

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                DATE OF REPORT (date of earliest event reported)

                                OCTOBER 30, 1997

                               Halliburton Company
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

State or other                      Commission              IRS Employer
jurisdiction                        File Number             Identification
of incorporation                                            Number

Delaware                              1-3492                No. 75-2677995

                               3600 Lincoln Plaza
                             500 North Akard Street
                            Dallas, Texas 75201-3391
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                         Registrant's telephone number,
                       including area code - 214/978-2600






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         INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

Item 5.  Other Events

         The registrant  may, at its option,  report under this item any events,
with respect to which information is not otherwise called for by this form, that
the registrant deems of importance to security holders.

         On October 30, 1997 registrant  issued a press release entitled Commisa
Joint  Venture  Awarded  Pipeline  Contract  in Mexico  pertaining,  among other
things,  to an  announcement  that  Commissa,  a  joint  venture  consisting  of
registrant's Brown & Root Energy Services business unit and Grupo "R", a Mexican
contractor,  has been  awarded  an  engineering,  procurement  and  installation
contract by Pemex for laying an 85  kilometer,  36 inch  subsea  pipeline in the
Gulf of Mexico. The contract is valued at $140 million.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         List below the financial  statements,  pro forma financial  information
and exhibits, if any, filed as part of this report.

         (c)      Exhibits.

                  Exhibit 20 - Press release dated October 30, 1997.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            HALLIBURTON COMPANY




Date:    October 31, 1997                   By: --------------------------
                                                Susan S. Keith
                                                Vice President and Secretary


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit                                                       Sequentially
Number                     Description                        Numbered Page

20                         Press Release of                   5 of 5
                           October 30, 1997
                           Incorporated by Reference



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