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Hughes Tool Company

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Hughes Tool Company was an American manufacturer of drill bits. [1]

41 relations: Baker Hughes, Castaways (casino), CBS, City, Country, Desert Inn, Drill bit, Drill bit (well), Drilling, Drilling rig, Geothermal heat pump, Houston, Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Howard R. Hughes Sr., Hughes Aircraft Company, Hughes Airwest, Hughes Dynamics, Hughes Television Network, Jackhammer, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Los Angeles Airways, Manufacturing, Mergers and acquisitions, New Frontier Hotel and Casino, North Las Vegas Airport, Northeast Airlines, Reuben C. Baker, Rice University, RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Network, Sands Hotel and Casino, Silver Slipper, Summa Corporation, Texas, Texas oil boom, The Landmark Hotel and Casino, Trans World Airlines, United States, Walter Benona Sharp.

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) is an international industrial service company and one of the world's largest oil field services companies.

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Castaways (casino)

The Castaways was a hotel and casino in Paradise, Nevada that operated from 1963 to 1987 on the Las Vegas Strip.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Country

A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography.

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Desert Inn

The Desert Inn, also known as the D.I., was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, which operated from April 24, 1950, to August 28, 2000.

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Drill bit

Drill bits are cutting tools used to remove material to create holes, almost always of circular cross-section.

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Drill bit (well)

In the oil and gas industry, a drill bit is a tool designed to produce a generally cylindrical hole (wellbore) in the earth’s crust by the rotary drilling method for the discovery and extraction of hydrocarbons such as crude oil and natural gas.

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Drilling

Drilling is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials.

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Drilling rig

A drilling rig is a machine that creates holes in the earth subsurface.

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Geothermal heat pump

A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Howard Hughes

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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Howard R. Hughes Sr.

Howard Robard Hughes Sr. (September 9, 1869 – January 14, 1924) was an American businessman and inventor.

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Hughes Aircraft Company

The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company.

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Hughes Airwest

Hughes Airwest was an airline in the western United States, backed by the Summa Corporation of Howard Hughes.

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Hughes Dynamics

Hughes Dynamics, Inc. was an American computer firm that was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hughes Tool Company.

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Hughes Television Network

HTN Communications, better known as Hughes Television Network (HTN) and formerly Sports Network, was an American television network created by Richard Eugene Bailey.

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Jackhammer

A jackhammer (pneumatic drill or demolition hammer in British English) is a pneumatic or electro-mechanical tool that combines a hammer directly with a chisel.

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KLAS-TV

KLAS-TV, virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 7), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Los Angeles Airways

Los Angeles Airways (LAA) was a helicopter airline founded in October 1947 and based in Westcheste, California, which offered service to area airports throughout Southern California.

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the production of merchandise for use or sale using labour and machines, tools, chemical and biological processing, or formulation.

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Mergers and acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred or consolidated with other entities.

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New Frontier Hotel and Casino

The New Frontier (formerly Last Frontier and The Frontier) was a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.

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North Las Vegas Airport

North Las Vegas Airport is three miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas, in North Las Vegas, in the State of Nevada.

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Northeast Airlines

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Reuben C. Baker

Reuben Carlton "Carl" Baker, Sr.California Death Records.

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Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly known as Rice University, is a private research university located on a 300-acre (121 ha) campus in Houston, Texas, United States.

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RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures was an American film production and distribution company.

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RKO Radio Network

The RKO Radio Networks, a subsidiary of RKO General, were the first commercial radio networks to distribute programming entirely by satellite.

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Sands Hotel and Casino

The Sands Hotel and Casino was a historic hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, United States, that operated from 1952 to 1996.

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Silver Slipper

The Silver Slipper was a casino in Paradise, Nevada that operated from September 1950 to November 29, 1988.

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Summa Corporation

Summa Corporation was the name adopted for the business interests of Howard Hughes after he sold the tool division of Hughes Tool Company in 1972.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas oil boom

The Texas oil boom, sometimes called the gusher age, was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas.

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The Landmark Hotel and Casino

The Landmark was a hotel and casino located in Paradise, Nevada, east of the Las Vegas Strip and across from the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Trans World Airlines

Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline from 1924 until 2001.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Walter Benona Sharp

Walter Benona Sharp (12 December 1870 - 28 November 1912) was an American businessman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Tool_Company

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