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Coastal Corporation


United States, Business Org    (1951 to 2001)
• Energy production company based in Houston, Texas
• Profile of Coastal Corp. (See: Texas Handbook profile)
• 1995 : During the 1990s trade embargo on Iraq, Costal received oil allocations from Saddam Hussein which earned the company $22M (Newsweek, 2004-10-18)
Relationships
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
WyattOS2Founder
 
MergerElPasoCorp
 
Life ofCoastalCorp
 
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Wyatt, Oscar S. Jr.   (Founder of, 1951 to 1997) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• Founder and Chairman
El Paso Corporation   (Merger of, 2001) -- Duck | Google | Bing
• 2001 : El Paso acquires Coastal