Halliburton

Monday’s attack was the first since last summer to target U.S. oil companies working in the oil-rich south.

The energy market has been slammed by a slump in demand.

However, the company said, most of them were given the option to relocate to other Halliburton operating areas where more activity is anticipated.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has sued to stop Halliburton Co. from acquiring oilfield services rival Baker Hughes Inc. The deal would combine two of the world's three leading providers of those services to oil and gas companies...

Despite the non-committal nature of the statement, we stand by our reporting, and will bring you more information as it becomes available.

We do not know the time frame for the closure or the effect on local jobs.

Body parts and medical waste burned, too, in the pits operated by war contractor KBR just a few hundred yards from camps of American troops stationed in Iraq.

The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Halliburton to pay 27 employees in Wyoming $506,000 in back wages as part of an $18.3 million settlement with employees nationwide, an agency spokeswoman said.