Not much of an offer to earthquake-prone California, but a darn good deal for the biggest builder of nuclear plants based in Texas, the Brown and Root subsidiary of Halliburton Corporation.

According to a report by Deutsche Bank, oil field services companies like Schlumberger Ltd. and the Halliburton Corporation could be the early winners, but the prospects for oil companies themselves are less clear.

For example, the Halliburton Corporation, the energy services and construction company based in Dallas, last month halted months of searching for a chief executive by Mr. Neff just as it was homing in on a choice.

On Fridays, they have "surf and turf" - steaks, crab legs and corn on the cob - in the new chow hall operated by the Halliburton Corporation.

Garrison was a senior executive with several companies including Halliburton Corporation and Brown & Root Inc..

Its main claim to fame is as the birthplace of the Halliburton Corporation.

In particular, it has questioned a $2.2 billion contract the Pentagon gave, secretly and without competitive bidding, to a subsidiary of the Halliburton Corporation to start repairs of Iraqi oil fields and to import consumer fuels.

Duncan, Oklahoma is the birthplace of Halliburton Corporation.