Halliburton Company

Halliburton Company is a US oilfield services company headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1919. Its shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker HAL and are included in S&P's broad-based US stock index. The company does not extract oil and gas; it provides services and equipment to producers at the drilling, completion and production stages.

Halliburton works in two main segments. The Completion and Production segment covers pressure pumping services such as hydraulic fracturing, well completion tools and artificial lift solutions. The Drilling and Evaluation segment includes drilling services, well logging and measurement systems and drilling fluids. Its customers include independent producers, national oil companies and international energy firms. Income depends on the level of drilling and well completion activity.

Those following Halliburton stock usually watch the rig count, crude oil prices and investment programs in the US and international markets. On the HAL page at Lzzo.com the share price is shown in US dollars, and the page also includes a price chart and technical indicators.