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- Western_Geophysical abstract "Western Geophysical was a company founded in California in 1933 by Henry Salvatori for the purpose of using reflection seismology to explore for petroleum. The company prospered and was sold by Salvatori to Litton Industries in 1960. In 1987, Litton and Dresser Industries formed a joint venture comprising Western and Dresser Atlas. The joint venture, Western Atlas, was spun off as a public company in 1994. Western then purchased Halliburton Geophysical Services, which had been formed from Geophysical Service Incorporated, Geosource and several other companies. In 1998, Western Atlas was acquired by Baker Hughes. In 2000, Western Geophysical became part of a joint venture between Baker Hughes and Schlumberger called WesternGeco and ceased to exist as a separate entity. In May 2006, Schlumberger bought Baker Hughes' 30% share of the company.Western Geophysical built a number of significant seismic survey vessels over the years, in different classes depending on the role. The majority of Western Geophysical vessels were named for geographic features, such as: Western Anchorage (200', West Coast and Alaska) Western Cape (small, Gulf of Mexico) Western Cay (small, Gulf of Mexico) Western Glacier (200', West Coast and Alaska)More recent vessels including the Western Trident and Western Neptune passed to WesternGeco when the new company was formed. The company was often referred to as \"Westerns\" and was affectionately known over many years by many of its employees as the \"circus without a tent.\"Dean Walling was the operating President of Western Geophysical for his entire working life and retired when the company was sold to Litton Industries in 1960.".
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- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Baker_Hughes.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink California.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_based_in_Kern_County,_California.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_disestablished_in_2000.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Category:Companies_established_in_1933.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Category:Geophysical_companies.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Category:Oilfield_services_companies.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Dresser_Atlas.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Dresser_Industries.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Geophysical_Service.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Halliburton.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Salvatori.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink List_of_oilfield_service_companies.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Litton_Industries.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Petroleum.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Reflection_seismology.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Schlumberger.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink WesternGeco.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLink Western_Atlas.
- Western_Geophysical wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western Geophysical".
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- Western_Geophysical subject Category:Companies_based_in_Kern_County,_California.
- Western_Geophysical subject Category:Companies_disestablished_in_2000.
- Western_Geophysical subject Category:Companies_established_in_1933.
- Western_Geophysical subject Category:Geophysical_companies.
- Western_Geophysical subject Category:Oilfield_services_companies.
- Western_Geophysical hypernym Company.
- Western_Geophysical type Company.
- Western_Geophysical type Company.
- Western_Geophysical type Disestablishment.
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- Western_Geophysical comment "Western Geophysical was a company founded in California in 1933 by Henry Salvatori for the purpose of using reflection seismology to explore for petroleum. The company prospered and was sold by Salvatori to Litton Industries in 1960. In 1987, Litton and Dresser Industries formed a joint venture comprising Western and Dresser Atlas. The joint venture, Western Atlas, was spun off as a public company in 1994.".
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