Kerr-McGee

The Kerr-McGee Corporation {{nyse|KMG}} is an energy company involved in the exploration and production of oil and gas resources, as well as the manufacture of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment.

Miscellaneous

Its name is often misspelled as "Kerr Magee" or "Kerr-Magee".

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It was at a Kerr-McGee nuclear-fuel plant that Karen Silkwood contracted her radiation sickness.

Related Topics:
Karen Silkwood - Radiation sickness

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Kerr-McGee has since 2001 received international critique for undertaking exploration of possible hydrocarbon resources offshore the Moroccan occupied area of Western Sahara. Shareholders have sold out of the company in protest. In June 2005, the Norwegian government sold its $52.7 million shares in the company, characterising Kerr-McGee's contract in Western Sahara as 'a particularly serious violation of fundamental ethical norms'.

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