PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Customer-focused, solutions-driven branding sets M-I SWACO apartGlobal petroleum industry relies on M-I SWACO for comprehensive production fluids and associated engineering and environmental services Paula Easley
Q. When was the company founded, who founded it and what was its original name?
A. M-I SWACO was conceived in 1939 when Harry Brown and Williard Johnson sought new barite reserves in Magnet Cover, Ark., for use as a drilling fluid weighting agent. In 1940, they formed the Magnet Cove Barium Corp.,....
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