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- Kerr-McGee Corporation
- Country : United States
- City: Oklahoma City
- State: Oklahoma - OK
- Address: Kerr-McGee Center, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave.
- Zipcode: 73102
- Category: Fortune 500 Companies
- Description: Kerr-McGee's business cocktail is made up of hydrocarbons and chemicals. The nonintegrated oil and gas company has proved reserves of about 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Kerr-McGee explores for and produces oil and gas mainly in the Gulf of Mexico and the UK North Sea, as well as in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The company also makes industrial chemicals -- it is a major producer of titanium dioxide (a white pigment used in paint, plastics, and paper) -- and operates plants in Australia, Europe, and the US. In addition to its energy and chemical operations, Kerr-McGee makes timber products, although the company announced in 2002 that it will exit this business.
- Products: Mining, Crude-Oil Production
- Employees: 4,638