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<SROS>NYSE
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<CONFORMED-NAME>HALLIBURTON CO
<CIK>0000045012
<ASSIGNED-SIC>1600
<IRS-NUMBER>752677995
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>424B2
<ACT>33
<FILE-NUMBER>033-65772
<FILM-NUMBER>97649801
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>3600 LINCOLN PLZ
<STREET2>500 N AKARD ST
<CITY>DALLAS
<STATE>TX
<ZIP>75201-3391
<PHONE>2149782600
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-COMPANY>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO
<DATE-CHANGED>19660911
</FORMER-COMPANY>
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<TEXT>

HALLIBURTON COMPANY

Medium-Term Notes                                       Pricing Supplement No. 4
Due Nine Months or More                                      Dated July 31, 1997
From Date of Issue, Series A          (To Prospectus dated December 19, 1996 and
                                   Prospectus Supplement dated January 13, 1997)

Principal Amount     Date of Issue      Maturity Date    Interest Rate Per Annum
----------------     -------------      -------------    -----------------------
  $75,000,000        August 5, 1997     August 5, 2002           6.30%

Issued at 100% of aggregate principal amount.
Agents' commissions are .500% and proceeds to the Company are 99.500%
     or $74,625,000.
Interest payable each February 1 and August 1, commencing February 1, 1998.
Not redeemable prior to maturity.
Initially issued in Book-Entry Note form.

     On August 5, 1997,  $300,000,000  in aggregate  principal  amount of Notes,
including the Notes offered hereby, will have been sold and issued.


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