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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.9

                        DRESSER, INC. SENIOR EXECUTIVES'
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.     ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF PLAN.......................................1

II.    DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION............................................1

   2.1   DEFINITIONS...........................................................1

   2.2   NUMBER AND GENDER.....................................................3

   2.3   HEADINGS..............................................................3

   2.4   EFFECT UPON OTHER PLANS...............................................3

III.   ADMINISTRATION..........................................................3

   3.1   ADMINISTRATION BY THE BOARD; RIGHT TO DELEGATE........................3

   3.2   REQUIRED VOTE; MEETINGS..................................... .........3

   3.3   POWERS AND DUTIES.....................................................4

   3.4   EXPENSES..............................................................4

IIIA.  PARTICIPATION...........................................................4

   3A.1  PARTICIPATION.........................................................4

   3A.2  DEFERRED COMPENSATION.................................................5

   3A.3  ACCRUAL OF RIGHTS.....................................................5

IV.    UNIT STOCK BENEFITS AND CASH BENEFITS...................................5

   4.1   DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS ON UNIT STOCK BENEFITS...........................5

   4.2   INTEREST ON CASH BENEFIT..............................................5

   4.3   CORPORATE CHANGES.....................................................5

   4.4   UNILATERAL TERMINATION................................................6

V.     BENEFITS................................................................6

   5.1   VALUATION.............................................................6

   5.2   CONVERSION FROM UNIT STOCK BENEFIT TO CASH BENEFIT....................6

   5.3   MEDIUM OF PAYMENT.....................................................6

   5.4   ELECTION OF OPTIONS...................................................6

   5.5   PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND INTEREST..........................7

   5.6   DEATH OR DISABILITY...................................................7

   5.7   TO WHOM PAYMENTS ARE MADE.............................................7

   5.8   FORFEITURE............................................................8

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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VI.    MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................8

   6.1   ELECTIONS.............................................................8

   6.2   RESERVES..............................................................8

   6.3   WITHHOLDING...........................................................8

   6.4   PLAN NOT TO CONSTITUTE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.........................8

   6.5   NONTRANSFERABILITY AND NONASSIGNABILITY...............................8

   6.6   AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION..................................9

   6.7   RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION.............................................9

   6.8   GOVERNING LAW.........................................................9

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                        DRESSER, INC. SENIOR EXECUTIVES'
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                      I. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE OF PLAN

          Dresser, Inc. hereby establishes the Dresser, Inc. Senior Executives'
Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of the Effective Date. This Plan shall
be the successor to and continuation of the Dresser Industries, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2000, with
respect to those Participants who were previously participants in such plan.

          The purposes of this Plan are to (i) provide greater incentive for
employees to attain and maintain the highest standards of performance; (ii)
retain employees of outstanding competence; (iii) further the identity of
interests of such employees with those of the Company's stockholders generally;
and (iv) reward such employees for outstanding performance.

                        II. DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

          2.1 DEFINITIONS. Where the following words and phrases are used in
this Plan, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless the
context clearly indicates to the contrary:

               (a) "Benefit" or "Benefits" means the net, unforfeited amounts,
including Interest and Dividend Equivalents, if any, to be paid to a Participant
(or to the beneficiary of a Participant) under the Plan.

               (b) "Benefit Payment Option" means one of the schedules
specifying the timing of the payment of a Participant's Benefit under the Plan
as set forth in Section 5.4 of the Plan.

               (c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of Dresser, Inc.

               (d) "Cash Benefit" means the amount credited in a dollar amount
under the Plan on behalf of a Participant as a result of such Participant's
Deferred Compensation and any Interest credited thereon.

               (e) "Company" means Dresser, Inc. and its wholly-owned
subsidiaries.

               (f) "Crediting Date" means the date next following the end of
each Fiscal Year which is determined by the Board and as of which the Deferred
Compensation, Interest, and Dividend Equivalents, if any, are credited to a
Participant's Benefit. Crediting Date also means the Effective Date with respect
to the initial crediting of Deferred Compensation under the Plan.

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               (g) "Deferred Compensation" means amounts deferred under the
terms of the Plan, including a Participant's Restricted Stock Deferral,
Retention Bonus Deferral, Sales Price Incentive Bonus Deferral, and Transferred
Deferral, if any.

               (h) "Director" means a member of the Board.

               (i) "Disability" means such an absence of physical or mental
powers in a Participant so as to render him incapable of competently performing
his duties for the Company.

               (j) "Dividend Equivalent" means, with respect to a particular
Unit Stock Benefit, the sum of (i) the total amount of cash dividends, if any,
that would have been payable during the preceding calendar year on the shares of
Unit Stock under such Unit Stock Benefit had such shares been outstanding during
the preceding calendar year, and (ii) any Dividend Equivalent with respect to
such Unit Stock Benefit carried forward from the preceding Crediting Date in
accordance with the terms of Section 4.1.

               (k) "Effective Date" means the effective date of the Plan which
shall be April 10, 2001.

               (l) "Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the Company.

               (m) "Interest" means simple interest credited on a Participant's
Cash Benefit as of each Crediting Date. The rate of Interest shall be based on
the annual savings account rate of a major bank as designated from time to time
by the Board as of the December 31 next preceding the applicable Crediting Date.

               (n) "Participant" means an individual who is contingently
entitled to Benefits under the Plan. Participation in the Plan is available only
to an individual who has been selected by the Board for participation and is
entitled to Deferred Compensation. No other individuals shall be eligible to
become Participants in the Plan.

               (o) "Plan" means the Dresser, Inc. Senior Executives' Deferred
Compensation Plan, as set forth in this document and as it may hereafter be
amended from time to time, which is the successor to and continuation of the
Dresser Industries, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated
effective January 1, 2000.

               (p) "Restricted Stock Deferral" means the proceeds from the
conversion of the Participant's shares of restricted stock in Halliburton
Company to cash which the Participant has elected to defer under the Plan.

               (q) "Retention Bonus Deferral" means the Participant's retention
bonus payment from Halliburton Company which the Participant has elected to
defer under the Plan.

               (r) "Sales Price Incentive Bonus Deferral" means the
Participant's sales price incentive bonus payment from Halliburton Company which
the Participant has elected to defer under the Plan.

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               (s) "Transferred Deferral" means the Participant's balance, if
any, in the Dresser Industries, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan as of the
Effective Date, which is automatically transferred to the Plan as of such date
and maintained under the Plan for the benefit of such Participant.

               (t) "Unit Value" means, with respect to a Crediting Date, the
value of a share of Dresser, Inc. common stock as of the preceding December 31
or, in the case of the Crediting Date which is the Effective Date, the value of
a share of such common stock as of such Crediting Date, as determined by First
Reserve Corporation in valuing its portfolio investments for the purpose of
reporting such valuations to its partners under its partnership agreements.

               (u) "Unit Stock" means shares of common stock of Dresser, Inc.

               (v) "Unit Stock Benefit" means the number of shares of Unit Stock
credited on behalf of a Participant as a result of such Participants' Deferred
Compensation, and any Dividend Equivalents credited thereon.

          2.2 NUMBER AND GENDER. Wherever appropriate herein, words used in the
singular shall be considered to include the plural, and words used in the plural
shall be considered to include the singular. The masculine gender, where
appearing in this Plan, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender.

          2.3 HEADINGS. The headings of Articles, Sections, and Paragraphs
herein are included solely for convenience. If there is any conflict between
such headings and the text of this Plan, the text shall control. All references
to Articles, Sections, and Paragraphs are to this Plan unless otherwise
indicated.

          2.4 EFFECT UPON OTHER PLANS. Except to the extent provided herein,
nothing in this Plan shall be construed to affect the provisions of any other
plan maintained by the Company.

                               III. ADMINISTRATION

          3.1 ADMINISTRATION BY THE BOARD; RIGHT TO DELEGATE. This Plan shall be
administered by the Board. The Board may appoint committees, individuals, or any
other agents as it deems advisable and may delegate to any of such appointees
any or all of the powers and duties of the Board hereunder. In the event the
Board delegates any or all of its powers and duties under the foregoing
sentence, the Board may specify the manner in which such powers and duties shall
be performed.

          3.2 REQUIRED VOTE; MEETINGS. The Board shall adopt such rules and
procedures for the conduct of its business and for the administration of the
Plan as it deems advisable and shall have authority to take any and all action
necessary to implement such rules and procedures. A Director who is a
Participant may vote and take actions on all Board matters, including, without
limitation, matters that may directly affect such Director and matters that may
affect such Director in a manner differently from or inconsistently with other
Participants. All actions taken

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by the Board must be approved by an affirmative vote of a majority of all
Directors. The Board may take any action without a meeting upon written consent
signed by all of the Directors. Directors may participate in a meeting by means
of conference telephone or similar communications equipment through which all
participating persons can instantly communicate with each other.

          3.3 POWERS AND DUTIES. The Board shall supervise the administration
and enforcement of this Plan according to the terms and provisions hereof and
shall have the sole discretionary authority and all of the powers necessary to
accomplish such duties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Board shall have all of the powers and duties specified for it under the Plan,
including, without limitation, the power, right, or authority: (a) from time to
time to establish rules and procedures for the administration of the Plan which
are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, and any such rules and
procedures shall be effective as if included in the Plan, (b) to construe in its
discretion all terms, provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Plan, (c)
to correct any defect or to supply any omission or to reconcile any
inconsistency that may appear in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as
the Board shall deem appropriate, (d) to make a determination in its discretion
as to the right of any person to a payment and the amount of such payment and to
prescribe procedures to be followed by distributees in obtaining such payment,
and (e) to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. All decisions, determinations, and actions made or
taken by the Board and its delegates with respect to the Plan and any Benefits
under the Plan shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon all persons and
shall not be subject to appeal. The Board and its delegates shall, in their sole
discretion exercised in good faith (which, for purposes of this Section 3.3,
shall mean the application of reasonable business judgment), make such decisions
or determinations and take such actions, and all such decisions, determinations,
and actions by the Board and its delegates shall be final, binding, and
conclusive upon all persons and shall not be subject to appeal. If a Participant
disagrees with any decision, determination, or action made or taken by the Board
or its delegates, then the dispute will be limited to whether the Board
satisfied their duty to make such decision or determination or take such action
in good faith.

          3.4 EXPENSES. All expenses of the administration of the Plan shall be
borne by the Company.


                               IIIA. PARTICIPATION

          3A.1 PARTICIPATION. An employee of the Company shall become and be a
Participant in the Plan if such employee has been selected by the Board for
participation in the Plan and is entitled to Deferred Compensation. A
Participant's Deferred Compensation shall be payable to or for the benefit of
such Participant or his beneficiary only in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan.
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          3A.2 DEFERRED COMPENSATION. An employee who is eligible to participate
in the Plan as of the Effective Date, shall be entitled to make a Restricted
Stock Deferral, Retention Bonus Deferral, and/or Sales Price Incentive Bonus
Deferral by filing a written election prior to the Effective Date. If such an
eligible employee has a balance in the Dresser Industries, Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan immediately prior to the Effective Date, such balance shall be
transferred to the Plan as of the Effective Date and maintained as a Transferred
Deferral.

          3A.3 ACCRUAL OF RIGHTS. An employee of the Company shall have no
rights under the Plan, and shall not be entitled to Benefits, with respect to
Deferred Compensation, Dividend Equivalents, or Interest until he has been
credited with such amounts as of a Crediting Date. As of the Effective Date,
each Participant shall be credited with his Restricted Stock Deferral, Retention
Bonus Deferral, Sales Price Incentive Bonus Deferral, and Transferred Deferral,
if any. Deferral amounts to be credited in Unit Stock shall be credited in the
number of shares of Unit Stock that is determined by dividing the total dollar
amount of such deferral by the Unit Value as of the Effective Date.

                    IV. UNIT STOCK BENEFITS AND CASH BENEFITS

          4.1 DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS ON UNIT STOCK BENEFITS. On or before each
Crediting Date, there shall be ascertained (a) the balance of each Unit Stock
Benefit and (b) the Dividend Equivalent, if any, attributable to such Unit Stock
Benefit for the preceding calendar year. As of each Crediting Date, each Unit
Stock Benefit shall be credited with a whole number of shares of Unit Stock that
is equal to (x) the Dividend Equivalent, if any, determined under the foregoing
sentence, divided by (y) the applicable Unit Value; provided however, any
fractional shares shall be disregarded and the amount of any remaining Dividend
Equivalent attributable to such fractional shares shall be carried forward and
added to the Dividend Equivalent, if any, calculated with respect to the next
succeeding Crediting Date.

          4.2 INTEREST ON CASH BENEFIT. As of each Crediting Date after the
Effective Date, the balance of each Participant's Cash Benefit shall be credited
with Interest.

          4.3 CORPORATE CHANGES. If the Company at any time increases or
decreases proportionately to all holders of shares of its common stock then
outstanding, whether by stock dividend, stock split, consolidation of shares, or
in any other manner the number of all of its outstanding shares of such common
stock held by such holders, then all Unit Stock Benefits theretofore credited
and unforfeited shall be correspondingly increased or decreased with respect to
the number of shares of such common stock represented thereby. In the event of a
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation or the
sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Board shall make an
appropriate equitable adjustment to all Unit Stock Benefits.

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          4.4 UNILATERAL TERMINATION. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Plan to the contrary, in the event a Participant's employment with the Company
is terminated by unilateral decision of such Participant, no Dividend
Equivalents or Interest shall be credited to any Unit Stock Benefits or Cash
Benefit on behalf of such Participant in respect of dividends paid or Interest
attributable to the period of time after such Participant's termination of
employment.

                                   V. BENEFITS

          5.1 VALUATION. When it is necessary under the Plan to determine the
value on any date of shares of Unit Stock, the value shall be the product of the
number of shares of Unit Stock to be valued and the most current Unit Value. The
value of a Participant's Benefits on any date shall be the sum of (a) the dollar
amount of such Participant's Cash Benefit and (b) the dollar value, as
determined above, of any Benefits held in shares of Unit Stock on behalf of such
Participant under the Plan.

          5.2 CONVERSION FROM UNIT STOCK BENEFIT TO CASH BENEFIT. Prior to the
Effective Date, each Participant had the opportunity to elect the manner in
which his Unit Stock Benefit will be invested and paid following his termination
of employment, either (a) continuing an all Unit Stock Benefit, (b) converting
to an all Cash Benefit, or (c) continuing a specified percentage as a Unit Stock
Benefit with the remainder converting to a Cash Benefit. A Participant who did
not make such an election prior to the Effective Date shall be deemed to have
elected to have 50% of his Unit Stock Benefit converted to a Cash Benefit
following his termination of employment. Such election may be changed by a
Participant prior to his termination of employment with the Company by written
notice thereof filed with the Board. If a Participant has an election in effect
to convert all or a percentage of his Unit Stock Benefit to a Cash Benefit, such
conversion shall occur on the Crediting Date next following the Participant's
termination of employment with the Company based on the applicable Unit Value
for such Crediting Date. Such conversion shall occur after the crediting of
Dividend Equivalents, if any, for such Crediting Date pursuant to Section 4.1.
If less than all of a Participant's Unit Stock Benefit is to be converted to a
Cash Benefit, the number of whole shares of Unit Stock to be converted shall be
determined by multiplying the total shares of Unit Stock credited to the
Participant as of the applicable Crediting Date by the percentage to be
converted to a Cash Benefit with any fraction of a share of Unit Stock resulting
from such calculation to remain as a Unit Stock Benefit.

          5.3 MEDIUM OF PAYMENT. All unforfeited Benefits under the Plan shall
be paid in cash unless the Board, in its sole discretion, determines that all or
any portion of such Benefits will be paid in shares of Dresser, Inc. common
stock.

          5.4 ELECTION OF OPTIONS. A Participant's unforfeited Benefits shall be
paid under one of the Benefit Payment Options set forth below in this Section
5.4 as timely elected by a Participant and approved by the Board; provided,
however, that in the absence of a valid election, a Participant's Benefits shall
be paid under Option B. Payment of a Participant's Benefits credited through the
first Crediting Date following the calendar year of a Participant's

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termination of employment with the Company, shall commence as of the first
Crediting Date following the calendar year of the Participant's termination of
employment and shall be paid in equal annual installments over a period of time
determined in accordance with one of the following Benefit Payment Options:

          Option A. Five years, or

          Option B. Ten years, or

          Option C. Fifteen years, or

          Option D. Twenty years

as elected by such Participant and approved by the Board. A Participant's
payment election hereunder may be made or revoked at any time or times prior to
the termination of the Participant's employment with the Company by written
notice thereof filed with the Board. The preceding notwithstanding, if, as of
any Crediting Date following a Participant's termination of employment with the
Company, the value of such Participant's Benefits is $50,000 or less, the Board,
in its discretion, may direct that such Benefits be paid in full as soon as
administratively feasible on or after such Crediting Date. Further, the Board
may, in its sole discretion, change the payment timing for a Participant's
Benefits at any time, and shall notify the Participant of any such change.

          5.5 PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS AND INTEREST. At the time of each
annual installment payment pursuant to each of the Benefit Options, Interest and
Dividend Equivalents, if any, shall be paid with respect to each Participant's
unpaid and unforfeited Unit Stock Benefits and Cash Benefits under the Plan
since the previous Crediting Date. The amount of such payments shall be
calculated using the methodology set forth in Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.

          5.6 DEATH OR DISABILITY. In the event of a Participant's death or
Disability, the Board may, in its sole discretion and upon proof of the
financial necessity of the person or persons to whom such Participant's Benefits
are payable, vary the number and amount of installments to be paid with respect
to such Benefits.

          5.7 TO WHOM PAYMENTS ARE MADE. Payments of a Participant's Benefits
shall be made to the Participant if living. Unless otherwise requested in
writing by Participant, in the event of a Participant's death, payments will be
made to the beneficiary designated by the Participant for the purpose of
receiving life insurance benefits under the Company's group life insurance plan.
In the event no beneficiary is designated by the Participant either in writing
or for the purpose of receiving such life insurance benefits, or if the
designated beneficiary does not survive the Participant, such Participant's
Benefits will be paid to his personal representatives or to the person appointed
by will to receive said Benefits. This provision does not affect the timing or
amount of payments to be made hereunder, but only affects to whom payments are
to be made.

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          5.8 FORFEITURE. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the
contrary, in the event a Participant takes or allows some action or omission
resulting in damage or competitive injury to the Company then, unless such
action or omission shall have been taken or allowed in good faith and without
reasonable cause to believe that it was improper or illegal, the Board may
terminate all subsequent crediting of Interest and Dividend Equivalents to the
Participant, and, in addition, the Board may terminate and forfeit all or any
part of such Participant's Benefits hereunder, or suspend payment of such
Benefits, as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion, and such
termination, forfeiture, and/or suspension shall be binding and not subject to
appeal.

                                VI. MISCELLANEOUS

          6.1 ELECTIONS. The Board shall have the right to refuse to accept any
election made hereunder by a Participant. If for any reason the Board deems it
advisable, it may require any election hereunder to be made at a time earlier
than that otherwise fixed in the Plan.

          6.2 RESERVES. The Company shall be under no obligation to reserve,
segregate or earmark any cash, stock, or other property for the payment of any
Benefits under this Plan. No Participant shall have any right whatsoever in any
cash, stock or other property which may be set aside under the Plan.
Participants shall have the status of general unsecured creditors of the Company
with respect to Benefits under the Plan, and the Plan constitutes a mere promise
by the Company to make Benefit payments in the future.

          6.3 WITHHOLDING. During the time a Participant is employed with the
Company, the Company shall deduct from such Participant's wages any amounts
required to be withheld by the Company with respect to the accrual of a
Participant's benefits hereunder. Further, there shall be deducted from each
payment of Participant's Benefits under the Plan any taxes required to be
withheld by the Company in respect of such payment. The Company shall have the
right to reduce any payment by an amount sufficient to pay said taxes. In lieu
of a deduction, the Committee may permit the Participant to pay or reimburse the
Company for said taxes.

          6.4 PLAN NOT TO CONSTITUTE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. Neither the
adoption of the Plan nor its operation shall in any way affect the right of the
Company to dismiss or discharge a Participant at any time, nor give an employee
a right to participate in any incentive compensation plan of the Company.

          6.5 NONTRANSFERABILITY AND NONASSIGNABILITY. Except as hereinafter
provided, no rights under the Plan shall be assignable or transferable, or
subject to encumbrances, pledge, or charge of any nature, except that a
Participant may designate a beneficiary to receive such Participant's Benefits
upon Participant's death as otherwise provided herein. Plan provisions to the
contrary notwithstanding, (a) the Board shall comply with the terms and
provisions of an order that satisfies the requirements for a "qualified domestic
relations order" as such term is defined in section 206(d)(3)(B) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including an order that
requires distributions to an alternate payee prior to a Participant's "earliest
retirement age" as such term is defined in section 206(d)(3)(E)(ii) of such

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