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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000045012-05-000253
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050731
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050802
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050802

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HALLIBURTON CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000045012
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL, GAS FIELD SERVICES, NBC [1389]
		IRS NUMBER:				752677995
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1401MCKINNEY
		STREET 2:		1401 MCKINNEY
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7137592600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1401 MCKINNEY
		STREET 2:		1401 MCKINNEY
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77010

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660911

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DERR KENNETH T
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001182087

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03492
		FILM NUMBER:		05993193

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CHEVRON CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		345 CALIFORNIA STREET
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94104

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CHEVRON CORP
		STREET 2:		575 MARKET ST
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94104
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        <footnote id="F1">400 shares awarded pursuant to Halliburton Company's Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.  1,363 shares awarded pursuant to Halliburton Company's 1993 Stock and Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">On August 1, 2005, the closing price of Halliburton Company Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $56.73.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F4">Stock equivalents acquired under the Halliburton Company's Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan reported on a pro rata basis to reflect Issuer's Plan quarter.  Said Plan is an ongoing securities acquisition plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The stock equivalent units were accrued under the Company's Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan and are settled in the Company's common stock upon cessation as a director.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">On July 28, 2005, the closing price of Halliburton Company Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was 56.26</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Options are exercisable six months after the date of grant.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>Margaret E. Carriere, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-08-02</signatureDate>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY





 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, do hereby constitute and appoint Margaret E. Carriere, Robert L. Hayter and Bruce A. Metzinger, or any of them acting alone, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to prepare and sign for me, and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, any and all reports as may from time to time be required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done (with full power to each of them to act alone), as fully and to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agen
ts or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until such time that I am no longer a Section 16 Reporting Person, or until revoked by me in writing, or five years from the date hereof, whichever comes first.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand this 18th day of  May, 2005.



      /s/ Kenneth T. Derr

       Kenneth T. Derr



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