Though most famously run by former Vice President Dick Cheney, Halliburton Energy Services was run by Thomas H. Cruikshank during the 80s and early 90s.  What was their primary area of operation?
Thomas H. Cruikshank Thomas H. Cruikshank was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Energy Services from 1989 to 1995. He previously served as President and CEO from 1983 to 1989. During his tenure in the early 1990s, Halliburton provided extensive service to Kuwait in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. He was replaced at Halliburton by Dick Cheney. Cruikshank served on the Board of Directors of Lehman Brothers from 1996 until it collapsed in 2008.
Kosmos Energy Kosmos Energy is an American international oil company founded and based in Dallas, Texas. It is incorporated in Bermuda and has offices in Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal and Suriname. The company holds production and development operations offshore Ghana, in addition to discoveries and further exploration operations offshore Mauritania and Senegal, and exploration licenses offshore Sao Tome and Principe, Morocco and Western Sahara. It has been involved in the discovery and development of the Jubilee oil field off the coast of Ghana. Kosmos was a focus of a documentary "Big Men" that followed the company as it worked to establish the Jubilee oil field in Ghana.