Total company revenue increased 4% sequentially, with top-line improvements across all regions, while adjusted operating income grew 6% with solid margin performance in both divisions.
Our completion and production division revenue grew 4%, driven by increased global activity.
Our drilling and evaluation division revenue grew 4%, with increased activity across multiple regions.
Operating margin of 11% was about flat sequentially.
North America revenue increased 3% as growth in US land was partially offset by a decline in our Gulf of Mexico business due to Hurricane Ito.
International revenue grew 5% sequentially, in line with the international rig count growth.
Our year-to-date free cash flow generation of almost $900 million puts us solidly on track to deliver our full-year free cash flow objective.
Finally, we retired $500 million of our long-term debt and ended the quarter with $2.6 billion of cash on hand.
For example, in the third quarter, we deployed our Well Construction 4.0 digital solution to deliver further operational efficiencies for our customer in the Middle East.
Private companies now operate about 60% of the US land rig count, and current commodity prices provide a strong incentive for their activity to expand.
SmartFleet, for the first time, allows operators to measure treatment placement in real time, which, among other things, has demonstrated up to 30% improvement in cluster uniformity.
In North America, we expect customer spending to increase in and around 20% next year, including solid net pricing gains.
This high-performing solution reduced Chesapeake's emission using over 25 megawatts of lower-carbon power generation from Chesapeake's local field gas.
Enexor Bioenergy completed a $10 million Series A round of financing.
We prioritized profitable growth and returns, remain focused on capital efficiency and are keeping our overall capital investment in the range of 5% to 6% of revenue.
Total company revenue for the quarter was $3.9 billion and adjusted operating income was $458 million, an increase of 4% and 6%, respectively.
During the third quarter, Halliburton closed the structured transaction for our North America real estate assets that I described earlier this year, which resulted in a $74 million gain.
As a result, among these and other items, we recognized a $12 million pre-tax charge.
Starting with our completion and production division, revenue was $2.1 billion, an increase of 4%, while operating income was $322 million or an increase of 2%.
In our drilling and evaluation division, revenue was $1.7 billion or an increase of 4%, while operating income was $186 million or an increase of 6%.
In North America, revenue increased 3%.
Revenue increased 17% sequentially.
In the Middle East/Asia region, revenue increased 2%, resulting from improved well construction activity in the Middle East and Australia.
In the third quarter, our corporate and other expense totaled $50 million.
Net interest expense for the quarter was $116 million.
In the third quarter, we retired $500 million of 2021 senior notes using cash on hand.
Our effective tax rate for the third quarter came in at approximately 24%.
Based on our anticipated geographic earnings mix, we expect our fourth quarter effective tax rate to be approximately 22%.
Capital expenditures for the quarter were approximately $190 million.
In response to higher demand for our services in both international and North America markets, we are pulling forward spending on long lead time items for our premium equipment and now expect our full-year capital expenditures to be closer to $800 million for the full year.
We generated approximately $620 million of cash from operations and almost $470 million of free cash flow during the third quarter.
As a result, for our completion and production division, we anticipate mid-single-digit revenue growth sequentially, with operating margins expected to expand by approximately 50 basis points.
In our drilling and evaluation division, we anticipate sequential revenue growth of 5% to 7% and a margin increase of 150 to 200 basis points due to seasonal software sales and higher overall global activity.

Summary:
International revenue grew 5% sequentially, in line with the international rig count growth.
Total company revenue for the quarter was $3.9 billion and adjusted operating income was $458 million, an increase of 4% and 6%, respectively.
Starting with our completion and production division, revenue was $2.1 billion, an increase of 4%, while operating income was $322 million or an increase of 2%.
In our drilling and evaluation division, revenue was $1.7 billion or an increase of 4%, while operating income was $186 million or an increase of 6%.
In North America, revenue increased 3%.