Rerun - Dick's fortunes

[Marta Russell]

>  Halliburton wins contract on Iraq oil firefighting
>
>  Reuters, 03.06.03, 8:31 PM ET
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>  http://www.forbes.com/home_europe/newswire/2003/03/06/rtr900049.html
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>  HOUSTON, March 6 (Reuters) - A Halliburton Co. (nyse: HAL - news -
>  people) 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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Marta Russell
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