NYT: Halliburton-by-the-Sea

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/fashion/02HALI.html?ex=1084248000&en=a54908d25ab72830&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

Halliburton-by-the-Sea
By DAVID SHEFF

Published: May 2, 2004

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico

DAVID HALLIBURTON JR. twirled the steering wheel of his 1969 Ford Bronco as it bounded along a road with potholes the size of wild pigs. Mexican music blared from a tinny speaker as the Bronco, its engine spitting, came to rest on an overlook above a glistening coral and sand beach. "The miraculous lower Sonora desert, the majestic Sea of Cortés — I wish people would think of this when they heard my family's name," Mr. Halliburton said, "not Dick Cheney and his evil cronies."

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It may cause Mr. Halliburton to groan, but the Twin Dolphin — with its dining room open to the sea, earth-red Mexican tile floors and some of the best snorkeling on the coast — is a legacy of Halliburton oil and gas. The company was founded by his grandfather Erle Palmer Halliburton in 1919, starting with one mule-drawn wagon. Erle Halliburton pioneered a method of cementing oil-well shafts as they were drilled so they would be less likely to collapse or explode. By 1945 he had cemented 80,000 wells around the world and had swallowed up rivals. The company has a market capitalization of $13 billion.

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David Halliburton Jr. at the Twin Dolphin resort in Baja, where he serves no meals ready-to-eat.