Drilling

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) has been awarded a $190 million contract by Petrobras to provide drilling fluid, completion fluid and drilling waste management services in the offshore markets of Brazil.  The award includes service delivery in the shelf, deepwater and pre-salt areas of the Campos, Santos, and Espírito Santo basins.  Halliburton expects to begin performing services related to this five-year agreement in the third quarter of 2009.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), through its product service line Baroid, has been awarded a two-year contract, with multiple extension options, to provide drilling fluids and associated services to Talisman Energy Norge AS. The $229 million contract, including options, began in the third quarter of 2009 and encompasses all Talisman-operated fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) has been awarded a three-year contract, with an estimated value of $122 million by Total to provide drilling and completion fluid solutions in Indonesia. Work is expected to begin in the Mahakam Delta during the first quarter of 2010. "Over the last two years, Total has embraced our commitment to deliver engineered fluid solutions that are customized to maximize wellbore value," said Jeff Miller, vice president of Baroid, a Halliburton product service line.