In the early 1960s, Brewster-Bartle, an onshore drilling company, filed . In 1964, Don McMahon acquired Brewster-Bartle from its bank creditors and formed Diamond M Drilling Company, named after Diamond. .
In 1989, Diamond's predecessor bought 6 drilling rigs from the predecessor of Kaneb Management. Some of Kaneb's employees continued to work for Diamond after the transaction and then sued Diamond for personal inj.
[pdf] HRG Group, Inc., formerly Harbinger Group Inc. and Zapata Corporation, was a based in , having originated from an company started by a group including future U.S. president. .
The company traced its origins to Zapata Petroleum Corporation, founded in 1953 by future U.S. President , along with his business partners John Overbey, , , and Thomas J.. .
Zapata sought to acquire a controlling interest in the in 1969, but was outbid by 's AMK Corp. Robert Gow's father, Ralph Gow, was on United Fruit's board of directors. In the 1970. .
By 1994, the company had come under Glazer's control, after a . Glazer became chairman of Zapata, replacing Ronald Lassiter, and in 1995 , son of Malcolm, was named CEO and president o.
[pdf] Deepwater drilling, or deep well drilling, is the process of creating holes in the using a for under the deep sea. There are approximately 3400 deepwater wells in the with depths greater than 150 meters. Deepwater drilling has not been technologically or economically feasible for m.
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