being started by Frenchmen makes a company French, then you
better stop buying Champion spark plugs, and AC Delco parts, since both
companies were started by French cyclist Albert Champion.


Bectel was awarded a non-bid contract as well.

Perhaps you'd have been hapier with Schlumberger bidding?



--
Steven L. Sheffield
stevens at veloworks dot com
veloworks at worldnet dot ay tea tee dot net
bellum pax est libertas servitus est ignoratio vis est
ess ay ell tea ell ay kay ee sea eye tee why you ti ay aitch
aitch tee tea pea colon [for word] slash [four ward] slash double-you
double-yew double-ewe dot veloworks dot com [four word] slash