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Halliburton Sells Interest in Bredero Shaw

HOUSTON, Sep 30, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced today that it has completed the sale of its 50 percent interest in Bredero Shaw to ShawCor Ltd. (TSX:SCL.A)(TSX:SCL.B) for essentially the same terms as announced on July 22, 2002 following the signing of a Letter of Intent. The purchase price is payable on the basis of US $75 million (US $50 million in cash and a short-term note for US $25 million) together with the issue from treasury of 7,723,996 ShawCor Class A Subordinate shares. Including the other 50% of Bredero Shaw's bank and other funded debt, the total cost of the sale is approximately US $200 million.

Bredero Shaw is the world's largest pipecoating company with approximately 3,400 permanent and contract personnel that are located at facilities in sixteen countries. The division provides specialized coating systems and related services for corrosion protection, insulation and weight coating applications on land and marine pipelines including highly engineered corrosion and insulation systems for deepwater applications.

Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers 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 www.halliburton.com.

CONTACT: Halliburton Public Relations, Houston Wendy Hall, 713/676-4371 or Halliburton Investor Relations, Houston Cedric Burgher, 713/676-4933