Halliburton

In his introductory remarks, Dorgan explained that Senate Republicans had blocked any attempts at having a formal bi-partisan hearing, resulting in a separate committee.
. British based Lloyd-Owen has a direct contract with the Iraq government to provide fuel to various parts of the country.
. Allan Waller testified to specific examples of how KBR officials had conspired in blocking of Lloyd-Owen fuel transports, and using other coersive means against is competitor. Print. The employees who talked to auditors were sent to camps under more fire than other camps, and Anaconda." This report led Dorgan and others to voice considerable outrage. See Also.

"The threat of being sent to a camp under fire was their way of keeping us quiet. The 737-500s will be disposed of during 2005 with three further A320-200 deliveries to replace them, the last due in January 2006. The manager told me that I was being sent away until the auditors were gone, because I had talked to the auditors," Mayberry said. The Aer Lingus fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005):. "I personally was sent to Falluja for three weeks. See article: Aer Lingus destinations. In 2003 and 2004, Falluja had been well known as dangerous for foreign troops and civilians. It is believed that the airline will soon be privatised.

Mayberry also claimed would-be whistleblowers were threatened "to be sent to Falluja" and other "places under fire" if they talked to media or governmental oversight officials. Other plans include the procurement of new long-haul aircraft for expansion of intercontinental services. The recorded interviewer asked, "Are you saying that Halliburton deliberately falsified the number of meals they prepared and then submitted false claims for reimbursement and that they did this to make up for past amounts auditors had disallowed?" Mayberry firmly answered "yes." He said that serving expired food rations was "an everyday occurrence, sometimes every meal." He also explained that Halliburton systematically overcharged for the number of meals as well, saying, "they were charging for 20,000 meals and they were only serving 10,000 meals." Dorgan later commented, "obviously there's no honor here, by a company that would serve outdated food to our troops in Iraq.". Business class travel and cargo provisions for short haul flights have both been phased out (which will require the airline to drop out of the oneworld airline alliance), and the trademark aquamarine uniforms are to be dropped in favour of casual poloneck shirts. He said that KBR routinely sold expired food rations to the Army. They are currently positioning themselves as competition to the European no-frills airlines, such as Ryanair, easyJet, Volare and Germanwings, but plan no-frills intercontinental flights as well. Mayberry, still in Iraq, testified by video from questions prepared by the committee. This has largely been achieved through a new strategy involving lowering the airline's cost base, updating the fleet with modern Airbus equipment and developing new routes to mainland European destinations (Aer Lingus had previously largely neglected mainland Europe in favour of US and UK destinations).

She testified to have been given misinformation in answer to her complaints, saying she was "overtly misled.". The airline has since weathered the storm and is back in profit. "Ultimately my main was concern was the repeated insistence RIO contract be awarded to KBR without competitive bidding," Greenhouse said. Staff numbers were cut, destinations were dropped and the fleet was reduced. Greenhouse, who provided the bulk of testimony, spoke for several minutes about her involvement in the evaluation and crafting of government Army contracts, and explaining how her superiors undermined and dismissed her concerns of illegal business practices. Following the attacks on September 11, 2001 Aer Lingus' business was severely reduced. Army Corps of Engineers, Rory Mayberry, former Food Program Manager for Halliburton subsidiary, and Allan Waller, of the Lloyd-Owen International security and operations firm. In 1 February 2001, Aer Lingus Commuter was merged back into the mainline operation.

Among those testifying were Bunny Greenhouse, former Chief Contracting Officer of the U.S. The event was taken over by Esat BT amid claims that it was part of a cost cutting plan by Aer Lingus, though the airline claimed that the exhibition no longer represented the airline's aims or goals. Among the senators and representatives present at the hearing were Byron Dorgan (presiding), Henry Waxman, Frank Lautenberg, and Mark Dayton. From 1965 to 1997 Aer Lingus sponsored the Aer Lingus Young Scientist Exhibition. On June 27, 2005, the Democratic Party held a public committee, aired on C-SPAN 3, at which former civilian employees based in or administering operations in Iraq, testified to specific instances of waste, fraud, and other abuses and irregularities by Halliburton and its subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR). However, since then these flights have been suspended. Vice President Dick Cheney and Halliburton, had led many to speculate with regard to improprieties and profiteering from the war. Newark International Airport in New Jersey was also added as a destination.

The associations between U.S. The late 1990s saw Aer Lingus return to Belfast with a service to New York via Shannon. Allegations of fraud by Halliburton, specifically with regard to its operations in Iraq, have persisted since before the Iraq War. By that time, over 8 million people had travelled across the Atlantic in Aer Lingus Boeing 747s. These steps are not unusual for corporate executives who enter government. On October 2, 1995 the last jumbo-jet service was operated after twenty-five years of service. The officials also said he had promised to donate to charity any after-tax profits he made from exercising his stock options. This led to the phasing out of the Boeing 747 and the briefly operated Boeing 767-300ER.

On the question of Cheney's deferred compensation from Halliburton, officials of the Bush-Cheney campaign said that before entering office in 2001, Cheney bought an insurance policy that guaranteed a fixed amount of deferred payments from Halliburton each year for five years so that the payments would not depend on the company's fortunes. In 1994 Aer Lingus started direct services between Dublin and the United States using the new Airbus A330 and in May of that year Aer Lingus operated the first A330 ETOPS service on the North Atlantic route. Dick Cheney also retains 433,000 share-equivalent unexercised stock options at Halliburton. The airline was also the first operator in the world of all 3 then versions of the 737 (the 300/400/500 series). Cheney's deferred compensation from Halliburton, which appeared on Cheney's 2001 financial disclosure statement, generated an income between $50,000 to $100,000 for the vice president. By 1992 Aer Lingus's whole original 737 fleet had been replaced by new 737s. presidential election campaign with a severance package worth $20 million. In 1991, 4 Saab 340Bs arrived at the commuter division, to substitute the Shorts 360 planes.

Cheney retired from the company during the 2000 U.S. The BAC 1-11s were retired and 5 new 737s arrived. Bill Gertz, defense reporter for The Washington Times, wrote: "Vice President Dick Cheney was chief executive officer of Halliburton from 1995 until 2000, and Democrats repeatedly have tried to link the administration to claims of government favoritism toward the firm." [4]. During 1990, after the passage of the deregulation act for the airline industry in Ireland, Aer Lingus had to reconsider its operational policies. In recent years the company has become the center of many controversies involving the 2003 Iraq War and the company's ties to US Vice President Dick Cheney. Between 1987 and 1989, new Boeing 737s arrived to replace the older ones, and 6 Fokker F50s were added to the Commuter fleet. An audit of KBR by The Pentagon’s Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) found $108 million in "questioned costs" and, as of mid-March 2005, said they still had "major" unresolved issues with Halliburton. Around this time Aer Lingus purchased a majority sharehold in the cargo airline Aer Turas, owner of some DC-8 freighter jets.

Halliburton is the only company mentioned by terrorist Osama bin Laden in an April 2004 tape where he claims that "this is a war [in Iraq] that is benefiting major companies with billions of dollars.". These services were operated primarily by 5 of the Belfast-built Shorts 360. They are expected to have generated more than $13 billion in sales by the time they start to expire in 2006 but most offer low margins - less than 2% on average in 2003 and just 1.4% this year for the logistics work. In 1984 a fully-owned subsidiary, Aer Lingus Commuter, was formed so that Aer Lingus could fly to larger cities in Ireland and Britain whose flying time from Dublin did not require jet planes. Despite cronyism allegations, the company's contracts in Iraq are much less profitable than its core energy business. In the early 1980s the 707s were phased out. In addition to troop support, Halliburton also provides air traffic control support; produces 74 million gallons of water a month for consumption, hygiene and laundry; deploys as many as 700 trucks a day to deliver essentials to American forces; and provides firefighter and crash-rescue services, as well as working to restore Iraqi oil infrastructure. Patrick) from Rome to Dublin and later from Shannon to Boston.

Halliburton's work in Iraq is diverse and complicated. The pontiff flew aboard a specially modified Boeing 747 (EI-ASI or St. Today KBR employ over 30,000 men and women in Iraq. In September 1979 Aer Lingus became the first airline other than Alitalia to be used by Pope John Paul II. KBR has contracts in Iraq worth up to $18 billion, including a single no-bid contract known as "Restore Iraqi Oil" (RIO) which has an estimated worth of $7 billion. The livery included two different colors of blue and one green, plus the white shamrock on the tail/fin.
. In 1974 a new livery was unveiled and the word International disappeared from the fuselage titles on Aer Lingus planes.

Halliburton first tried to find work cementing oil wells in Burkburnett, Texas then moved their business (New Method Oil Well Cementing Company) to the Healdton field near Ardmore, Oklahoma. A third was later added to the fleet, however, one was leased out because it wasn't profitable at first for the company to fly 747s across the Atlantic Ocean. Erle P. In 1970 Aer Lingus took delivery of two Boeing 747s for use on the transatlantic routes. and Mrs. Aer Lingus later decided to extend the 737 flights to all of their European network. Mr. 1969 saw the introduction of Boeing 737s to the Aer Lingus fleet to cope with the high demand for flights between the cities of Dublin and London.

Analysts at Deutsche Bank value KBR at up to $2.15 billion, while others believe it could be worth closer to $3 billion by the time management decides what to do with the business in 2005. The service proved successful in the beginning but it was soon suspended due to the beginning of the troubles in the area. At a meeting for investors and analysts in August 2004, a plan was outlined to divest the KBR division through a possible sale, spin-off or initial public offering. In 1968, flights from Belfast in Northern Ireland to New York were started. a year from 2002 through 2004. The cause of the crash is still unknown, with some suggesting that British missile tests were to blame. As a result of the asbestos-related costs, Halliburton lost approximately $900 million U.S. The crash is generally known as the Tuskar Rock Air Disaster in Ireland.

Asbestos-related litigation from the Kellogg acquisition caused the company to book over $4.0 (billion U.S.) in losses from 2002 through 2004. All 57 passengers and four crew perished. KBR is a major international construction company, which is a highly volatile undertaking subject to wild fluctuations in revenue and profit. Aer Lingus suffered its only air crash in 1968 when a Vickers Viscount aircraft en route from Cork to London crashed near Tuskar Rock in the waters off the south east coast of Ireland. Kellogg division of Dresser (which Dresser had merged with in 1988). In 1966 the remainder of the companies shares held by Aer Rianta were tranferred to the Minister for Finance. With the acquisition of Dresser Industries in 1998, the Kellogg-Brown & Root division (in 2002 renamed to KBR) was formed by merging Halliburton's Brown & Root (acquired 1962) subsidiary and the M.W. A new livery was adopted in the same year, with a large white shamrock on the fin and titles of Aer Lingus-International just above the plane's windows.

This business continues to be profitable, and the company is a world leader in this industry; Schlumberger is the company's closest competitor. Conversion of the European fleet to jet equipment began in 1965 when the BAC 1-11 began services from Dublin and Cork to Paris. Energy Services, the company's historical bedrock, includes: drilling & formation evaluation, digital & consulting solutions, production volume optimization, and fluid Systems. The Boeing 720s proved to be a success for the airline on the transatlantic routes, however, in 1964 Aer Lingus took delivery of the larger Boeing 707. . However, the Carvair proved to be an economic disaster for the airline, partly due to the rise of car ferry services. The KBR group is a major construction company of mainly refineries, oilfields & pipelines, and chemical plants. With this aircraft, five cars could be transported by loading them into the fuselage through the nose of the plane.

The Energy Services Group provides technical products and services for oil and gas exploration and production. In 1963, Aer Lingus brought some Carvairs to the fleet. FY 2004) and over 95,000 employees, Halliburton operates in two major business segments. Aer Lingus entered the jet-age on December 14, 1960 when three Boeing 720s were delivered for use on the New York route, as well as for the newest Aer Lingus destination, Boston. With revenues exceeding $20.46 (billion U.S. This arrangement continued until January 1, 1960 when Aerlínte Éireann was renamed Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines. Halliburton Energy Services NYSE: HAL is a multinational corporation based in Houston, Texas. The aircraft were wet-leased from the American airline Seaboard And Western while Irish cabin crews were used.

CNN, in a report entitled "US companies are operating in Iran despite sanctions," reported that a Halliburton spokesperson told the news agency that HPS helps Iran build oil rigs in the country's south. Three Lockheed Constellations were used for the thrice-weekly service. As of 2003, Halliburton was still operating in Iran. On April 28, 1958 Aerlínte Éireann operated the first transatlantic service from Shannon to New York. [2] [3]. In 1956 Aer Lingus introduced a new, green top livery with a white lighting flash down the windows and the Irish flag displayed on each plane's fin. In May 2003, Halliburton revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its KBR subsidiary had paid a Nigerian official $2.4 million in bribes in order to receive favorable tax treatment. Because of the expanding route structure the airline became one of the first to order Vickers Viscount 707s in 1951.

[1]. During the late 1940s and early 1950s Aer Lingus introduced new routes to Brussels, Amsterdam and Rome. In May 2003, Halliburton's role under contract with regard to Iraqi oilfields was expanded to include "operation of facilities and distribution of products". The Constellations were then sold to BOAC and the transatlantic service was put on hold. More recently, the subsidiary was awarded a no-bid contract to conduct oil well firefighting in Iraq worth an estimated $1 billion. Three new Lockheed Constellations were ordered but a financial crisis prevented the service from starting. In April 2002, KBR was awarded a $7 million contract to construct steel holding cells at Camp X-Ray. In 1947 Aerlínte Éireann came into existence with the purpose of operating transatlantic flights to New York from Ireland.

In August, 2004, Halliburton paid a $7.5 million fine to settle the issue. Because of Aer Lingus' rate of growth the airline bought seven new Vickers Viking planes in 1947, however, these proved to be uneconomical and were soon sold. Halliburton counters that the practice was approved by its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, and conforms to generally accepted accounting practices. In 1946 a new Anglo-Irish agreement gave Aer Lingus exclusive UK traffic rights in exchange for a 40% holding by British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways (BEA). The Securities and Exchange Commission investigated the same issue. From this point on Aer Lingus planes were painted in a silver and green livery, and the airline's first flight attendants were introduced. In 2002, Judicial Watch, a public action lawfirm, filed suit on behalf of shareholders against Halliburton, its current and former directors, and its accounting firm, Arthur Andersen LLP and Arthur Andersen Worldwide, for alleged accounting irregularities, said to be profit inflation by accounting for cost overruns as revenue. On November 9, 1945 regular services were resumed with an inaugural post-war flight to London.

We are not performing directly in that country." No legal action has been taken against the company or its officials. Apart from a new DC-3 service to Liverpool and an internal service to Shannon the airline's services were curtailed during World War II. No US person is facilitating any transaction. In January 1940 a new airport was completed in the Dublin suburb of Collinstown and Aer Lingus moved their operations to the new aviation centre. This is a foreign subsidiary and no US person is involved in this. In 1937 the Irish government created Aer Rianta (now called Dublin Airport Authority), a company to assume financial responsibility for the new airline and the entire country's civil aviation infrastructure. A Halliburton spokesman, responding to inquiries from Dow Jones, said "This is not breaking any laws. Later that year, the airline acquired its second aircraft, a De Havilland 84B Dragon with a capacity of 14 passengers.

Such behaviour, undertaken while Cheney was CEO of Halliburton, may have violated the Trading with the Enemy Act. Five days after being founded the airline opened its first service between Baldonnel Airfield in Dublin and Bristol, England, using a six-seater De Havilland 84 Dragon biplane. The company, HPS, operated "behind an unmarked door on the ninth floor of a new north Tehran tower block." Although HPS was incorporated in the Cayman Islands in 1975 and is "non-American", it shares both the logo and name of Halliburton Energy Services and, according to Dow Jones Newswires offers services from Halliburton units world-wide through its Tehran office. The name, Aer Lingus is an anglicisation of the Irish form Aer Loingeas which means Air Fleet (as does Aeroflot). opened an office in Tehran. Aer Lingus Teoranta was registered as an airline on May 22, 1936. In 2001 it was reported by The Wall Street Journal that a subsidiary of Halliburton Energy Services called Halliburton Products and Services Ltd. .

On 10 April 2001 the Dresser division (excluding the former Kellogg division) entered an agreement to separate itself once again from Halliburton by management purchasing its equity, the new company to be called Dresser Inc. Its slogan is Low Fares, Way Better. In 1998 Halliburton merged with Dresser Industries, which included Kellogg. The company employes 4,000 people and has revenue of €906.8 million as of 2004. In 1995 Dick Cheney became chairman and CEO. Aer Lingus is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. peacekeeping forces in Bosnia, Croatia and Hungary with food, laundry, transportation and other lifecycle management services. The airline is owned by the Irish government, however plans are being made for the privatisation of the company.

In the Balkans conflict in the 1990s, KBR supported U.S. Based in Dublin, Ireland it operates over 30 aircraft serving Europe and the United States. After having pleaded guilty, the company was fined $1.2 million, with another $2.61 million in penalties. Aer Lingus (IATA: EI, ICAO: EIN, and Callsign: Shamrock) is the national airline of Ireland. In the early 1990s Halliburton was found to be in violation of federal trade barriers in Iraq and Libya, having sold these countries dual-use oil drilling equipment and, through its former subsidiary, Halliburton Logging Services, sending six pulse neutron generators to Libya. Pioneers in Flight: Aer Lingus and the Story of Aviation in Ireland (The Liffey Press, 2002) ISBN 1-904148-21-2. In the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm in Kuwait in 1991, Halliburton crews helped bring 320 burning oil wells under control. Weldon.

1991: workforce - 73,000. Niall G. 1982: energy industry decline. The Flight Of The Iolar : The Aer Lingus Experience 1936-1986 (Gill And Macmillan, 1986) ISBN 0-71711-457-0. 1982: workforce - 115,000. Share, Bernard. 198?: Halliburton Logging Services. List of Irish companies.

198?: acquisition of Geosource. Aer Lingus Passenger Opinions. 1988: acquisition of Geophysical Service Incorporated from Texas Instruments. Aer Lingus Fleet and Orders. 1962: acquisition of Brown and Root of Houston, Texas. Aer Lingus Fleet Detail. 1961: headquarters - Dallas, Texas. Aer Lingus.

1960: name shortened to Halliburton Company. de Havilland DH.84 Dragon EI-ABI 1936-19xx. 1957: acquisition of Welex Jet Services of Fort Worth, Texas. de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 1938-19xx. 1948: New York Stock Exchange listing. Lockheed L-14 1939-1940. 1924: incorporation. Douglas DC-3 1940-1960s.

1921: headquarters - Duncan, Oklahoma. Vickers Viking 1947. 1920: reorganized - Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company. Vickers Viscount 700 Ei-AFV 1954-1966. Fokker 27 EI-AKG 1958-1966. BAC 1-11 EI-ANG 1965-1990.

Vickers Viscount 800 EI-AOH 1966-19xx. Boeing 737-200 EI-ASL 1969-1992. Shorts 330 EI-BEG 1983. Shorts 360 EI-BSP 1984-1991.

Boeing 737-300 EI-BUD 1987-1993. Boeing 737-400 EI-BXI 1989-2005. Fokker 50 EI-FKE 1989-2001. Saab 340 EI-CFC 1991-1995.

BAe 146-300 EI-CLG 1995-2003. Lockheed Constellation 1948 (Aerlinte Eireann). Lockheed Super Constellation 1958-1960. Boeing 720 EI-ALC 1960-1971.

Boeing 707-320 EI-ANO 1964-1986. Boeing 747-100 EI-BED 1971-1995. Boeing 767-300ER EI-CAL1991-1994. McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N272WA 1998-2001, leased several times from World Airways.

3 Boeing 737-500 Photograph of EI-CDG. 4 Airbus A330-300 Photograph of EI-ORD. 3 Airbus A330-200 Photograph of EI-EWR. 6 Airbus A321-200 Photograph of EI-CPG.

18 Airbus A320-200 Photograph of EI-DEN.