Halliburton Announces Third Quarter Earnings

Consolidated Revenue in the Third Quarter of 2011 Was $6.5 billion

HOUSTON, Texas—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2011.  Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced today that income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2011 was $867 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, excluding a $19 million, after-tax, or $0.02 per diluted share, impairment charge on an asset held for sale in the Europe/Africa/CIS region. This compares to income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2011 of $747…