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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000045012-00-000038
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20001026
ITEM INFORMATION:		
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		20001027

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HALLIBURTON CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000045012
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [1600
]		IRS NUMBER:				752677995
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231
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		FILING VALUES:
			FORM TYPE:		8-K
			SEC ACT:		
			SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03492
			FILM NUMBER:		747690
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			BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
				STREET 1:		3600 LINCOLN PLZ
				STREET 2:		500 N AKARD ST
				CITY:			DALLAS
				STATE:			TX
				ZIP:			75201-3391
				BUSINESS PHONE:		2149782600
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				FORMER COMPANY:	
					FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO
					DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660911
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                       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 26, 2000

                               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  26,  2000  registrant  issued  a  press  release  entitled
"Halliburton 2000 Fourth Quarter Dividend" pertaining, among other things, to an
announcement  that  registrant's  board of directors  has declared a 2000 fourth
quarter cash dividend of 12.5 cents a share on registrant's common stock payable
December 21, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November
30, 2000.

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 26, 2000.







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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 26, 2000                By: /s/ Susan S. Keith
                                            -------------------------------
                                                 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 26, 2000
                           Incorporated by Reference










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<TEXT>



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               Contact: Guy T. Marcus
October 26, 2000                             Vice President-Investor Relations
                                             214/978-2691


                    HALLIBURTON 2000 FOURTH QUARTER DIVIDEND


         DALLAS,  Texas -Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) announces today that its
board of  directors  has declared a 2000 fourth  quarter  cash  dividend of 12.5
cents a share  on the  company's  common  stock  payable  December  21,  2000 to
shareholders of record at the close of business on November 30, 2000.

         Halliburton  Company,  founded in 1919, is the world's largest provider
of products and services to the  petroleum  and energy  industries.  The company
serves its  customers  with a broad range of products and  services  through its
Energy Services Group and Engineering and Construction  Group business segments.
The company's World Wide Web site can be accessed at http://www.halliburton.com.

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