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"In the case of Halliburton, the U.S. government hired the company in Iraq without a competitive bid, after the company recommended itself in a study. Halliburton's Iraq oil services contract, worth $1.59 billion so far, will be extended until December or January. The company reported Wednesday that its government work in Iraq and elsewhere helped boost yearly third-quarter earnings by 39 percent, to $4.14 billion."

My brother-in-law, who worked over in Iran 13 years for Slumberger before the Shaw was overthrown (in fact was one of the last men out), commented that Halliburton is the only company that has the equipment large enough to work over there. The pressure off of the rigs is so great that a pinhole size leak has a PSI that would cut a man's arms off if it hits him. We have nothing like that in our oil fields over here.

"Halliburton is the only company that has the equipment large enough to work over there."

Yes I remember this being said before the war even started. Something the media has no interest in revisiting. This whole article boils down to Cheney this and Rumsfeld that and in the end Bush lied.

"The pressure off of the rigs is so great that a pinhole size leak has a PSI that would cut a man's arms off if it hits him."

In my younger years I worked in a refinery for the steam fitters (was just a grunt that could handle a pipe wrench and had a permit) and was cautioned many times about the high pressure steam lines that would do the same. I was told that just a pin hole would shoot out steam that may not even be seen until it was 8-15 feet from the leak, which could hide it behind another pipe ect.