Sign In | Register | Regional Sites Home Products & Services Tools & Resources Investors News & Media Events Careers About Us Locations Home>About Us>History About Us Corporate Profile Awards & Recognitions History HSE & Service Quality Corporate Governance Investors Supplier Relations Sustainability Community Contact Us History of Halliburton Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. With approximately 50,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in approximately 70 countries, the company helps its customers maximize value throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir – from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production throughout the life of the asset. Halliburton's fascinating and proud history reveals a continuous focus on innovation and expansion that began with the company's founder, Erle P. Halliburton. After borrowing a wagon, a team of mules and a pump, he built a wooden mixing box and started an oil well cementing business in Duncan, Oklahoma. In the 1930s, Halliburton established its first research laboratories where the company tested cement mixes, began offering acidizing services to break down the resistance of limestone formations and increase the production of oil and gas, and performed its first offshore cementing job using a barge-mounted cementing unit at a rig in the Creole Field in the Gulf of Mexico. This was the beginning of what was to become the world's most extensive offshore service. Halliburton took the initial steps toward becoming a worldwide company in 1926. We sold five cementing units to an English company in Burma, the start of our Eastern Hemisphere operations, and Erle P. Halliburton sent his brothers to open our business in Alberta, Canada. We opened in Venezuela in 1940. By 1946, the company – using its innovative technology – had expanded into Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Middle East and began performing services for the Arabian-American Oil Company, the forerunner of Saudi Aramco. In 1951, Halliburton made its first appearance in Europe as Halliburton Italiana SpA., a wholly owned subsidiary in Italy. In the next seven years, Halliburton launched Halliburton Company Germany GmbH, set up operations in Argentina and established a subsidiary in England. In 1984, Halliburton provided all of the well completion equipment for the first multiwell platform offshore China. Two years later, Halliburton became the first American company to perform an oilfield service job on the China mainland The final decade of the 20th century brought more changes and growth to Halliburton. The company opened a branch office in Moscow in 1991. The company realigned its work into Eastern and Western Hemisphere operations in 2006, and in 2007, divided its service offerings into two divisions: Completion and Production, and Drilling and Evaluation. Today, Halliburton offers the world's broadest array of products, services and integrated solutions for oil and gas exploration, development and production. Follow Us: Quick Links My Account Locations Contact Us Company Information About Halliburton Investors News Supplier Relations Sustainability Human Rights Policy Statement Careers Job Openings Site Tools Subscribe Email Page Print Page Product Index Copyright © 2021 Halliburton. All Rights Reserved. | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Garnishment | Site Map