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)

                                 AUGUST 23, 2000

                               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 August 23, 2000 registrant  issued a press release entitled "Brown &
 Root  Services  Receives   Contract  to  Eliminate  Russian   Inter-Continental
 Ballistic  Missiles,"  pertaining to, among other things,  an announcement that
 registrant's  business unit,  Brown & Root Services  (BRS),  has been awarded a
 contract by the Defense Threat  Reduction Agency to provide services for a $283
 million project to eliminate Russian  Inter-Continental  Ballistic Missiles and
 their silos.  The contract is a two-year base agreement with seven option years
 and will commence in late September 2000.

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 August 23, 2000.






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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:    August 24, 2000                    By: /s/ Susan S. Keith
                                               --------------------------------
                                                    Susan S. Keith
                                                    Vice President and Secretary







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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit                                                       Sequentially
Number                     Description                        Numbered Page

20                         Press Release of                   5 of 6
                           August 23, 2000
                           Incorporated by Reference








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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       CONTACT: Zelma Branch or
August 23, 2000                                      Wendy Hall
                                                     Halliburton Company
                                                     713.676.4371


                     BROWN & ROOT SERVICES RECEIVES CONTRACT
            TO ELIMINATE RUSSIAN INTER-CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES


DALLAS,  Texas--Brown  & Root Services  (BRS),  a business  unit of  Halliburton
Company (NYSE: HAL), has been awarded a contract by the Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA) to provide integrated  project  management,  integrated  logistics
support,  and data  management for a $283-million  project to eliminate  Russian
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) and their silos. The project, a part
of the Strategic  Arms  Reduction  Treaty (START 1), will be based in Russia and
will  require  establishment  of a  Project  Management  Office in  Moscow.  The
contract,  a two-year base agreement  with seven option years,  will commence in
late September 2000. As prime  integrating  contractor of the project,  BRS will
manage Russian subcontractors.
         "We  recently  completed a similar  four-year  contract for the DTRA in
Kazakhstan where  Inter-Continental  Ballistic  Missiles were dismantled and the
land  returned  to the  government  for  agricultural  use,"  said  Dave  Lesar,
president  and CEO,  Halliburton  Company.  "As a known and trusted  employer in
Russia,  we can lead and coordinate  Russian  subcontractors  through our proven
subcontract management approach."
         Halliburton established a  Former Soviet Union corporate  management in
1991 and has a long-term commitment to the FSU.

                                     -more-


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Brown & Root Services\2
         Brown & Root Services,  a 20,000 employee  global company,  operates in
The Americas, the UK, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific, specializing in civil
and facilities engineering and design, construction,  logistics,  operations and
maintenance.
         Founded in 1919, Halliburton Company is the world's leading diversified
energy services,  engineering,  energy  equipment,  construction and maintenance
company. In 1999, Halliburton's  consolidated revenues were $14.9 billion and it
conducted  business with a workforce of  approximately  100,000 in more than 120
countries.   The   company's   World   Wide  Web  site   can  be   accessed   at
http://www.halliburton.com.

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