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)

                                FEBRUARY 11, 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  February  11,  1997,  registrant  issued a press  release  entitled
Purchase  of  Devonport  Royal  Dockyard  pertaining,  among  other  things,  to
registrant's announcement that Devonport Management Limited ((DML) has agreed to
purchase the share capital and assets of the Devonport  Royal  Dockyard  Limited
from the United Kingdom government's  Ministry of Defence for cash consideration
totaling 40.3 million British pounds (approximately $66.1 million). Registrant's
subsidiary, Halliburton Holdings Limited, will own 51% of DML.

         The foregoing  summary is subject to the full text of the press release
with respect  thereto,  a copy of which is attached  hereto as Exhibit 20, which
exhibit is incorporated herein by reference.

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 February 11, 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: February 12, 1997                   By: /s/ Susan S. Keith
                                             --------------------------------
                                                  Susan S. Keith
                                                  Vice President, Secretary and
                                                  Corporate Counsel


























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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit                                                          Sequentially
Number                        Description                        Numbered Page

   20                         Press Release of
                              February 11, 1997                      5 of 6
                              Incorporated by Reference






























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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        Contact: Guy T. Marcus
February 11, 1997                                     Vice President-Inv. Rel.
                                                      (214) 978-2691

                      PURCHASE OF DEVONPORT ROYAL DOCKYARD

     DALLAS,  Texas --  Halliburton  Company  (NYSE-HAL)  announced  today  that
Devonport  Management Limited (DML) has agreed to purchase the share capital and
assets  of  the  Devonport  Royal  Dockyard  Limited  from  the  United  Kingdom
government's  Ministry of Defence for cash consideration  totalling 40.3 million
British pounds (approximately $66.1 million).

     Halliburton's  subsidiary  Halliburton Holdings Limited, the United Kingdom
parent of Brown & Root Limited,  will own 51 percent of DML. The other owners of
DML will be The Weir Group plc (24.5 percent) and BICC PLC (24.5 percent).

     Devonport  Royal  Dockyard,  located  in  Plymouth,  England,   principally
provides  repair and  refitting  services for the British  Royal Navy's fleet of
submarines   and  surface   ships.   DML  has  operated  the  dockyard  under  a
"government-owned-contractor-operated"   term  contract   since  April  1987.
Following  the  dockyard  acquisition,  DML will  continue  to provide the large
majority of its services to the British Royal Navy.

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     Dick Cheney,  Halliburton  Company's  chairman of the board,  president and
chief  executive  officer,  said,  "We are pleased that  Halliburton  is able to
participate  in the  United  Kingdom's  privatizaton  of  this  important  naval
facility.  Because of Brown & Root's active  involvement  in the  management and
operation  of the  dockyard  during  the past nine years we are  confident  that
private ownership will bring real benefits to the United Kingdom defense program
and provide DML's owners with a significant business enterprise."

     Halliburton  Company  is one  of the  world's  largest  diversified  energy
services, engineering, maintenance, and construction companies. Founded in 1919,
Halliburton  provides a broad range of energy services and products,  industrial
and marine engineering and construction services.

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