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82-621: A large portion of Westchase is covered by a special district , the Westchase Management District, which was created by the Texas Legislature in 1995. This entity, funded by a tax increment on businesses within its boundaries, provides branding, urban planning , and public safety functions for its constituents. More than 1,500 businesses reside in Westchase; several are associated with the petroleum industry , for which Houston

164-618: A Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex data center operated by CyrusOne Networks LLC. On May 14, 2010, President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN that "you had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else" when referring to the congressional hearings held during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . "The American people could not have been impressed with that display, and I certainly wasn't." According to Tim Probert, executive vice president of Halliburton, "Halliburton, as

246-530: A for-profit institution , operates its Houston campus in the district. Remington College opened a campus in the district in 1997. Much of Westchase is zoned to Alief Independent School District . Most of Westchase, which is south of Westheimer Road ( Farm to Market Road 1093 ) and west of Gessner Road, is zoned to schools in Alief Independent School District , while the parts north of Westheimer and parts east of Gessner Road are zoned to

328-562: A 14-acre (5.7 ha) corporate headquarters in the district. The project was completed in 2016. That same year, due to the 2010s oil glut , Halliburton moved out of its 48-acre (19-hectare) campus near Chinatown , and Maersk Oil ended operations in the area. The following companies have regional or international headquarters in Westchase: Additionally, the following companies have operations in Westchase: Westchase

410-457: A Nigerian official $ 2.4 million in bribes in order to receive favorable tax treatment., United Arab Emirates In October 2004, after emerging from the bankruptcy protection, Halliburton opened a new 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m ) facility on 35 acres (140,000 m ), replacing an older facility that opened in 1948, in Rock Springs, Wyoming . With over 500 employees, Halliburton

492-564: A below average number of public parks for a city neighborhood. Harris County operates Tracy Gee Community Center, named after Tracy Gee ( simplified Chinese : 朱秀娟 ; traditional Chinese : 硃秀娟 ; pinyin : Zhū Xiùjuān ), a Chinese American university student who was murdered in 1990. The center opened in 1993. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston maintains the Chinese Cultural Center in Westchase. By 2020

574-580: A deadline of the end of April 2016 after which, if a decision had not been made, both companies could walk away from the deal if they chose. At the beginning of May 2016, the day after the deadline expired, Halliburton and Baker Hughes announced the termination of the merger agreement. On March 1, 2022, Halliburton inaugurated its MultiChem facility in Jubail PlasChem Park, which will make Saudi Arabia an exporter of specialty products from an importer of specialty products. Halliburton has become

656-459: A division of Halliburton. The building first opened as a Brown and Root facility in 1979. In 2009 the Westchase campus had 1,700 employees; Halliburton plans to increase its workforce at Oak Park to 3,000 workers. At the Bellaire site Halliburton plans to build a 16-story tower, a two-story "life center," an additional parking garage, expanded child care facilities, auditoriums, and bridges to connect

738-416: A four-company joint venture to build a liquefied natural gas plant on Bonny Island in southern Nigeria. Earlier in 2009, KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, agreed to pay $ 402 million after admitting that it bribed Nigerian officials, and Halliburton paid $ 177 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission without admitting any wrongdoing. In mid-December 2010,

820-456: A governmental area or by their governmental representatives. Special districts possess some form of civil office , that is, the board has received a delegation of sovereign power from the state. Some boards may be appointed by only landowners. Private entities may appoint some or all of the members of a special district; however, there must be evidence of civil office. In addition to special districts with privately appointed boards,

902-552: A network of trails along a tributary of Brays Bayou which flows through the center of the district. The Brays Bayou Connector, which commenced construction in 2016, will connect Richmond Avenue and Bellaire Boulevard with a 1.92-mile (3.09 km) grade-separated trail, providing pedestrian and bicyclist access to the International District and Arthur Story Park. The district government had revealed its initial plans for it in 2012. Another section opened in 2016. In 2016

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984-637: A pilot operation of a computer network system – the first such installation in the oilfield services industry. In 1966, workers broke ground for a new wing at the Research Center in Duncan that tripled the available space for the Chemical Research and Design Department. In 1968, an automated mixing system for drilling mud was developed by Halliburton, primarily for use offshore. Gearhart Industries (acquired by Halliburton Energy Services in 1989) introduced

1066-563: A result of the asbestos-related costs and staggering losses on the Barracuda Caratinga FPSO construction project based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Halliburton lost approximately $ 900 million U.S. a year from 2002 through 2004. A final non-appealable settlement in the asbestos case was reached in January 2005 which allowed Halliburton subsidiary KBR to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy and returned

1148-558: A separately listed company on April 5, 2007. The company was started in 1919 by Erle P. Halliburton as the New Method Oil Well Cementing Company. In 1920, he brought a wild gas well under control, using cement, for W.G. Skelly, near Wilson, Oklahoma . On March 1, 1921, the Halliburton "method and means of excluding water from oil wells" was assigned a patent from the U.S. Patent Office . Halliburton invented

1230-417: A service provider to the well owner, is contractually bound to comply with the well owner's instructions". It was anticipated that Halliburton's $ 2.5 billion "Restore Iraqi Oil" (RIO) contract would pay for itself as well as for reconstruction of the entire country. Plans called for more oil to be exported from Iraq's northern oil fields than actually occurred. Halliburton's work on the pipeline crossing

1312-513: A single function or a set of related functions. The term special district governments as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau excludes school districts . In 2017, the U.S. had more than 51,296 special district governments. The United States Census counts government units across all States. This includes "special districts". To count the special districts the Census must define the special districts so as to address all such governmental entities across

1394-426: A special district government, rather than as a subordinate agency, an entity must possess three attributes—existence as an organized entity, governmental character, and substantial autonomy. Each state description also lists various statutory authorities, commissions, corporations, and other forms of organizations that have certain governmental characteristics, but are subject by law to administrative or fiscal control by

1476-451: A special district may have a privately founded board; however, such a board could not be given the power to set a tax. There is a citizen-government fiscal accountability relationship. To maintain accountability for special districts, states must maintain ultimate control (the power to repeal the authorizing law at any time). Due to public foundation and, thus, ultimate control, the state can freely delegate sovereign power (such as

1558-666: A subsidiary of Halliburton Energy Services called Halliburton Products and Services Ltd. (HPS) opened an office in Tehran . The company, HPS, operated 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 worldwide through its Tehran office. Such behavior, undertaken while senior Republican (later U.S. vice president) Dick Cheney

1640-620: Is an American multinational corporation and the world's second-largest oil service company which is responsible for most of the world's fracking operations. It employs approximately 55,000 people through its hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands, and divisions in more than 70 countries. The company, though incorporated in the United States, has dual headquarters located in Houston and in Dubai . Halliburton's major business segment

1722-407: Is considered a major capital. Major employers that have offices in Westchase include ABB Group , BMC Software , Chevron , Phillips 66 , Dow Chemical , Petrochina , and Jacobs Engineering . The Westchase management district is approximately 4.32 square miles (11.2 km) in size, with 16.3 million square feet (1,510,000 m) of office space contained in 118 buildings. In 2006 Westchase

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1804-665: Is home to a growing number of hotels; between 2014 and 2016, the hotel market in the district grew by 9%. The two flagship full-service hotels in the district are the Marriott Westchase and the Houston Hilton Westchase. Westchase is home to one of Houston's only Japanese markets, the Nippan Daido (大道日本食料品店 Daidō Nihon Shokuryōhinden ). In 2022 the Bechtel announced it would move its Houston area offices, currently in

1886-518: Is now Woodlake, a residential subdivision at the intersection of Westheimer and Gessner. In 1973, Westchase Corporation, the predecessor to the modern management district, purchased 760 acres (3.1 km) of Smith's land and began preparing land parcels for corporate development. Chevron and Western Geophysical were some of the first companies to establish operations in the district. Construction on Beltway 8 (the Sam Houston Tollway) through

1968-542: Is one of the largest private employers in Sweetwater County . On January 24, 2006, Halliburton's subsidiary KBR (formerly Kellogg, Brown and Root) announced that it had been awarded a $ 385 million contingency contract by the Department of Homeland Security to build "temporary detention and processing facilities" or internment camps. According to Business Wire , this contract will be executed in cooperation with

2050-647: Is the Energy Services Group (ESG). KBR , a public company and former Halliburton subsidiary, is a major construction company of refineries , oil fields, pipelines , and chemical plants . Halliburton announced on April 5, 2007, that it had sold the division and severed its corporate relationship with KBR, which had been its contracting, engineering and construction unit as a part of the company. The company has been criticized for its involvement in numerous controversies, including its involvement with Dick Cheney – as U.S. Secretary of Defense , then CEO of

2132-464: Is used to seal casing in oil and gas wells, thereby preventing leaks. Government investigators had ordered companies involved in drilling the well to preserve all relevant evidence. In early December 2010, the Nigerian government filed corruption charges against Cheney in connection with his role as the chief executive of Halliburton. The case relates to an alleged $ 182 million contract involving

2214-700: The Balkans conflict in the 1990s, Kellogg Brown-Root (KBR) supported U.S. peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia and Hungary with food, laundry, transportation, and other life-cycle management services. In 1998, Halliburton merged with Dresser Industries, which included Kellogg. Prescott Bush was a director of Dresser Industries, which is now part of Halliburton; his son, former president George H. W. Bush , worked for Dresser Industries in several positions from 1948 to 1951, before he founded Zapata Corporation . The Wall Street Journal reported in 2001 that

2296-558: The Deepwater Horizon explosion claimed that poor practices of Halliburton staff had contributed to the disaster. Investigations carried out by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling found that Halliburton was jointly at fault along with BP and Transocean for the spill. The cement that Halliburton used was an unstable mixture, and eventually caused hydrocarbons to leak into

2378-639: The Houston Galleria area, to Westchase effective late 2023. In 2023 Mattress Firm announced it would move its headquarters to Westchase as the lease at its current headquarters ends. Halliburton previously operated the Houston Office (a.k.a. Oak Park Campus) on 67 acres (27 ha) of land located in Chinatown and in the Westchase district. The complex included the Latin America division of Easywell,

2460-692: The Houston Independent School District . Two AISD public schools are located within the boundaries of the district, Alief Early College High School and Sneed Elementary School. The school zoning for the Alief ISD portion is as follows: The school zoning for the Houston ISD portion is as follows: Private schools in Westchase include Alexander-Smith Academy , River Oaks Academy , Wesley Academy, Woodlake Square Children's Center, Ascension Episcopal School, Children's World Learning Center, and

2542-449: The Tigris river at Al Fatah has been called a failure. Critics claim that the oil fields are barely usable and access to international markets is severely limited. As an example, against the advice of its own experts, Halliburton attempted to dig a tunnel through a geological fault zone . The underground terrain was a jumble of boulders, voids, cobblestones, and gravel and not appropriate for

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2624-498: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , Fort Worth District. Critics point to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp as a possible model. According to a press release posted on the Halliburton website, "The contract, which is effective immediately, provides for establishing temporary detention and processing capabilities to augment existing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) Program facilities in

2706-1053: The farmers market in Westchase had an increase in traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas . Congregation Or Ami, a Jewish congregation, is located in Westchase. As of 2018 the rabbi is Gideon Estes. See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Texas portal 29°43′44″N 95°33′50″W  /  29.729°N 95.564°W  / 29.729; -95.564 Special district (United States) Special districts (also known as special service districts, special district governments , or limited purpose entities ) are independent, special-purpose governmental units that exist separately from local governments such as county , municipal , and township governments, with substantial administrative and fiscal independence. They are formed to perform

2788-554: The Beltway 8 Group, which coordinated with TxDOT to lock in property values at rates the state could afford. In the early 1990s, BMC Software relocated its headquarters from Sugar Land to a new 20-story tower in Westchase. Legislation creating the Westchase District was passed by the 73rd Texas State Legislature and became law on August 28, 1995. In 2012, after splitting from ConocoPhillips , Phillips 66 began construction on

2870-520: The Grace Presbyterian Church and School. Westchase Methodist School is a preschool and kindergarten in Westchase. The Tenney School is also in Westchase. The area is served by the Judson W. Robinson-Westchase Neighborhood Library of Houston Public Library at 3223 Wilcrest Drive. The branch is named for Judson W. Robinson Jr. (1932-1990), who in 1971 became the first African-American elected to

2952-466: The Houston City Council. The library, originally opened in 1991, was closed for major renovations in the fall of 2016, and re-opened in the spring of 2018. METRO maintains a park and ride station for commuting to the central city. This station's construction had an anticipated start date of September, and there were plans for it to have spaces for 1,473 vehicles. The Westchase District maintains

3034-587: The Incorporated Guardians of the Poor, which were created by special acts in the 17th century. Turnpike trusts were an early and popular special purpose authority in England. Internal drainage boards are current examples in parts of England and Wales. The state of Illinois leads the nation in the number of special districts with California close behind. State counts of their special districts may differ from

3116-416: The M.W. Kellogg division of Dresser (which Dresser had merged with in 1988). KBR is a major international construction company that works in an industry that tends to have an element of volatility and is subject to significant fluctuations in revenue and profit . Asbestos -related litigation from Kellogg acquisition caused the company to book more than US$ 4.0 billion in losses from 2002 through 2004. As

3198-668: The Philippines reside in Westchase. The Indonesian consulate has been in Westchase since 1993. The Philippines consulate opened on September 24, 2018. In 2015, Saudi Arabia submitted plans to construct a new 3-acre (12,000 m) general consulate complex in Westchase. In 2019 the Mexican government agreed to give the state government of Texas the land of the Consulate-General of Mexico , in Southeast Houston , in exchange for

3280-628: The U.S. Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and the Pentagon's inspector general. These investigations found no wrongdoing within the contract award and execution process. In one of Greenhouse's claims, she said that military auditors caught Halliburton overcharging the Pentagon for fuel deliveries into Iraq. She also complained that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld 's office took control of every aspect of Halliburton's $ 7 billion Iraqi oil/infrastructure contract. Greenhouse

3362-590: The United States are founded by some level of government in accordance with state law (either constitutional amendment, general law, or special acts) and exist in all states. Special districts are legally separate entities with at least some corporate powers. Districts are created by legislative action, court action, or public referendum . The procedures for creating a special district may include procedures such as petitions , hearings, voter or landowner approval, or government approval. Tribal governments may create special districts pursuant to state law and may serve on

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3444-528: The United States follow the English custom. The earliest known general law in England authorizing special purpose authorities was the Statute of Sewers of 1532. Single purpose authorities created by individual charters also existed at the time. However, the early authorities were temporary and unconnected to local government structure. The first laws authorizing permanent authorities connected to local governments were

3526-476: The area began in 1985 and was completed in 1988. Financing for this section of the tollway was particularly challenging, as the Texas Department of Transportation 's right-of-way acquisition program coincided with the rapid development of Westchase and Sharpstown, induced by the 1970s energy crisis . In order to ensure that the highway would be built, landowners and developers in Westchase and Sharpstown formed

3608-1037: The board. The board of a special district serves primarily as a managing board and often appoints a chief executive for day-to-day operations and decision making and policy implementation. In the New England states, special districts are often run in the same town meeting fashion as other local governments. Most districts have employees, but some districts exist solely to raise funds by issuing bonds and/or by providing tax increment financing . Special districts perform many functions including airports , ports , highways , mass transit , parking facilities , fire protection , libraries , parks , cemeteries , hospitals , irrigation , conservation , sewerage , wastewater treatment , solid waste , fiber optic systems , stadiums , water supply , electric power , and natural gas utility . Special districts are authorized by state law and must have public foundation, civil office , and public accountability . Special districts in

3690-403: The boards of special districts. Special districts, like all public entities, have public foundation. The landmark case of the U.S. Supreme Court addressing public versus private charters was Dartmouth College v. Woodward in 1819. Dartmouth established the fundamental differences between public and private organizations. Critically, a government must be founded by all of the people of

3772-482: The bribery case. In 2015, Halliburton was found guilty in court for illegal retaliation against a whistleblower who filed a report with the SEC over concerns that the company was illegally concealing billions of dollars. The company has also been criticized for refusing to comply with United States Environmental Protection Agency requests for transparency around chemicals it uses in hydraulic fracturing. Jeff Miller

3854-407: The broad spectrum of 50 states' definitions and interpretations. The Census's full definition is: Special district governments are independent, special purpose governmental units, other than school district governments, that exist as separate entities with substantial administrative and fiscal independence from general purpose local governments. As defined for Census Bureau statistics on governments,

3936-513: The city government bought 3.4 acres (1.4 ha) of land, on two plots adjacent to the library, to create a park there. Houston City Council voted to approve creation of a park the following year. Wilcrest Park is scheduled to begin operations in December 2022. Woodchase Park, 1.75 acres (0.71 ha) in size, had its opening scheduled for October 2021. Prior to the openings of these parks, as of 2020, Trust for Public Land described Westchase as having

4018-662: The company changed its name to the Halliburton Company. In 1963, Halliburton was the first company in Oklahoma to receive the Presidential "E" for Export flag in recognition of notable contributions to foreign trade. Halliburton opened a 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m ) manufacturing center in Duncan, Oklahoma , in 1964. The company began to experiment with new technologies to help their services – for example, beginning in 1965

4100-660: The company to quarterly profitability. While Halliburton's revenues have increased because of its contracts in the Middle East , the overall impact on its bottom line has been mixed. 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 . Analysts at Deutsche Bank valued KBR at up to $ 2.15 billion, while others believed it could be worth closer to $ 3 billion by 2005. KBR became

4182-558: The company, then Vice President of the United States – and the Iraq War , and the Deepwater Horizon , for which it agreed to settle outstanding legal claims against it by paying litigants $ 1.1 billion. KBR , one of Halliburton's subsidiaries at the time, paid bribes to high-ranking Nigerian officials between 1994 and 2004. Under a deal reached with the U.S. Justice Department , Halliburton has agreed to pay $ 382 million to settle

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4264-472: The content inside the stolen material was data on the recently discovered Tupi oil field . Initial police inquiries suggest that it could be a common container theft operation. The container was a ramshackle in complete disorder indicating that thieves were after "valuables and not only laptops," said an expert consulted by the daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo. In 2008, Halliburton agreed to outsource its mission-critical information technology infrastructure to

4346-592: The district. Westchase is located in Harris County Precinct 3, which is headed by Commissioner Steve Radack. The United States Postal Service operates the Westchase and Debora Sue Schatz post offices in the district. Houston Community College Alief Campus, opened in 2007, is located along Westheimer in Westchase. In 2017, the West Houston Institute, a STEM -focused facility, opened adjacent to HCC Alief. American InterContinental University ,

4428-452: 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. After having pleaded guilty, the company was fined $ 1.2 million, with another $ 2.61 million in penalties. During

4510-491: The event of an emergency influx of immigrants into the U.S., or to support the rapid development of new programs. The contingency support contract provides for planning and, if required, initiation of specific engineering, construction and logistics support tasks to establish, operate and maintain one or more expansion facilities." In February 2008, a hard disk and two computers containing classified information were stolen from Petrobras while in Halliburton's custody. Allegedly,

4592-424: The federal count because the states may have different definitions of a special district than the U.S. Census Bureau. All of the following examples have been found by the U.S. Census Bureau to be special districts. See the Census of Governments Government Organization publications at a depository library or visit https://www.census.gov and select Governments Division. Halliburton Halliburton Company

4674-642: The first digital computer logging system in 1974. In 1969, Halliburton began construction of a base camp at Prudhoe Bay on Alaska 's North Slope. In 1975, it responded to environmental concerns by working with the nonprofit Clean Gulf Associates to contain and clean up oil spills. In 1976, Halliburton established the Halliburton Energy Institute in Duncan, Oklahoma, to provide an industry forum for disseminating technical information. In 1980, Halliburton Research Center opened in Duncan, Oklahoma. The company's billionth sack of cement for customers

4756-784: The first multiwell platform offshore China, and an Otis Engineering team controlled a gigantic Tengiz field blowout in the Soviet Union . Following the end of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, the Pentagon , led by then defense secretary Dick Cheney , paid Halliburton subsidiary Brown & Root Services over $ 8.5 million to study the use of private military forces with American soldiers in combat zones. Halliburton crews also helped bring 725 burning oil wells under control in Kuwait . In 1995, Cheney replaced Thomas H. Cruikshank , as chairman and CEO . Cruikshank had served since 1989. In

4838-472: The first time in 1952. Erle P. Halliburton died in Los Angeles in 1957. HOWCO is at this time worth $ 190 million with camps all over the world. The same year, HOWCO purchased Welex, which pioneered jet perforation. Otis Engineering, an oil field service and equipment company specializing in manufacturing pressure control equipment for oil and gas producing wells, was acquired in 1959. On July 5, 1961,

4920-479: The former's website, as at December 11, 2014 detailed the restructuring in the integration to follow. The firm announced it would acquire Baker Hughes for around $ 35 billion in cash and stock, creating an oilfield services company that aims to compete with Schlumberger . Prior to the merger of Baker Hughes and Halliburton, Halliburton must divest over $ 5 billion of its assets according to the regulations created by US competition enforcement authorities. The merger had

5002-716: The industry. In 1947, the Halliburton first marine cementing vessel went into service. In 1951, Halliburton first appeared in Europe as Halliburton Italiana SpA, a wholly owned subsidiary in Italy. Over the next seven years, Halliburton launched Halliburton Company Germany GmbH, set up operations in Argentina and established a subsidiary in England. By 1951, HOWCO had service centers operating in Canada, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. Halliburton revenues topped $ 100 million for

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5084-482: The kind of drilling Halliburton planned. "No driller in his right mind would have gone ahead," said Army geologist Robert Sanders when the military finally sent people to inspect the work. On November 17, 2014, Halliburton and Baker Hughes jointly announced a definitive agreement under which Halliburton will, subject to the conditions set forth in the agreement, acquire Baker Hughes in a stock and cash transaction valued at $ 34.6 billion. A press release made available on

5166-739: The less conspicuous tasks of mosquito abatement and upkeep of cemeteries. The Census Bureau classification of special district governments covers a wide variety of entities, most of which are officially called districts or authorities. Not all public agencies so termed, however, represent separate governments. Many entities that carry the designation "district" or "authority" are, by law, so closely related to county, municipal, town or township, or state governments that they are classified as subordinate agencies of those governments in Census Bureau statistics on governments, and are not counted as separate special district governments. In order to be classified as

5248-531: The major business segments. These businesses continue to be profitable, and the company is one of the world's largest players in these service industries; it is second after Schlumberger , and is followed by Saipem , Weatherford International , and Baker Hughes . 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

5330-504: The many buildings. In 2009 Halliburton had about 1,000 employees worked in leased office space in Westchase. During that year Halliburton stated that it planned to vacate the leased space. The plans for the Oak Park office had been delayed by one year, and Halliburton expected completion in 2013. However Halliburton closed the facility in 2015, and in 2020 a planned demolition was revealed. The consulate generals of Costa Rica , Indonesia , and

5412-492: The object of several controversies involving the Iraq War and the company's ties to former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney . Cheney retired from the company during the 2000 U.S. presidential election campaign with a severance package worth $ 36 million. As of 2004, he had received $ 398,548 in deferred compensation from Halliburton while Vice President. Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000 and has received stock options from Halliburton. In

5494-538: The power to tax) to special districts and can allow them to act autonomously with little supervision. There is little information available on the earliest special districts in the United States. It is known that park districts existed in the 18th century. Toll road and canal corporations existed in the 19th century. The first general statute authorizing irrigation districts was adopted by California in 1887. The U.S. Census Bureau began identifying and collecting data on special districts in 1942. Special districts in

5576-676: The residents, 40% were non-Hispanic white, 22% were Hispanics, 23% were non-Hispanic black, 13% were non-Hispanic Asians, and 2% were non-Hispanic others. Westchase is located in Houston City Council district F. Two Houston Fire Department stations, Station 69 Westchase and Station 83 Royal Oaks, serve Westchase. Both stations are a part of Fire District 83. Station 69, located on Beltway 8 , opened in 1980, after rapid area development stressed existing emergency infrastructure. Station 83 opened in 2005. The Houston Police Department 's Westside and Uptown Divisions serve separate sections of

5658-591: The revolutionary cement jet mixer, to eliminate hand-mixing of cement, and the measuring line, a tool used to guarantee cementing accuracy. By 1922, the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company (HOWCO) was prospering from the Mexia, Texas oil boom, having cemented its 500th well in late summer. In 1924, the company was incorporated in Delaware , with 56 people on its payroll. The stock of the corporation

5740-412: The run-up to the Iraq War, Halliburton was awarded a $ 7 billion contract for which only Halliburton was allowed to bid. Bunnatine Greenhouse , a civil servant with 20 years of contracting experience, had complained to Army officials on numerous occasions that Halliburton had been unlawfully receiving special treatment for work in Iraq, Kuwait and the Balkans. Criminal investigations were opened by

5822-660: The state giving the Mexican government 3 acres (1.2 ha) of land in Westchase, that was previously state property. The move is rebuilding so the state government can reconstruct freeways in the Southeast Houston area. The current Mexican consulate opened in June 2021. In 2015 the Westchase Super Neighborhood, defined by the City of Houston and with boundaries different from that of the Westchase Management District, had 29,149 residents in 2015. 33% of them were non-Hispanic black, 26% were Hispanic, 25% were non-Hispanic white, 13% were non-Hispanic Asians, and 2% were non-Hispanic others. The super neighborhood had 21,017 residents in 2000. Of

5904-620: The state or by independent local governments; therefore, they are classified as subordinate agencies of those governments. Special districts serve limited areas and have governing boards that accomplish legislatively assigned functions using public funds . Each district is governed by a board of directors , commissioners , board of supervisors , or the like. These boards may be appointed by public officials , appointed by private entities, popularly elected, or elected by benefited citizens (typically, property owners). Sometimes, one or more public officials will serve as an ex officio member on

5986-518: The term "special district governments" excludes school district governments as they are defined as a separate governmental type. Special district governments provide specific services that are not being supplied by existing general purpose governments. Most perform a single function, but in some instances, their enabling legislation allows them to provide several, usually related, types of services. The services provided by these districts range from such basic social needs as hospitals and fire protection, to

6068-471: The well, causing the explosion that started the crisis. Halliburton pleaded guilty to destroying evidence after the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster; the company destroyed computer simulations it performed in the months after the accident, simulations that contradicted Halliburton's claim that it was BP who had not followed Halliburton's advice. BP had employed Halliburton to oversee the process by which cement

6150-645: Was CEO of Halliburton, may have violated the Trading with the Enemy Act . A Halliburton spokesman, responding to inquiries from Dow Jones , said "This is not breaking any laws. This is a foreign subsidiary and no U.S. person is involved in this. No U.S. person is facilitating any transaction. We are not performing directly in that country." No legal action has been taken against the company or its officials. Later, David J. Lesar, Halliburton's chief executive, announced that Halliburton would withdraw from Iran. In April 2002, KBR

6232-464: Was awarded a $ 7 million contract to construct steel holding cells at Camp X-Ray . In November 2002, KBR was tasked to plan oil well firefighting in Iraq, and in February 2003 was issued a contract to conduct the work. Critics contend that it was a no-bid contract , awarded due to Dick Cheney's position as vice president. Concern was also expressed that the contract could allow KBR to pump and distribute Iraqi oil. Others contend, however, that this

6314-538: Was described by John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press as suburban in nature, with a high concentration of chain stores along its major arterial roads . In the 1950s, large portions of Westchase were purchased by Robert E. Smith, a Houston oilman and philanthropist well known for creating the Houston Colt .45s baseball team. In 1969, Friendswood Development Company purchased a section of Smith's land to form what

6396-530: Was later demoted for poor performance in her position. Greenhouse's attorney, Michael Kohn, portrayed her performance reviews as punishment for criticizing the administrations. He stated in The New York Times that "she is being demoted because of her strict adherence to procurement requirements and the Army's preference to sidestep them when it suits their needs." An internal report released in 2010 by BP into

6478-440: Was not strictly a no-bid contract, and was invoked under a contract that KBR won "in a competitive bid process." The contract, referred to as LOGCAP, is a contingency-based contract that is invoked at the convenience of the Army. Because the contract is essentially a retainer, specific orders are not competitively bid (as the overall contract was). In May 2003, Halliburton revealed in SEC filings that its KBR subsidiary had paid

6560-609: Was owned by Erle and Vida Halliburton and by seven major oil companies: Magnolia, Texas, Gulf, Humble, Sun, Pure and Atlantic. In 1926, its first foreign venture began with sale of equipment to Burma and India . Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Halliburton continued cementing across America. In 1938, Halliburton cemented its first offshore well using a truck on a barge off the Louisiana coast. In 1940, Halliburton opened offices in Venezuela and introduced bulk handling of cementing to

6642-406: Was promoted to President of Halliburton on August 1, 2014, and CEO on June 1, 2017, replacing Dave Lesar . The company has dual headquarters located in Houston and in Dubai , but it remains incorporated in the United States. Energy services (the company's historical cornerstone), formation evaluation , digital and consulting services , production volume optimization, and fluid systems are

6724-403: Was pumped in 1983. In 1989, Halliburton acquired logging and perforating specialist company Gearhart Industries and combined it with its subsidiary Welex to form Halliburton Logging Services. Throughout the 1980s, Halliburton's subsidiaries continued their projects around the world (under management of former CEO Brian Darcy) even in countries once considered enemies. Equipment was provided for

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