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Lodwrick M. Cook
During his tenure as CEO, Cook helped to develop the Alaska oil reserves and the Alaska pipeline and was a pioneer in the development of cleaner-burning gasoline. These endeavors helped ARCO to double its market share on the West Coast... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The World Is Her Canvas
Columbus (MBA ’89). In celebration of International Women’s Day, an exhibition of her photos and oil pastels from some of the 42 countries she has visited (usually as a backpacker staying in villagers’ homes) was on display in March at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq
bullet hole in his car Courtesy David Horgan David J. Horgan (MBA ’86) is the managing director of the oil companies Petrel Resources and Pan Andean, based in Dublin, Ireland. Baghdad last June was a crazy scene of damage and destruction... View Details
Joseph P. Routh
When Routh assumed the position of President in 1938, Pittston’s coal and oil production businesses were generating $26 million in revenues and losing approximately $1 million on the bottom-line. Through shrewd investments and tight... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
Thomas B. Pickens
Starting his career with only a small drilling, exploration and production firm, Pickens developed a knack for acquiring oil-rich properties. His luck afforded him the wealth he used to begin his famous string of attempted hostile takeovers of other View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
John E. Swearingen
Swearingen took over the inefficient Standard Oil of Indiana in 1960. He streamlined its operations and aligned its business units while expanding Standard’s exploration of both domestic and foreign oil. By the end of his tenure, he had... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
William L. Stewart
Assuming control of Union Oil from his father, William Stewart’s first task was to repair the company’s finances, which had suffered under his father’s huge waves of expansion. Stewart accomplished this without problems and guided Union... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt built the largest independent oil company in the U.S. During World War II, Hunt sold more oil to the Allies than the total German output, and supplied 85% of the natural gas piped into the eastern... View Details
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Edward G. Jefferson
Jefferson is credited with streamlining duPont’s operations and diversifying its portfolio – setting the stage for a new era in the company’s history. His purchase of Conoco in 1981 dramatically changed the duPont landscape providing a ready supply of View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
Consulting Group proposed an 11-point plan of regulatory reforms, technological advances, and infrastructure and workforce development. The goal: to realize the economic benefits of unconventional gas and oil (already adding more than... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team
Daniel Yergin is a founding partner of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Prize, which chronicles oil’s rise and impact on the world. He was winding up a postdoctoral fellowship in international affairs at Harvard and was... View Details
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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Oil and Gas and Mining Sectors’ Companies and Communities On Investors’ Role: “Directing capital to companies that can use it productively is ultimately the most profound benefit investors can have on society.” -Michael E. Porter View Details
Robert H. Johnson
its markets, including oil and gas drilling equipment and construction materials. Between 1955 and 1966, Johnson grew sales from $145 million to $476 million and earnings from $28 million to $52 million. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Joseph S. Cullinan
In 1913, when Cullinan resigned his presidency, Texaco controlled over 4% of the nation’s oil production. Cullinan had grown Texaco from an initial capitalization of $3 million to one of $30 million with assets of approximately $60... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building bridges between Asia and the US
Ravi Chidambaram (MBA 1978) talks about helping launch an oil industry coalition to provide low-cost fuel to the airline industry, and his work with the Asia Society, bringing industry and cultural programs to the US. (Published April... View Details
- 04 May 2011
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Recipes from the COC (Chief Operating Cook)
tablespoons tamarind paste ¼ cup Canola vegetable oil 1 medium onion (finely chopped) 2 medium tomatoes (finely chopped) 2 inches of fresh ginger (finely chopped) 1 small green chili (finely chopped) 1 clove of garlic (finely chopped) 1... View Details
Langbourne M. Williams, Jr.
After launching a stockholder attack on the management of Freeport Sulphur in 1930, Williams found himself in the CEO position three years later. Under his direction, Freeport experienced a major turnaround in performance and became the premier supplier of sulphur in... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
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Jeremy Burnham
In the past year, Jeremy Burnham, a chemical engineer with a background in oil and energy, has experienced a dizzying succession of transitions. “Last June, my wife Perisha and I moved to Cambridge,” Jeremy explains. “In July, she gave... View Details
Herman Brown
Brown built one of the world’s largest construction companies - Brown and Root, Incorporated. Brown also developed subsidiaries that included hotels, oil and gas producing properties, paper mills, mines, real estate concerns, office... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate