Posted on 09/07/2005 8:28:32 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
Houston Business Journal - 11:10 AM CDT Tuesday Halliburton's KBR unit gets contract to repair Gulf Coast facilities
Halliburton Co.'s Kellogg Brown & Root subsidiary has begun work on a $500 million U.S. Navy contract for emergency repairs at Gulf Coast naval and marine facilities that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina, according to an Associated Press report.
KBR has been under fire for receiving a five-year, no-bid contract to restore Iraqi oil fields shortly before the U.S. went to war against Iraq in 2003.
The subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. of Arlington, Va., won the competitive-bid contract last July to provide debris removal and other emergency work associated with natural disasters.
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Jan Davis, a spokeswoman for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, told AP that KBR will receive $12 million for work at Naval Air Station Pascagoula, Naval Station Gulfport and Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The company will receive $4.6 million for work at two smaller Navy facilities in New Orleans and others in the South.
KBR has provided similar work after major disasters in the United States and abroad for more than 15 years, including in Florida after Hurricane Andrew.
AP added that Houston-based Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has reported being paid $10.7 billion for Iraq-related government work during 2003 and 2004. Pentagon auditors have questioned tens of millions of dollars of Halliburton charges for its operations there.
Great, will give some liberals a stroke or heart attack.
As long as Louisiana politicians don't have their fingers in this, the money will be spent properly and the work will get done.
Great, HAL is "America's Company".
Notice the contract is military not FEMA. Halliburton has the right logistics system to integrate with the U.S. military and nobody else does.
Of course this will no doubt be portrayed in the media as favoritism instead of of what it is - a company with foresight to adapt to the customer.
LOL! Twist the knife.
See??See? Right there!! Thats what were talking about!! Haliburton....!!!!....er..nevermind.
Ruh Roh.
Incoming.
I've seen KBR literally build, maintain, and supply cities (military bases) in Iraq. From nothing. From dirt.
Electric, plumbing, fuel depots, housing, food... just unbelievable logistics facilities. A first rate operation.
They are eminently qualified for the job.
And they should also rebuild New Orleans.
An important bit of information to tuck away for use later in what will undoubtedly become a screeching attack from the left.
"Halliburton? Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee."
When I was in Iraq last year, KBR was a God-send. They do good work.
Whenever a liberal starts crying about "Halliburton," I state, "Why don't a bunch of liberals start up a competitor to Halliburton, if there is so much business out there?" The liberals just go silent, because almost all of them are two things - bad business people and f*cking lazy. It's easier to complain and go to a MoveOn.org "peace vigil" than it is to actually start a business and make a profit.
Guaranteed Liberal crackpot fodder for years. Well, perhaps New Orleans and Gulfcoast residents will be happy when Halliburton does a bangup job and life gets back to normal, only better. Dems will never admit it.
Estimates are that Katrina will cause the loss of 1% of the GNP. That estimate is low. The FedGov will spend $1/2 trillion by itself because of this.
"...they should also rebuild New Orleans"
AFTER building the mountainous substructure!
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How is it liberal fodder. KBR was the lowest qualified bidder. They probably saved the government many millions by being able to do the work more efficeintly than then next low bidder.
The work needs to get done. Ask any liberal why any other company would be better. There will be silence.
See? Karl Rove caused the perfect storm so Halliburton could make some money off the backs of the poor.....
"KBR was the lowest qualified bidder."
But, ya see, it's not about being the 'lowest bidder' but being 'fair' to the 'minority' companies that probably also bid on the contract and lost out to big and bad Haliburton! /s
There are no minority owned contractors that can touch KBR. There are, however, quotas in most government bids for5 MBD and DBE business participation, somewhere from 5 to 12%, if I recall correctly.
(MBE = Minority Business Enterprise, DBE = Disadvantaged same)
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