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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000045012-11-000154
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110401

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DICCIANI NANCE K
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001198097

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03492
		FILM NUMBER:		11731622

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		HONEYWELL
		STREET 2:		101 COLUMBIA ROAD
		CITY:			MORRISTOWN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07962

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:		3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST
		STREET 2:		3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77032
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2818712699

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST
		STREET 2:		3000 NORTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77032

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HALLIBURTON OIL WELL CEMENTING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660911
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        <issuerName>HALLIBURTON CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HAL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>FORT WASHINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19034</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                    <value>16888</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Stock equivalents acquired under the Halliburton Company 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="F3">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="F4">On March 30, 2011, the closing price of Halliburton Company's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $49.50.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert L. Hayter, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-04-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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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 Robert L. Hayter, Christina M. Ibrahim 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, including preparing and submitting a Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, 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 agents 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 10th day of February, 2011.



      /s/ Nance K. Dicciani

       Nance K. Dicciani



















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