
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         Contact-Guy T. Marcus       Barbara
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              BROWN & ROOT TO SELL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES BUSINESS
     DALLAS,  Texas -- Halliburton  Company (NYSE:HAL)  announced today that
its Brown & Root, Inc. subsidiary plans to sell its environmental services
business, NUS  Environmental.  NUS  Environmental  provides  a wide  range of
consulting, engineering and design services to federal,  state and local
governments as well as  to  industrial   clients,   primarily  in  the  United
States.   While  NUS Environmental has been profitable,  Brown & Root is
selling the business because it does not fit its current core  business
strategy.  A  substantial  amount of consolidation  has been  taking  place
in the  environmental  industry  and NUS Environmental's  business  will
provide  an  excellent  fit  for  some  of  the industry's  participants.
Brown & Root has engaged  Dillon,  Read & Co. Inc. to assist in the sale.
     Halliburton  Company  is one  of the  world's  largest  diversified
energy services, engineering, maintenance, and construction companies. Founded
in 1919, Halliburton  provides a broad range of energy services and products,
industrial and marine engineering and construction services.
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