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)

                               SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

                               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, which are not called for by this form, that the registrant deems to be important to security holders. On September 30, 1999 registrant issued a press release announcing, among other things, that Dresser Kellogg Energy Services, an affiliate of registrant's subsidiary, Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., has been awarded a contract valued at over $200 million by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria for grassroots gas compression facilities for the Obigbo Node Associated Gas Gathering Project near Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 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 September 30, 1999. Page 2 of 6 Pages The Exhibit Index Appears on Page 4

SIGNATURES As required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has authorized this report to be signed on behalf of the registrant by the undersigned authorized individual. HALLIBURTON COMPANY Date: October 1, 1999 By: /s/ Susan S. Keith ---------------------------------- Susan S. Keith Vice President and Secretary Page 3 of 6 Pages The Exhibit Index Appears on Page 4

EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Sequentially Number Description Numbered Page 20 Press Release of 5 of 6 September 30, 1999 Incorporated by Reference Page 4 of 6 Pages The Exhibit Index Appears on Page 4



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  CONTACT:  Cindy Viktorin
September 30, 1999                               Halliburton Co.
                                                 713-676-7125
                                                 cindy.viktorin@halliburton.com


              Dresser Kellogg Energy Services to assist Shell with
                 the reduction of onshore gas flaring in Nigeria


DALLAS - Dresser Kellogg Energy Services,  an affiliate of Kellogg Brown & Root,
has been  awarded  a  contract  valued  over  $200  million  by Shell  Petroleum
Development Company of Nigeria for grassroots gas compression facilities for the
Obigbo Node Associated Gas Gathering  Project near Port Harcourt,  Nigeria.  The
single lump sum contract includes  engineering,  procurement,  and construction,
operations  and  maintenance  of the gas  compression  facilities  for 10 years.
Kellogg Brown & Root is a business unit of Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL).

The Obigbo Project is part of SPDC's huge  investment in several gas utilization
projects aimed at the extinguishing of all routine flaring by the year 2008.

There are eight sites in the Obigbo Node 15-12 km north of Port  Harcourt  where
equipment will be installed.  The facilities include  compressors and associated
equipment including utilities as appropriate.

"The integration of resources from across  Halliburton has placed us in a unique
position  to  offer  a  single   contract  for  this  project,   which  includes
engineering,  specialty equipment supply, construction,  operations, and project
management  services," said Dave Lesar,  president and chief operating  officer,
Halliburton Company.

Halliburton's integrated team includes:

o    Kellogg Brown & Root for project management and all "in-country" activities
     including construction and initial operations.
                                     (more)

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Page 2 o Dresser-Rand for the exclusive supply of all compression equipment from their Olean, New York, and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, manufacturing facilities and for provision of operations and maintenance services for the 10-year effort. A partnership of Halliburton Company and Ingersoll-Rand Company of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, Dresser-Rand is part of Halliburton's Dresser Equipment Group business unit. o Paragon Engineering Services, an affiliate of Halliburton's Brown & Root Energy Services business unit and Dresser-Rand, for engineering and procurement expertise from their Houston offices. Paragon will also provide in-country support from their office in Lagos, Nigeria. Halliburton Company, founded in 1919, is the world's leading diversified energy services, engineering, construction, maintenance, and equipment company. Among its business units are Kellogg Brown & Root, an international, technology-based engineering and construction company providing a full spectrum of industry-leading services to the hydrocarbon, chemical, energy, forest products, manufacturing, and mining and minerals industries. Dresser Equipment Group comprises Halliburton's operating divisions that design, manufacture, and market equipment used by the energy industry to complete the process of finding, extracting, processing, and delivering petroleum and its related products. One of these divisions is Dresser-Rand, which designs, manufactures, sells, and services large, highly engineered centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, steam and gas turbines, and control systems for the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, and power generation industries worldwide. Brown & Root Energy Services supplies engineering, construction, operations and maintenance services to the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide. Its affiliate, Paragon Engineering Services, provides engineering, design/drafting, project management, procurement, construction management, inspection, and training services to the oil and gas industry. Halliburton's World Wide Web site can be accessed at http://www.halliburton.com. ### Page 6 of 6 Pages The Exhibit Index Appears on Page 4