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Schlumberger. Schlumberger NV ( French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-] ), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [3] [4] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue.
Fairchild Semiconductor. Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument by the "traitorous eight" who defected from Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. It became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors ...
Credence Systems Corporation was a manufacturer of test equipment for the global semiconductor industry, with a major focus on solving specific challenges facing the fast-growing consumer-driven semiconductor markets. It was headquartered in Milpitas, California and merged with LTX in 2008. Customers included integrated device manufacturers ...
Coordinates: 34.3146°N 119.2685°W. The Ventura Oil Field in Ventura County, California. Other oil fields are shown in dark gray. The Ventura Oil Field is a large and currently productive oil field in the hills immediately north of the city of Ventura in southern California in the United States. It is bisected by California State Route 33, the ...
Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation. Located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, it corresponds roughly to the geographical area of the Santa Clara Valley. [1] [2] [3] The term "Silicon Valley" refers to the area in which high-tech business has proliferated ...
Western Geophysical. Western Geophysical was an international oil exploration company founded in California in 1933 by Henry Salvatori for the purpose of using reflection seismology to explore for petroleum . The company prospered and was sold by Salvatori to Litton Industries in 1960. [1] In 1987, Litton and Dresser Industries formed a joint ...
The plant is located in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV. In 2016, PG&E announced that it plans to close the two Diablo Canyon reactors in 2024 and 2025, stating that because California's energy regulations give renewables priority over nuclear, the plant would likely only run half-time, making it uneconomical.
Scharffen Berger was established as an independent Berkeley, California -based chocolate maker in 1996 by sparkling wine maker John Scharffenberger and physician Robert Steinberg . The company manufactures its own chocolate—as opposed to the more common practice of acquiring chocolate from other manufacturers—the first American company ...