People in the Petroleum Industry  (English, Paperback, Source Wikipedia)

Chapters: Armand Hammer, Peter Tertzakian, Frank M. McMahon, Eivind Reiten, Waman Bapuji Metre, Red Adair, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, John Henry Phelan, Paul Chaffey, Olav Fjell, Colin Phipps, Eddie Kolb, Thomas Peter Lee, William Ellsworth Lee, Clive Mather, Arthur A. Seeligson, Jr., Carl G. Cromwell, Svein Rennemo, Thomas Baker Slick, Sr., Per Terje Vold, William Merriam Burton, Yousef Al Omeir, Walter Benona Sharp, Gro Brækken, Siri Hatlen, Khoshbakht Yusifzadeh, Chakib Khelil, Harald Norvik, Thorvald Mellingen, Egil Myklebust, Hans Goksøyr, Jannik Lindbæk, Øystein Dahle, Helge Lund, Elisabeth Berge, Arve Johnsen, Benjamin R. Pollner, Berge G. Larsen, Daniel J. Piette, Annette Malm Justad, Ivar Brandvold, Håvard Kjærstad, Wenche Kjølås, Ketil Lenning, Helge Eide, Haakon Sandborg, Dag Roger Rinde,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 134. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 - December 10, 1990) was a flamboyant United States business tycoon most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran for decades, though he was known as well as for his art collection, his philanthropy, and for his close ties to the Soviet Union. Thanks to business interests around the world and his "citizen diplomacy," Hammer cultivated a wide network of friends and acquaintances. Late in life, he would brag that he had been the only man in history friendly with both Vladimir Lenin and Ronald Reagan. Hammer remains a controversial figure because of his ties to the Soviet Union, which led to speculation that he was disloyal to the United States. During his lifetime, some also objected to him on the grounds that he had made an illegal campaign contribution to U.S. president Richard Nixon. Because of his tight control of Occidental Petroleum, Hammer is also sometimes ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=263455