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Halliburton Company is an American multinational corporation, and one of the world's largest〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 10 largest oilfield services companies )〕 oil field services companies, with operations in more than 80 countries. It owns hundreds of subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, brands, and divisions worldwide and employs approximately 70,000 people.〔 The company has dual headquarters located in Houston and in Dubai, where Chairman and CEO David Lesar works and resides, "to focus () company’s Eastern Hemisphere Growth."〔(''"Halliburton Opens Corporate Headquarters in the United Arab Emirates"'' ) - 2007 Press Releases - at Halliburton.com - March 11, 2007〕 The company remains incorporated in the United States.〔(''"Halliburton to Move Headquarters to Dubai"'' ) - ''All Things Considered'' - NPR - March 12, 2007〕〔Steffy, Loren. (''"Halliburton heralds Houston's hereafter"'' ) - Houston Chronicle - March 14, 2007〕〔Steffy, Loren. (''"Sound Off: Halliburton's Dubai kiss"'' ) - Houston Chronicle - March 14, 2007〕 Halliburton's major business segment is the Energy Services Group (ESG). ESG provides technical products and services for petroleum and natural gas exploration and production. Halliburton's former subsidiary, KBR, is a major construction company of refineries, oil fields, pipelines, and chemical plants. Halliburton announced on April 5, 2007 that it had sold the division and severed its corporate relationship with KBR, which had been its contracting, engineering and construction unit as a part of the company.〔(''"Halliburton Completes Separation of KBR"'' ) - 2007 Press Releases - Halliburton.com - April 5, 2007〕 The company has been involved in numerous controversies, including the Deepwater Horizon explosion, for which it agreed to settle outstanding legal claims against it by paying litigants $1.1 billion. As of August 1, 2014 Jeff Miller was promoted to President of Halliburton reporting directly to Dave Lesar. On November 17, 2014 Halliburton and Baker Hughes jointly announced a definitive agreement under which Halliburton will, subject to the conditions set forth in the agreement, acquire Baker Hughes in a stock and cash transaction valued at $34.6 billion. A press release made available on the former's website, as at December 11, 2014 detailed the restructuring in the integration to follow. Prior to the merger of Baker Hughes and Halliburton, Halliburton must divest over $5 billion of its assets according to the regulations created by US competition enforcement authorities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.halliburton.com/en-US/news/hal-divestitures.page )〕 == Business overview == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Halliburton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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