Halliburton's continuous focus on innovation began in 1919 with founder Erle P. Halliburton, a pioneer in oil-well cementing. Erle P. built a wooden mixing box and started his first oil well cementing business in Duncan, Oklahoma with borrowed wagon, a team of mules, and a pump. More @Wikipedia
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