HAL_9.30.2013-10Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

[X]   Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

OR

[   ]   Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from _____ to _____

Commission File Number 001-03492

HALLIBURTON COMPANY

(a Delaware corporation)
75-2677995

3000 North Sam Houston Parkway East
Houston, Texas  77032
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Telephone Number – Area Code (281) 871-2699

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes
[X]
No
[   ]
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
 
Yes
[X]
No
[   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 
Large accelerated filer
[X]
Accelerated filer
[   ]
 
Non-accelerated filer
[   ]
Smaller reporting company
[   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes
[   ]
No
[X]

As of October 18, 2013, 848,226,439 shares of Halliburton Company common stock, $2.50 par value per share, were outstanding.


HALLIBURTON COMPANY

Index

 
 
Page No.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Table of Contents

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements

HALLIBURTON COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Millions of dollars and shares except per share data
2013
2012
2013
2012
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
Services
$
5,627

$
5,521

$
16,527

$
16,615

Product sales
1,845

1,590

5,236

4,598

Total revenue
7,472

7,111

21,763

21,213

Operating costs and expenses:
 

 

 

 

Cost of services
4,765

4,751

14,144

13,622

Cost of sales
1,519

1,339

4,386

3,911

Loss contingency for Macondo well incident
—

—

1,000

300

General and administrative
80

67

239

202

Total operating costs and expenses
6,364

6,157

19,769

18,035

Operating income
1,108

954

1,994

3,178

Interest expense, net of interest income of $1, $1, $6, and $5
(91
)
(71
)
(233
)
(225
)
Other, net
(12
)
(6
)
(37
)
(30
)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
1,005

877

1,724

2,923

Provision for income taxes
(296
)
(267
)
(380
)
(928
)
Income from continuing operations
709

610

1,344

1,995

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit of $1, $1, $1, and $2
(1
)
(6
)
(4
)
(22
)
Net income
$
708

$
604

$
1,340

$
1,973

Noncontrolling interest in net income of subsidiaries
(2
)
(2
)
(8
)
(7
)
Net income attributable to company
$
706

$
602

$
1,332

$
1,966

Amounts attributable to company shareholders:
 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations
$
707

$
608

$
1,336

$
1,988

Loss from discontinued operations, net
(1
)
(6
)
(4
)
(22
)
Net income attributable to company
$
706

$
602

$
1,332

$
1,966

Basic income per share attributable to company shareholders:
 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations
$
0.79

$
0.66

$
1.46

$
2.15

Loss from discontinued operations, net
—

(0.01
)
—

(0.02
)
Net income per share
$
0.79

$
0.65

$
1.46

$
2.13

Diluted income per share attributable to company shareholders:
 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations
$
0.79

$
0.65

$
1.45

$
2.14

Loss from discontinued operations, net
—

—

—

(0.02
)
Net income per share
$
0.79

$
0.65

$
1.45

$
2.12

 
 
 
 
 
Cash dividends per share
$
0.125

$
0.09

$
0.375

$
0.27

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
890

928

915

925

Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
894

930

919

927

     See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
 
 

1
Table of Contents

HALLIBURTON COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
2013
2012
Net income
$
708

$
604

$
1,340

$
1,973

Other comprehensive income, net of income taxes:
 

 

 

 

Defined benefit and other postretirement plans adjustments
$
2

$
1

$
8

$
15

Other
—

(2
)
1

(4
)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes
2

(1
)
9

11

Comprehensive income
$
710

$
603

$
1,349

$
1,984

Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest
(2
)
(2
)
(8
)
(7
)
Comprehensive income attributable to company shareholders
$
708

$
601

$
1,341

$
1,977

     See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 
 
 


2
Table of Contents

HALLIBURTON COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 
September 30,
2013
December 31,
2012
Millions of dollars and shares except per share data
(Unaudited)
 
Assets
Current assets:
 
 
Cash and equivalents
$
1,491

$
2,484

Receivables (less allowance for bad debts of $96 and $92)
6,626

5,787

Inventories
3,399

3,186

Other current assets
1,374

1,629

Total current assets
12,890

13,086

Property, plant, and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $9,137 and $8,056
10,949

10,257

Goodwill
2,125

2,135

Other assets
1,984

1,932

Total assets
$
27,948

$
27,410

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
 

 

Accounts payable
$
2,278

$
2,041

Accrued employee compensation and benefits
928

930

Other current liabilities
1,556

1,781

Total current liabilities
4,762

4,752

Long-term debt
7,816

4,820

Loss contingency for Macondo well incident
1,022

300

Employee compensation and benefits
575

607

Other liabilities
955

1,141

Total liabilities
15,130

11,620

Shareholders’ equity:
 

 

Common shares, par value $2.50 per share (authorized 2,000 shares,
issued 1,072 and 1,073 shares)
2,681

2,682

Paid-in capital in excess of par value
401

486

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(300
)
(309
)
Retained earnings
18,177

17,182

Treasury stock, at cost (225 and 144 shares)
(8,171
)
(4,276
)
Company shareholders’ equity
12,788

15,765

Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
30

25

Total shareholders’ equity
12,818

15,790

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
27,948

$
27,410

     See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 


3
Table of Contents

HALLIBURTON COMPANY
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)

 
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
Net income
$
1,340

$
1,973

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
 

 

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization
1,403

1,197

Loss contingency for Macondo well incident
1,000

300

Other changes:
 

 

Receivables
(856
)
(776
)
Accounts payable
243

297

Payment of Barracuda-Caratinga obligation
(219
)
—

Inventories
(210
)
(968
)
Other
(152
)
(110
)
Total cash flows from operating activities
2,549

1,913

Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 

Capital expenditures
(2,075
)
(2,519
)
Sales of investment securities
294

250

Purchases of investment securities
(168
)
(171
)
Other investing activities
82

(18
)
Total cash flows from investing activities
(1,867
)
(2,458
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 

 

Payments to reacquire common stock
(4,356
)
—

Proceeds from long-term borrowings, net of offering costs
2,968

—

Dividends to shareholders
(337
)
(250
)
Other financing activities
58

132

Total cash flows from financing activities
(1,667
)
(118
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
(8
)
(3
)
Decrease in cash and equivalents
(993
)
(666
)
Cash and equivalents at beginning of period
2,484

2,698

Cash and equivalents at end of period
$
1,491

$
2,032

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
 

 

Cash payments during the period for:
 

 

Interest
$
269

$
269

Income taxes
$
566

$
1,032

     See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
 


4
Table of Contents

HALLIBURTON COMPANY
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Note 1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared using generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these financial statements do not include all information or notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for annual financial statements and should be read together with our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our accounting policies are in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with these accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect:
-
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements; and
-
the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.
Ultimate results could differ from our estimates.
In our opinion, the condensed consolidated financial statements included herein contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position as of September 30, 2013, the results of our operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, and our cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. In addition, certain reclassifications of prior period balances have been made to conform to 2013 classifications. The results of our operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 may not be indicative of results for the full year.

Note 2. Business Segment and Geographic Information
We operate under two divisions, which form the basis for the two operating segments we report: the Completion and Production segment and the Drilling and Evaluation segment.
The following table presents information on our business segments. “Corporate and other” includes expenses related to support functions and corporate executives. Also included are certain gains and losses not attributable to a particular business segment (such as the loss contingencies related to the Macondo well incident recorded during the first quarters of 2013 and 2012 and a $55 million charitable contribution expensed during the second quarter of 2013).
Intersegment revenue was immaterial. Our equity in earnings and losses of unconsolidated affiliates that are accounted for by the equity method of accounting are included in revenue and operating income of the applicable segment.
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
2013
2012
Revenue:
 
 
 
 
Completion and Production
$
4,501

$
4,293

$
12,964

$
13,043

Drilling and Evaluation
2,971

2,818

8,799

8,170

Total revenue
$
7,472

$
7,111

$
21,763

$
21,213

Operating income:
 
 
 
 
Completion and Production
$
763

$
591

$
2,110

$
2,541

Drilling and Evaluation
450

430

1,272

1,191

Total operations
1,213

1,021

3,382

3,732

Corporate and other
(105
)
(67
)
(1,388
)
(554
)
Total operating income
$
1,108

$
954

$
1,994

$
3,178

Interest expense, net of interest income
(91
)
(71
)
(233
)
(225
)
Other, net
(12
)
(6
)
(37
)
(30
)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
$
1,005

$
877

$
1,724

$
2,923


Receivables
As of September 30, 2013, 33% of our gross trade receivables were from customers in the United States. As of December 31, 2012, 36% of our gross trade receivables were from customers in the United States. No other country or single customer accounted for more than 10% of our gross trade receivables at these dates.


5
Table of Contents

Note 3. Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. In the United States, we manufacture certain finished products and parts inventories for drill bits, completion products, bulk materials, and other tools that are recorded using the last-in, first-out method, which totaled $162 million as of September 30, 2013 and $139 million as of December 31, 2012. If the average cost method had been used, total inventories would have been $34 million higher than reported as of September 30, 2013 and $41 million higher than reported as of December 31, 2012. The cost of the remaining inventory was recorded on the average cost method. Inventories consisted of the following:
Millions of dollars
September 30,
2013
December 31,
2012
Finished products and parts
$
2,441

$
2,264

Raw materials and supplies
805

793

Work in process
153

129

Total
$
3,399

$
3,186


Finished products and parts are reported net of obsolescence reserves of $130 million as of September 30, 2013 and $114 million as of December 31, 2012.

Note 4. Debt
Senior debt
In August 2013, we issued $3.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes in four tranches: $600 million of 1.0% senior notes due August 2016, $400 million of 2.0% senior notes due August 2018, $1.1 billion of 3.5% senior notes due August 2023, and $900 million of 4.75% senior notes due August 2043. These senior notes rank equally with our existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness, have semiannual interest payments, and have no sinking fund requirements. We may redeem some or all of the notes of each series at any time at the applicable redemption prices, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
Revolving credit facilities
In April 2013, we amended our $2.0 billion five-year revolving credit facility expiring in 2016. The amendment increased the facility from $2.0 billion to $3.0 billion and extended the expiration to 2018. The purpose of the facility is to provide general working capital and credit for other corporate purposes. The full amount of the facility was available as of September 30, 2013.

6
Table of Contents

Note 5. Shareholders’ Equity
The following tables summarize our shareholders’ equity activity:
Millions of dollars
Total shareholders' equity
Company shareholders' equity
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
Balance at December 31, 2012
$
15,790

$
15,765

$
25

Shares repurchased
(4,356
)
(4,356
)
—

Stock plans
397

397

—

Payments of dividends to shareholders
(337
)
(337
)
—

Other
(25
)
(22
)
(3
)
Comprehensive income
1,349

1,341

8

Balance at September 30, 2013
$
12,818

$
12,788

$
30

Millions of dollars
Total shareholders' equity
Company shareholders' equity
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries
Balance at December 31, 2011
$
13,216

$
13,198

$
18

Stock plans
265

265

—

Payments of dividends to shareholders
(250
)
(250
)
—

Other
(24
)
(22
)
(2
)
Comprehensive income
1,984

1,977

7

Balance at September 30, 2012
$
15,191

$
15,168

$
23


In July 2013, our board of directors increased the authorization to purchase Halliburton common stock by $4.3 billion, to a new total repurchase capacity of $5.0 billion. In August 2013, we repurchased approximately 68 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate cost of $3.3 billion at a purchase price of $48.50 per share, excluding fees and expenses, pursuant to a modified Dutch auction cash tender offer. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we repurchased approximately 93 million shares of our common stock for a total cost of approximately $4.4 billion at an average price of $47.02 per share. As of September 30, 2013, approximately $1.7 billion remains available under the stock purchase authorization.
    
Accumulated other comprehensive loss consisted of the following:
Millions of dollars
September 30,
2013
December 31,
2012
Defined benefit and other postretirement liability adjustments
$
(233
)
$
(241
)
Cumulative translation adjustments
(68
)
(69
)
Other
1

1

Total accumulated other comprehensive loss
$
(300
)
$
(309
)

Amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were not material. Additionally, the tax effects allocated to each component of other comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 were not material.


7
Table of Contents

Note 6. KBR Separation
During 2007, we completed the separation of KBR, Inc. (KBR) from us by exchanging KBR common stock owned by us for our common stock. We entered into various agreements relating to the separation of KBR, including, among others, a Master Separation Agreement (“MSA”) and a Tax Sharing Agreement (“TSA”). We recorded a liability reflecting the estimated fair value of the indemnities provided to KBR. Since the separation, we have recorded adjustments to reflect changes to our estimation of our remaining obligation. All such adjustments are recorded in “Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax (provision) benefit.” Amounts accrued relating to our KBR liabilities were included in “Other liabilities” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and totaled $219 million as of December 31, 2012. During the first quarter of 2013, we paid $219 million to satisfy our obligation under a guarantee related to the Barracuda-Caratinga matter, a legacy KBR project. Accordingly, there were no amounts accrued at September 30, 2013.
Tax Sharing Agreement
The TSA provides for the calculation and allocation of United States and certain other jurisdiction tax liabilities between KBR and us for the periods 2001 through the date of separation. The TSA is complex, and finalization of amounts owed between KBR and us under the TSA can occur only after income tax audits are completed by the taxing authorities and both parties have had time to analyze the results.
During the second quarter of 2012, we sent a notice as required by the TSA to KBR requesting the appointment of an arbitrator in accordance with the terms of the TSA. This request asked the arbitrator to find that KBR owes us a certain amount pursuant to the TSA. KBR denied that it owes us any amount and asserted instead that we owe KBR a certain amount under the TSA. KBR also asserted that they believe the MSA controls its defenses to our TSA claim and demanded arbitration under that agreement. On July 10, 2012, we filed suit in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, seeking to compel KBR to arbitrate this dispute in accordance with the provisions of the TSA, rather than the MSA. KBR filed a cross-motion seeking to compel arbitration under the MSA. In September 2012, the court denied our motion and granted KBR's motion to compel arbitration under the MSA. We continue to believe that the TSA was intended to govern this matter and have filed a notice of appeal, which is pending.
In May 2013, KBR's defenses were arbitrated before a panel appointed pursuant to the MSA. In June 2013, the panel issued its award, finding it had jurisdiction to hear the dispute and that a significant portion of our claims made under the TSA were barred by the time limitation provision in the MSA. While we disagree with the court's ruling and the MSA panel's findings, we are legally bound by these decisions, subject to the outcome of our notice of appeal. 
The MSA panel also ordered the parties to return to the TSA arbitrator for determination of the parties' remaining claims under the TSA. The Parties chose an accounting referee to provide the determination of the amounts due with respect to the remaining claims under the TSA. On October 9, 2013, the accounting referee issued its report regarding the claims made by each party. The report found that KBR owes us a net amount of approximately $105 million, plus interest, with each party bearing its own costs related to the matter.
According to KBR’s public filings, KBR is reviewing, among other remedies, its ability to return to the MSA arbitration panel to determine if any of our claims submitted to the accounting referee were time barred under the MSA. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the ultimate determination of the parties' claims under the TSA, no material anticipated recovery amounts or liabilities related to this matter have been recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2013.

Note 7. Commitments and Contingencies
Macondo well incident
Overview. The semisubmersible drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, sank on April 22, 2010 after an explosion and fire onboard the rig that began on April 20, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon was owned by Transocean Ltd. and had been drilling the Macondo exploration well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico for the lease operator, BP Exploration & Production, Inc. (BP Exploration), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of BP p.l.c. We performed a variety of services for BP Exploration, including cementing, mud logging, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and rig data acquisition services. Crude oil flowing from the well site spread across thousands of square miles of the Gulf of Mexico and reached the United States Gulf Coast. Efforts to contain the flow of hydrocarbons from the well were led by the United States government and by BP p.l.c., BP Exploration, and their affiliates (collectively, BP). The flow of hydrocarbons from the well ceased on July 15, 2010, and the well was permanently capped on September 19, 2010. Numerous attempts at estimating the volume of oil spilled have been made by various groups, and on August 2, 2010 the federal government published an estimate that approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil were discharged from the well. There were eleven fatalities and a number of injuries as a result of the Macondo well incident.
We are currently unable to fully estimate the impact the Macondo well incident will have on us. The multi-district litigation (MDL) trial referred to below is ongoing. We cannot predict the outcome of the many lawsuits and investigations relating to the Macondo well incident, including orders and rulings of the court that impact the MDL, the results of the MDL trial, the effect that the settlements between BP and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) in the MDL and other settlements may have on claims against us, or whether we might settle with one or more of the parties to any lawsuit or investigation.

8
Table of Contents

During the first quarter of 2013, we increased our reserve relating to the MDL to $1.3 billion based on court-facilitated settlement discussions that had taken place during the first quarter. As of September 30, 2013, our loss contingency for the Macondo well incident, relating to the MDL, remained at $1.3 billion, consisting of a current portion of $0.3 billion included in "Other current liabilities" and a non-current portion of $1.0 billion reflected as "Loss contingency for Macondo well incident" on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. This reserve represents a loss contingency that is probable and for which a reasonable estimate of a loss can be made, although we continue to believe that we have substantial legal arguments and defenses against any liability and that BP's indemnity obligation protects us as described below. This loss contingency does not include potential recoveries from our insurers. We have been participating in intermittent discussions with the PSC regarding the potential for a settlement that would resolve a substantial portion of the claims pending in the MDL trial. BP, however, is not participating in those settlement discussions as it is challenging certain provisions of its settlement with the PSC.
Reaching a settlement of the type contemplated by our current discussions involves a complex process, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when we may complete a settlement. In addition, the settlement discussions do not cover all parties and claims relating to the Macondo well incident. Accordingly, there are additional loss contingencies relating to the Macondo well incident that are reasonably possible but for which we cannot make a reasonable estimate. Given the numerous potential developments relating to the MDL and other lawsuits and investigations, which could occur at any time, we may adjust our estimated loss contingency in the future. Liabilities arising out of the Macondo well incident could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, and consolidated financial condition.
In September 2013, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) closed the federal government's criminal investigation of us in relation to the Macondo well incident. See "DOJ Investigations and Actions" below for more information.
Investigations and Regulatory Action. The United States Coast Guard, a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (formerly known as the Minerals Management Service and which was replaced effective October 1, 2011 by two new, independent bureaus – the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management), a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, shared jurisdiction over the investigation into the Macondo well incident and formed a joint investigation team that reviewed information and held hearings regarding the incident (Marine Board Investigation). We were named as one of the 16 parties-in-interest in the Marine Board Investigation. The Marine Board Investigation, as well as investigations of the incident that were conducted by The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (National Commission) and the National Academy of Sciences, have been completed, and reports issued as a result of those investigations have been critical of BP, Transocean, and us, among others. For example, one or more of those reports have concluded that primary cement failure was a direct cause of the blowout, that cement testing performed by an independent laboratory “strongly suggests” that the foam cement slurry used on the Macondo well was unstable, and that numerous other oversights and factors caused or contributed to the cause of the incident, including BP's failure to run a cement bond log, BP's and Transocean's failure to properly conduct and interpret a negative-pressure test, the failure of the drilling crew and our surface data logging specialist to recognize that an unplanned influx of oil, natural gas, or fluid into the well was occurring, communication failures among BP, Transocean, and us, and flawed decisions relating to the design, construction, and testing of barriers critical to the temporary abandonment of the well. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is also conducting an investigation of the incident.
In October 2011, the BSEE issued a notification of Incidents of Noncompliance (INCs) to us for allegedly violating federal regulations relating to the failure to take measures to prevent the unauthorized release of hydrocarbons, the failure to take precautions to keep the Macondo well under control, the failure to cement the well in a manner that would, among other things, prevent the release of fluids into the Gulf of Mexico, and the failure to protect health, safety, property, and the environment as a result of a failure to perform operations in a safe and workmanlike manner. According to the BSEE's notice, we did not ensure an adequate barrier to hydrocarbon flow after cementing the production casing and did not detect the influx of hydrocarbons until they were above the blowout preventer stack. We understand that the regulations in effect at the time of the alleged violations provide for fines of up to $35,000 per day per violation. We have appealed the INCs to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA). In January 2012, the IBLA, in response to our and the BSEE's joint request, suspended the appeal and ordered us and the BSEE to file notice within 15 days after the conclusion of the MDL and, within 60 days after the MDL court issues a final decision, to file a proposal for further action in the appeal. The BSEE has announced that the INCs will be reviewed for possible imposition of civil penalties once the appeal has ended. The BSEE has stated that this is the first time the Department of the Interior has issued INCs directly to a contractor that was not the well's operator.
The Cementing Job and Reaction to Reports. We disagree with the reports referred to above regarding many of their findings and characterizations with respect to our cementing and surface data logging services, as applicable, on the Deepwater Horizon. We have provided information to the National Commission, its staff, and representatives of the joint investigation team for the Marine Board Investigation that we believe has been overlooked or omitted from their reports, as applicable. We intend to continue to vigorously defend ourselves in any investigation relating to our involvement with the Macondo well that we believe inaccurately evaluates or depicts our services on the Deepwater Horizon.

9
Table of Contents

The cement slurry on the Deepwater Horizon was designed and prepared pursuant to well condition data provided by BP. Regardless of whether alleged weaknesses in cement design and testing are or are not ultimately established, and regardless of whether the cement slurry was utilized in similar applications or was prepared consistent with industry standards, we believe that had BP and Transocean properly interpreted a negative-pressure test, this test would have revealed any problems with the cement. In addition, had BP designed the Macondo well to allow a full cement bond log test or if BP had conducted even a partial cement bond log test, the test likely would have revealed any problems with the cement. BP, however, elected not to conduct any cement bond log tests, and with Transocean misinterpreted the negative-pressure test, both of which could have resulted in remedial action, if appropriate, with respect to the cementing services.
At this time we cannot predict the impact of the investigations or reports referred to above, or the conclusions of future investigations or reports. We also cannot predict whether any investigations or reports will have an influence on or result in us being named as a party in any action alleging liability or violation of a statute or regulation.
We intend to continue to cooperate fully with all hearings, investigations, and requests for information relating to the Macondo well incident. We cannot predict the outcome of, or the costs to be incurred in connection with, any of these hearings or investigations, and therefore we cannot predict the potential impact they may have on us.
DOJ Investigations and Actions. On June 1, 2010, the United States Attorney General announced that the DOJ was launching civil and criminal investigations into the Macondo well incident to closely examine the actions of those involved, and that the DOJ was working with attorneys general of states affected by the Macondo well incident. The DOJ announced that it was reviewing, among other traditional criminal statutes, possible violations of and liabilities under The Clean Water Act (CWA), The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
The CWA provides authority for civil penalties for discharges of oil into or upon navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or in connection with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) in quantities that are deemed harmful. A single discharge event may result in the assertion of numerous violations under the CWA. Civil proceedings under the CWA can be commenced against an “owner, operator, or person in charge of any vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility from which oil or a hazardous substance is discharged” in violation of the CWA. The civil penalties that can be imposed against responsible parties range from up to $1,100 per barrel of oil discharged in the case of those found strictly liable to $4,300 per barrel of oil discharged in the case of those found to have been grossly negligent.
The OPA establishes liability for discharges of oil from vessels, onshore facilities, and offshore facilities into or upon the navigable waters of the United States. Under the OPA, the “responsible party” for the discharging vessel or facility is liable for removal and response costs as well as for damages, including recovery costs to contain and remove discharged oil and damages for injury to natural resources and real or personal property, lost revenues, lost profits, and lost earning capacity. The cap on liability under the OPA is the full cost of removal of the discharged oil plus up to $75 million for damages, except that the $75 million cap does not apply in the event the damage was proximately caused by gross negligence or the violation of certain federal safety, construction or operating standards. The OPA defines the set of responsible parties differently depending on whether the source of the discharge is a vessel or an offshore facility. Liability for vessels is imposed on owners and operators; liability for offshore facilities is imposed on the holder of the permit or lessee of the area in which the facility is located.
The ESA establishes liability for injury and death to wildlife. The ESA provides for civil penalties for knowing violations that can range up to $25,000 per violation.
On December 15, 2010, the DOJ filed a civil action seeking damages and injunctive relief against BP Exploration, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko E&P Company LP (together, Anadarko), which had an approximate 25% interest in the Macondo well, certain subsidiaries of Transocean Ltd., and others for violations of the CWA and the OPA. The DOJ’s complaint seeks an action declaring that the defendants are strictly liable under the CWA as a result of harmful discharges of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and upon United States shorelines as a result of the Macondo well incident. The complaint also seeks an action declaring that the defendants are strictly liable under the OPA for the discharge of oil that has resulted in, among other things, injury to, loss of, loss of use of, or destruction of natural resources and resource services in and around the Gulf of Mexico and the adjoining United States shorelines and resulting in removal costs and damages to the United States far exceeding $75 million. BP Exploration has been designated, and has accepted the designation, as a responsible party for the pollution under the CWA and the OPA. Others have also been named as responsible parties, and all responsible parties may be held jointly and severally liable for any damages under the OPA. A responsible party may make a claim for contribution against any other responsible party or against third parties it alleges contributed to or caused the oil spill. In connection with the proceedings discussed below under “Litigation,” in April 2011 BP Exploration filed a claim against us for equitable contribution with respect to liabilities incurred by BP Exploration under the OPA or another law, which subsequent court filings have indicated may include the CWA, and requested a judgment that the DOJ assert its claims for OPA financial liability directly against us. We filed a motion to dismiss BP Exploration’s claim, and that motion is pending. In July 2013, we also filed a motion for summary judgment requesting a court order that we are not liable to BP or Transocean for equitable indemnification or contribution with regard to any CWA fines and penalties that have been assessed or may be assessed against BP or Transocean. That motion is also pending.

10
Table of Contents

We were not named as a responsible party under the CWA or the OPA in the DOJ civil action, and we do not believe we are a responsible party under the CWA or the OPA. While we were not included in the DOJ’s civil complaint, there can be no assurance that federal governmental authorities will not bring a civil action against us under the CWA, the OPA, and/or other statutes or regulations, or that state governmental authorities will not bring an action, whether civil or criminal, against us.
In July 2013, we reached an agreement with the DOJ to conclude the federal government's criminal investigation of us in relation to the Macondo well incident. Pursuant to a cooperation guilty plea agreement, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary (HESI), agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor violation of federal law concerning the deletion of certain computer files created after the occurrence of the Macondo well incident. Pursuant to the plea agreement, HESI agreed to pay a criminal fine of $0.2 million within five days of sentencing and agreed to three years' probation. The DOJ has agreed that it will not pursue further criminal prosecution of us (including our subsidiaries) for any conduct relating to or arising out of the Macondo well incident. We have agreed to continue to cooperate with the DOJ in any ongoing investigation related to or arising from the incident. In September 2013, our guilty plea was entered and approved by a federal district court judge on the terms and conditions of the plea agreement, and the DOJ closed its criminal investigation of us in relation to the Macondo well incident.
In November 2012, BP announced that it reached an agreement with the DOJ to resolve all federal criminal charges against it stemming from the Macondo well incident. BP agreed to plead guilty to 14 criminal charges, with 13 of those charges based on the negligent misinterpretation of the negative-pressure test conducted on the Deepwater Horizon. BP also agreed to pay $4.0 billion, including approximately $1.3 billion in criminal fines, to take actions to further enhance the safety of drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, to a term of five years' probation, and to the appointment of two monitors with four-year terms, one relating to process safety and risk management procedures concerning deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and one relating to the improvement, implementation, and enforcement of BP's code of conduct.
In January 2013, Transocean announced that it reached an agreement with the DOJ to resolve certain claims for civil penalties and potential criminal claims against it arising from the Macondo well incident. Transocean agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor violation of the CWA for negligent discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, to pay $1.0 billion in CWA penalties and $400 million in fines and recoveries, to implement certain measures to prevent a recurrence of an uncontrolled discharge of hydrocarbons, and to a term of five years' probation.
Litigation. Since April 21, 2010, plaintiffs have been filing lawsuits relating to the Macondo well incident. Generally, those lawsuits allege either (1) damages arising from the oil spill pollution and contamination (e.g., diminution of property value, lost tax revenue, lost business revenue, lost tourist dollars, inability to engage in recreational or commercial activities) or (2) wrongful death or personal injuries. We are named along with other unaffiliated defendants in more than 1,800 complaints, most of which are alleged class actions, involving pollution damage claims and at least eight personal injury lawsuits involving four decedents and at least 10 allegedly injured persons who were on the drilling rig at the time of the incident. At least six additional lawsuits naming us and others relate to alleged personal injuries sustained by those responding to the explosion and oil spill. Plaintiffs originally filed the lawsuits described above in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Except for a relatively small number of lawsuits not yet consolidated, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation ordered all of the lawsuits against us consolidated in the MDL proceeding before Judge Carl Barbier in the United States Eastern District of Louisiana. The pollution complaints generally allege, among other things, negligence and gross negligence, property damages, taking of protected species, and potential economic losses as a result of environmental pollution, and generally seek awards of unspecified economic, compensatory, and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief. Plaintiffs in these pollution cases have brought suit under various legal provisions, including the OPA, the CWA, The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, the ESA, the OCSLA, the Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, general maritime law, state common law, and various state environmental and products liability statutes.
Furthermore, the pollution complaints include suits brought against us by governmental entities, including the State of Alabama, the State of Florida, the State of Louisiana, the State of Mississippi, the State of Texas, numerous local governmental entities, the Mexican State of Yucatan, and the United Mexican States. Complaints brought against us by at least seven parishes in Louisiana were dismissed with prejudice, and the dismissal is being appealed by those parishes. The wrongful death and other personal injury complaints generally allege negligence and gross negligence and seek awards of compensatory damages, including unspecified economic damages, and punitive damages. We have retained counsel and are investigating and evaluating the claims, the theories of recovery, damages asserted, and our respective defenses to all of these claims.

11
Table of Contents

Judge Barbier is also presiding over a separate proceeding filed by Transocean under the Limitation of Liability Act (Limitation Action). In the Limitation Action, Transocean seeks to limit its liability for claims arising out of the Macondo well incident to the value of the rig and its freight. While the Limitation Action has been formally consolidated into the MDL, the court is nonetheless, in some respects, treating the Limitation Action as an associated but separate proceeding. In February 2011, Transocean tendered us, along with all other defendants, into the Limitation Action. As a result of the tender, we and all other defendants will be treated as direct defendants to the plaintiffs' claims as if the plaintiffs had sued us and the other defendants directly. In the Limitation Action, the judge intends to determine the allocation of liability among all defendants in the hundreds of lawsuits associated with the Macondo well incident, including those in the MDL proceeding that are pending in his court. Specifically, we believe the judge will determine the liability, limitation, exoneration, and fault allocation with regard to all of the defendants in a trial, which is scheduled to occur in at least two phases and which began in February 2013.
The first phase of this trial has concluded and covered issues arising out of the conduct and degree of culpability of various parties allegedly relevant to the loss of well control, the ensuing fire and explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon, and the initiation of the release of hydrocarbons from the Macondo well. After the conclusion of the first phase, the parties to the MDL, including the PSC, the States of Louisiana and Alabama, the United States, BP, Transocean, and us, submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and post-trial briefs. The MDL court has not ruled on any of the findings or briefs that were submitted.
The second phase of this trial was split into two parts, with testimony presented in October 2013. The first part covered attempts to collect, control, or halt the flow of hydrocarbons from the well, while the second part covered the quantification of hydrocarbons discharged from the well. The parties will now submit post-trial briefs, responses, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law over the next three months according to a schedule announced by the MDL Court.
Subsequent proceedings would be held to the extent triable issues remain unresolved by the first two phases of the trial, settlements, motion practice, or stipulation. Although the DOJ participated in the first two phases of the trial with regard to BP's conduct and the amount of hydrocarbons discharged from the well, the MDL court anticipates that the DOJ's civil action for the CWA violations, fines, and penalties will be addressed by the court in a third phase of the trial to the extent necessary. We do not believe that a single apportionment of liability in the Limitation Action is properly applied, particularly with respect to gross negligence and punitive damages, to the hundreds of lawsuits pending in the MDL proceeding.
Damages for the cases tried in the MDL proceeding, including punitive damages, are expected to be tried following the phases of the trial described above. Under ordinary MDL procedures, such cases would, unless waived by the respective parties, be tried in the courts from which they were transferred into the MDL. It remains unclear, however, what impact the overlay of the Limitation Action will have on where these matters are tried.
In April and May 2011, certain defendants in the proceedings described above filed numerous cross claims and third party claims against certain other defendants. BP Exploration and BP America Production Company filed claims against us seeking subrogation, contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA, and direct damages, and alleging negligence, gross negligence, fraudulent conduct, and fraudulent concealment. Transocean filed claims against us seeking indemnification, and subrogation and contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA and for the total loss of the Deepwater Horizon, and alleging comparative fault and breach of warranty of workmanlike performance. Anadarko filed claims against us seeking tort indemnity and contribution, and alleging negligence, gross negligence and willful misconduct, and MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC (MOEX), who had an approximate 10% interest in the Macondo well at the time of the incident, filed a claim against us alleging negligence. Cameron International Corporation (Cameron) (the manufacturer and designer of the blowout preventer), M-I Swaco (provider of drilling fluids and services, among other things), Weatherford U.S. L.P. and Weatherford International, Inc. (together, Weatherford) (providers of casing components, including float equipment and centralizers, and services), and Dril-Quip, Inc. (Dril-Quip) (provider of wellhead systems), each filed claims against us seeking indemnification and contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA in the case of Cameron, and alleging negligence. Additional civil lawsuits may be filed against us. In addition to the claims against us, generally the defendants in the proceedings described above filed claims, including for liabilities under the OPA and other claims similar to those described above, against the other defendants described above. BP has since announced that it has settled those claims between it and each of MOEX, Weatherford, Anadarko, and Cameron. Also, BP and M-I Swaco have dismissed all claims between them.
In April 2011, we filed claims against BP Exploration, BP p.l.c. and BP America Production Company (BP Defendants), M-I Swaco, Cameron, Anadarko, MOEX, Weatherford, Dril-Quip, and numerous entities involved in the post-blowout remediation and response efforts, in each case seeking contribution and indemnification and alleging negligence. Our claims also alleged gross negligence and willful misconduct on the part of the BP Defendants, Anadarko, and Weatherford. We also filed claims against M-I Swaco and Weatherford for contractual indemnification, and against Cameron, Weatherford and Dril-Quip for strict products liability, although the court has since issued orders dismissing all claims asserted against Cameron, Dril-Quip, M-I Swaco and Weatherford in the MDL. We filed our answer to Transocean's Limitation petition denying Transocean's right to limit its liability, denying all claims and responsibility for the incident, seeking contribution and indemnification, and alleging negligence and gross negligence.

12
Table of Contents

Judge Barbier has issued an order, among others, clarifying certain aspects of law applicable to the lawsuits pending in his court. The court ruled that: (1) general maritime law will apply, and therefore all claims brought under state law causes of action were dismissed; (2) general maritime law claims may be brought directly against defendants who are non-“responsible parties” under the OPA with the exception of pure economic loss claims by plaintiffs other than commercial fishermen; (3) all claims for damages, including pure economic loss claims, may be brought under the OPA directly against responsible parties; and (4) punitive damage claims can be brought against both responsible and non-responsible parties under general maritime law. As discussed above, with respect to the ruling that claims for damages may be brought under the OPA against responsible parties, we have not been named as a responsible party under the OPA, but BP Exploration has filed a claim against us for contribution with respect to liabilities incurred by BP Exploration under the OPA.
In September 2011, we filed claims in Harris County, Texas against the BP Defendants seeking damages, including lost profits and exemplary damages, and alleging negligence, grossly negligent misrepresentation, defamation, common law libel, slander, and business disparagement. Our claims allege that the BP Defendants knew or should have known about an additional hydrocarbon zone in the well that the BP Defendants failed to disclose to us prior to our designing the cement program for the Macondo well. The location of the hydrocarbon zones is critical information required prior to performing cementing services and is necessary to achieve desired cement placement. We believe that had the BP Defendants disclosed the hydrocarbon zone to us, we would not have proceeded with the cement program unless it was redesigned, which likely would have required a redesign of the production casing. In addition, we believe that the BP Defendants withheld this information from the report of BP's internal investigation team and from the various investigations discussed above. In connection with the foregoing, we also moved to amend our claims against the BP Defendants in the MDL proceeding to include fraud. The BP Defendants have denied all of the allegations relating to the additional hydrocarbon zone and filed a motion to prevent us from adding our fraud claim in the MDL. In October 2011, our motion to add the fraud claim against the BP Defendants in the MDL proceeding was denied. The court’s ruling does not, however, prevent us from using the underlying evidence in our pending claims against the BP Defendants.
In December 2011, BP filed a motion for sanctions against us alleging, among other things, that we destroyed evidence relating to post-incident testing of the foam cement slurry on the Deepwater Horizon and requesting adverse findings against us. The magistrate judge in the MDL proceeding denied BP’s motion. BP appealed that ruling, and Judge Barbier affirmed the magistrate judge’s decision.
In April 2012, BP announced that it had reached definitive settlement agreements with the PSC to resolve the substantial majority of eligible private economic loss and medical claims stemming from the Macondo well incident. The PSC acts on behalf of individuals and business plaintiffs in the MDL. According to BP, the settlements do not include claims against BP made by the DOJ or other federal agencies or by states and local governments. In addition, the settlements provide that, to the extent permitted by law, BP will assign to the settlement class certain of its claims, rights, and recoveries against Transocean and us for damages, including BP's alleged direct damages such as damages for clean-up expenses and damage to the well and reservoir. We do not believe that our contract with BP Exploration permits the assignment of certain claims to the settlement class without our consent. The MDL court has since confirmed certification of the classes for both settlements and granted final approval of the settlements. We objected to the settlements on the grounds set forth above, among other reasons. The MDL court held, however, that we, as a non-settling defendant, lacked standing to object to the settlements but noted that it did not express any opinion as to the validity of BP's assignment of certain claims to the settlement class and that the settlements do not affect any of our procedural or substantive rights in the MDL. We are unable to predict at this time the effect that the settlements may have on claims against us.
In October 2012, the MDL court issued an order dismissing three types of plaintiff claims: (1) claims by or on behalf of owners, lessors, and lessees of real property that allege to have suffered a reduction in the value of real property even though the property was not physically touched by oil and the property was not sold; (2) claims for economic losses based solely on consumers' decisions not to purchase fuel or goods from BP fuel stations and stores based on consumer animosity toward BP; and (3) claims by or on behalf of recreational fishermen, divers, beachgoers, boaters and others that allege damages such as loss of enjoyment of life from their inability to use portions of the Gulf of Mexico for recreational and amusement purposes. The MDL court also noted that we are not liable with respect to those claims under the OPA because we are not a “responsible party” under OPA. A group of plaintiffs appealed the order, but the Fifth Circuit dismissed the appeal.
At the conclusion of the plaintiffs' case in the first phase of the MDL trial, we and the other defendants each submitted a motion requesting the MDL court to dismiss certain claims. In March 2013, the MDL court denied our motion and declined to dismiss any claims, including those alleging gross negligence, against BP, Transocean and us. In addition, the MDL court dismissed all claims against M-I Swaco and claims alleging gross negligence against Cameron. In April 2013, the MDL court dismissed all remaining claims against Cameron, leaving BP, Transocean, and us as the remaining defendants with respect to the matters addressed during the first phase of the trial.

13
Table of Contents

Also in March 2013, we advised the MDL court that we recently found a rig sample of dry cement blend collected at another well that was cemented before the Macondo well using the same dry cement blend as used on the Macondo production casing. In April 2013, we advised the MDL parties that we recently discovered some additional documents related to the Macondo well incident. BP and others have asked the court to impose sanctions and adverse findings against us because, according to their allegations, we should have identified the cement sample in 2010 and the additional documents by October 2011. The MDL court has not ruled on the requests for sanctions and adverse findings. We believe that those discoveries were the result of simple misunderstandings or mistakes, and that sanctions are not warranted.
When our plea agreement with the DOJ was announced in July 2013, BP filed a motion requesting that the MDL court re-open the evidence for phase one of the MDL trial to take into account our guilty plea and re-urging their request for sanctions. After the plea was entered, the PSC and the States of Alabama and Louisiana (as coordinating counsel for the states involved in the MDL) filed a motion likewise seeking to admit the guilty plea agreement and other court filings into evidence and asking that the MDL court use that evidence as a basis for assessing punitive damages against us. We filed replies opposing both motions and setting forth our position that the deleted computer simulations were not evidence, were not relevant, and in any event were re-created.
We intend to vigorously defend any litigation, fines, and/or penalties relating to the Macondo well incident and to vigorously pursue any damages, remedies, or other rights available to us as a result of the Macondo well incident. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant legal fees and costs, some of which we expect to be covered by indemnity or insurance, as a result of the numerous investigations and lawsuits relating to the incident.
Indemnification and Insurance. Our contract with BP Exploration relating to the Macondo well generally provides for our indemnification by BP Exploration for certain potential claims and expenses relating to the Macondo well incident, including those resulting from pollution or contamination (other than claims by our employees, loss or damage to our property, and any pollution emanating directly from our equipment). Also, under our contract with BP Exploration, we have, among other things, generally agreed to indemnify BP Exploration and other contractors performing work on the well for claims for personal injury of our employees and subcontractors, as well as for damage to our property. In turn, we believe that BP Exploration was obligated to obtain agreement by other contractors performing work on the well to indemnify us for claims for personal injury of their employees or subcontractors, as well as for damages to their property. We have entered into separate indemnity agreements with Transocean and M-I Swaco, under which we have agreed to indemnify those parties for claims for personal injury of our employees and subcontractors and they have agreed to indemnify us for claims for personal injury of their employees and subcontractors.
In April 2011, we filed a lawsuit against BP Exploration in Harris County, Texas to enforce BP Exploration’s contractual indemnity and alleging BP Exploration breached certain terms of the contractual indemnity provision. BP Exploration removed that lawsuit to federal court in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. We filed a motion to remand the case to Harris County, Texas, and the lawsuit was transferred to the MDL.
BP Exploration, in connection with filing its claims with respect to the MDL proceeding, asked that court to declare that it is not liable to us in contribution, indemnification, or otherwise with respect to liabilities arising from the Macondo well incident. Other defendants in the litigation discussed above have generally denied any obligation to contribute to any liabilities arising from the Macondo well incident.
In January 2012, the court in the MDL proceeding entered an order in response to our and BP’s motions for summary judgment regarding certain indemnification matters. The court held that BP is required to indemnify us for third-party compensatory claims, or actual damages, that arise from pollution or contamination that did not originate from our property or equipment located above the surface of the land or water, even if we are found to be grossly negligent. The court did not express an opinion as to whether our conduct amounted to gross negligence, but we do not believe the performance of our services on the Deepwater Horizon constituted gross negligence. The court also held, however, that BP does not owe us indemnity for punitive damages or for civil penalties under the CWA, if any, and that fraud could void the indemnity on public policy grounds, although the court stated that it was mindful that mere failure to perform contractual obligations as promised does not constitute fraud. As discussed above, the DOJ is not seeking civil penalties from us under the CWA, but BP has filed a claim for equitable contribution against us with respect to its liabilities. The court in the MDL proceeding deferred ruling on whether our indemnification from BP covers penalties or fines under the OCSLA, whether our alleged breach of our contract with BP Exploration would invalidate the indemnity, and whether we committed an act that materially increased the risk to or prejudiced the rights of BP so as to invalidate the indemnity. We do not believe that we breached our contract with BP Exploration or committed an act that would otherwise invalidate the indemnity. The court’s rulings will be subject to appeal at the appropriate time.
In responding to similar motions for summary judgment between Transocean and BP, the court also held that public policy would not bar Transocean’s claim for indemnification of compensatory damages, even if Transocean was found to be grossly negligent. The court also held, among other things, that Transocean’s contractual right to indemnity does not extend to punitive damages or civil penalties under the CWA.

14
Table of Contents

The rulings in the MDL proceeding regarding the indemnities are based on maritime law and may not bind the determination of similar issues in lawsuits not comprising a part of the MDL proceeding. Accordingly, it is possible that different conclusions with respect to indemnities will be reached by other courts.
Indemnification for criminal fines or penalties, if any, may not be available if a court were to find such indemnification unenforceable as against public policy. In addition, certain state laws, if deemed to apply, would not allow for enforcement of indemnification for gross negligence, and may not allow for enforcement of indemnification of persons who are found to be negligent with respect to personal injury claims.
In addition to the contractual indemnities discussed above, we have a general liability insurance program of $600 million. Our insurance is designed to cover claims by businesses and individuals made against us in the event of property damage, injury, or death and, among other things, claims relating to environmental damage, as well as legal fees incurred in defending against those claims. We have received and expect to continue to receive payments from our insurers with respect to covered legal fees incurred in connection with the Macondo well incident. Through September 30, 2013, we have incurred legal fees and related expenses of approximately $242 million, of which $211 million has been reimbursed under or is expected to be covered by our insurance program. To the extent we incur any losses beyond those covered by indemnification, there can be no assurance that our insurance policies will cover all potential claims and expenses relating to the Macondo well incident. In addition, we may not be insured with respect to civil or criminal fines or penalties, if any, pursuant to the terms of our insurance policies. Insurance coverage can be the subject of uncertainties and, particularly in the event of large claims, potential disputes with insurance carriers, as well as other potential parties claiming insured status under our insurance policies.
BP’s public filings indicate that BP has recognized in excess of $40 billion in pre-tax charges, excluding offsets for settlement payments received from certain defendants in the proceedings described above under “Litigation,” as a result of the Macondo well incident. BP’s public filings also indicate that the amount of, among other things, certain natural resource damages with respect to certain OPA claims, some of which may be included in such charges, cannot be reliably estimated as of the dates of those filings.
Securities and related litigation
In June 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against us in federal court alleging violations of the federal securities laws after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated an investigation in connection with our change in accounting for revenue on long-term construction projects and related disclosures. In the weeks that followed, approximately twenty similar class actions were filed against us. Several of those lawsuits also named as defendants several of our present or former officers and directors. The class action cases were later consolidated, and the amended consolidated class action complaint, styled Richard Moore, et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al., was filed and served upon us in April 2003. As a result of a substitution of lead plaintiffs, the case was styled Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund (AMSF) v. Halliburton Company, et al. AMSF has changed its name to Erica P. John Fund, Inc. (the Fund). We settled with the SEC in the second quarter of 2004.
In June 2003, the lead plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a second amended consolidated complaint, which was granted by the court. In addition to restating the original accounting and disclosure claims, the second amended consolidated complaint included claims arising out of our 1998 acquisition of Dresser Industries, Inc., including that we failed to timely disclose the resulting asbestos liability exposure.
In April 2005, the court appointed new co-lead counsel and named the Fund the new lead plaintiff, directing that it file a third consolidated amended complaint and that we file our motion to dismiss. The court held oral arguments on that motion in August 2005. In March 2006, the court entered an order in which it granted the motion to dismiss with respect to claims arising prior to June 1999 and granted the motion with respect to certain other claims while permitting the Fund to re-plead some of those claims to correct deficiencies in its earlier complaint. In April 2006, the Fund filed its fourth amended consolidated complaint. We filed a motion to dismiss those portions of the complaint that had been re-pled. A hearing was held on that motion in July 2006, and in March 2007 the court ordered dismissal of the claims against all individual defendants other than our Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The court ordered that the case proceed against our CEO and us.
In September 2007, the Fund filed a motion for class certification, and our response was filed in November 2007. The district court held a hearing in March 2008, and issued an order November 3, 2008 denying the motion for class certification. The Fund appealed the district court’s order to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order denying class certification. On May 13, 2010, the Fund filed a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. In January 2011, the Supreme Court granted the writ of certiorari and accepted the appeal. The Court heard oral arguments in April 2011 and issued its decision in June 2011, reversing the Fifth Circuit ruling that the Fund needed to prove loss causation in order to obtain class certification. The Court’s ruling was limited to the Fifth Circuit’s loss causation requirement, and the case was returned to the Fifth Circuit for further consideration of our other arguments for denying class certification. The Fifth Circuit returned the case to the district court, and in January 2012 the court issued an order certifying the class. We filed a Petition for Leave to Appeal with the Fifth Circuit, which was granted. In March 2013, the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in the appeal. In April 2013, the Fifth Circuit issued an order affirming the District Court's order certifying the class.

15
Table of Contents

The case is now pending in the District Court and fact discovery has resumed. We have filed a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court seeking an appeal of the Fifth Circuit decision. In spite of its age, the case is at an early stage, and we cannot predict the outcome or consequences thereof. As of September 30, 2013, we had not accrued any amounts related to this matter because we do not believe that a loss is probable. Further, an estimate of possible loss or range of loss related to this matter cannot be made. We intend to vigorously defend this case.
Investigations
We are conducting internal investigations of certain areas of our operations in Angola and Iraq, focusing on compliance with certain company policies, including our Code of Business Conduct (COBC), and the FCPA and other applicable laws.
In December 2010, we received an anonymous e-mail alleging that certain current and former personnel violated our COBC and the FCPA, principally through the use of an Angolan vendor. The e-mail also alleges conflicts of interest, self-dealing, and the failure to act on alleged violations of our COBC and the FCPA. We contacted the DOJ to advise them that we were initiating an internal investigation.
During the second quarter of 2012, in connection with a meeting with the DOJ and the SEC regarding the above investigation, we advised the DOJ and the SEC that we were initiating unrelated, internal investigations into payments made to a third-party agent relating to certain customs matters in Angola and to third-party agents relating to certain customs and visa matters in Iraq.
Since the initiation of the investigations described above, we have participated in meetings with the DOJ and the SEC to brief them on the status of the investigations and have been producing documents to them both voluntarily and as a result of SEC subpoenas to us and certain of our current and former officers and employees.
We expect to continue to have discussions with the DOJ and the SEC regarding the Angola and Iraq matters described above and have indicated that we would further update them as our investigations progress. We have engaged outside counsel and independent forensic accountants to assist us with these investigations.
During the second quarter of 2013, we received a civil investigative demand from the Antitrust Division of the DOJ regarding pressure pumping services. We have engaged in discussions with the DOJ on this matter and are in the process of providing responses to the DOJ's information requests. We understand there have been others in our industry who have received similar correspondence from the DOJ, and we do not believe that we are being singled out for any particular scrutiny.
We intend to continue to cooperate with the DOJ's and the SEC's inquiries and requests in these investigations. Because these investigations are ongoing, we cannot predict their outcome or the consequences thereof.
Environmental
We are subject to numerous environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements related to our operations worldwide. In the United States, these laws and regulations include, among others:
-
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;
-
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act;
-
the Clean Air Act;
-
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
-
the Toxic Substances Control Act; and
-
the Oil Pollution Act.
In addition to the federal laws and regulations, states and other countries where we do business often have numerous environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements by which we must abide. We evaluate and address the environmental impact of our operations by assessing and remediating contaminated properties in order to avoid future liabilities and comply with environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements. Our Health, Safety, and Environment group has several programs in place to maintain environmental leadership and to help prevent the occurrence of environmental contamination. On occasion, in addition to the matters relating to the Macondo well incident described above, we are involved in other environmental litigation and claims, including the remediation of properties we own or have operated, as well as efforts to meet or correct compliance-related matters. We do not expect costs related to those claims and remediation requirements to have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, or consolidated financial position. Excluding our loss contingency for the Macondo well incident, our accrued liabilities for environmental matters were $69 million as of September 30, 2013 and $72 million as of December 31, 2012. Because our estimated liability is typically within a range and our accrued liability may be the amount on the low end of that range, our actual liability could eventually be well in excess of the amount accrued. Our total liability related to environmental matters covers numerous properties.
In November 2012, we received an Enforcement Notice from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) regarding an alleged improper disposal of oil field acid in or around Homer City, Pennsylvania between 1999 and 2011. We are currently negotiating with the PADEP to resolve this matter in an amicable manner. We expect the PADEP to assess a penalty in excess of $100,000 and have therefore accrued for an immaterial amount.

16
Table of Contents

Additionally, we have subsidiaries that have been named as potentially responsible parties along with other third parties for eight federal and state Superfund sites for which we have established reserves. As of September 30, 2013, those eight sites accounted for approximately $5 million of our $69 million total environmental reserve. Despite attempts to resolve these Superfund matters, the relevant regulatory agency may at any time bring suit against us for amounts in excess of the amount accrued. With respect to some Superfund sites, we have been named a potentially responsible party by a regulatory agency; however, in each of those cases, we do not believe we have any material liability. We also could be subject to third-party claims with respect to environmental matters for which we have been named as a potentially responsible party.
Guarantee arrangements
In the normal course of business, we have agreements with financial institutions under which an aggregate of approximately $2.0 billion of letters of credit, bank guarantees, or surety bonds were outstanding as of September 30, 2013, including $184 million of surety bonds related to Venezuela. Some of the outstanding letters of credit have triggering events that would entitle a bank to require cash collateralization.

Note 8. Income per Share
Basic income per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share includes additional common shares that would have been outstanding if potential common shares with a dilutive effect had been issued. Differences between basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding for all periods presented resulted from the dilutive effect of awards granted under our stock incentive plans.
Excluded from the computation of diluted income per share are options to purchase one million and five million shares of common stock that were outstanding during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, and seven million shares of common stock that were outstanding during both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. These options were outstanding but were excluded because they were antidilutive, as the option exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares.

Note 9. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
At September 30, 2013, we held $273 million of investments in fixed income securities, with maturities ranging from less than one year to October 2016, compared to $398 million of investments in fixed income securities held at December 31, 2012. These securities are accounted for as available-for-sale and recorded at fair value as follows:
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Millions of dollars
Level 1
Level 2
Total
 
Level 1
Level 2
Total
Fixed income securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   U.S. treasuries (a)
$
—

$
—

$
—

 
$
150

$
—

$
150

   Other (b)
—

273

273

 
—

248

248

Total
$
—

$
273

$
273

 
$
150

$
248

$
398

(a)
These securities are classified as "Other current assets" in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(b)
Of these securities, $140 million are classified as “Other current assets” and $133 million are classified as “Other assets” on our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2013, compared to $120 million classified as “Other current assets” and $128 million classified as “Other assets” as of December 31, 2012. These securities consist primarily of municipal bonds, corporate bonds, and other debt instruments.

The fair value of our Level 1 securities are based on quoted prices in active markets, and the fair value of our Level 2 securities are based on quoted prices for identical assets in less active markets. We have no financial instruments measured at fair value using unobservable inputs (Level 3). The carrying amount of cash and equivalents, receivables, and accounts payable, as reflected in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, approximates fair value due to the short maturities of these instruments.

The carrying amount and fair value of our long-term debt is as follows:
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Millions of dollars
Level 1
Level 2
Total fair value
Carrying value
 
Level 1
Level 2
Total fair value
Carrying value
Long-term debt
$
8,504

$
296

$
8,800

$
7,816

 
$
1,112

$
5,272

$
6,384

$
4,820


17
Table of Contents


The fair value and the carrying value of our long-term debt as of September 30, 2013 increased from December 31, 2012 due to new debt issued in the third quarter of 2013. See Note 4 for further information.
Our Level 1 debt fair values are calculated using quoted prices in active markets for identical liabilities with transactions occurring on the last two days of period-end. Our Level 2 debt fair values are calculated using significant observable inputs for similar liabilities where estimated values are determined from observable data points on our other bonds and on other similarly rated corporate debt or from observable data points of transactions occurring prior to two days from period-end and adjusting for changes in market conditions. We have no debt measured at fair value using unobservable inputs (Level 3).

Note 10. Accounting Standards Recently Adopted
In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an update to existing guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This update requires companies to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) by component. For significant items reclassified out of AOCI to net income in their entirety during the reporting period, companies must report the effect on the line items in the statement where net income is presented. For significant items not reclassified to net income in their entirety during the period, companies must provide cross-references in the notes to other disclosures that already provide information about those amounts. We adopted this update effective January 1, 2013, and it did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.


18
Table of Contents

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Organization
We are a leading provider of services and products to the energy industry. We serve the upstream oil and natural gas industry 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 through the life of the field. Activity levels within our operations are significantly impacted by spending on upstream exploration, development, and production programs by major, national, and independent oil and natural gas companies. We report our results under two segments, the Completion and Production segment and the Drilling and Evaluation segment:
-
our Completion and Production segment delivers cementing, stimulation, intervention, pressure control, specialty chemicals, artificial lift, and completion services. The segment consists of Halliburton Production Enhancement, Cementing, Completion Tools, Boots & Coots, Multi-Chem, and Artificial Lift.
-
our Drilling and Evaluation segment provides field and reservoir modeling, drilling, evaluation, and precise wellbore placement solutions that enable customers to model, measure, and optimize their well construction activities. The segment consists of Halliburton Drill Bits and Services, Wireline and Perforating, Testing and Subsea, Baroid, Sperry Drilling, Landmark Software and Services, and Consulting and Project Management.
The business operations of our segments are organized around four primary geographic regions: North America, Latin America, Europe/Africa/CIS, and Middle East/Asia. We have significant manufacturing operations in various locations, including the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
With over 75,000 employees, we operate in approximately 80 countries around the world, and our corporate headquarters are in Houston, Texas and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Financial results
Our consolidated revenue for the third quarter of 2013 was $7.5 billion, a quarterly record for us. We also achieved record revenues within our Cementing, Completion Tools, Boots & Coots, Drill Bits, Testing and Subsea, and Multi-Chem product service lines. Additionally, during the third quarter of 2013, our international revenue comprised approximately 48% of our total company revenues. The percentage of our revenue that relates to our international operations has been steadily increasing and is representative of our ongoing strategy to grow our international business and balance our geographic mix.
During the first nine months of 2013, we produced revenue of $21.8 billion and operating income of $2.0 billion. Revenue increased $550 million from the first nine months of 2012 primarily due to increased activity in all of our international regions and the Gulf of Mexico. This was partially offset by lower activity levels and pricing pressure in the United States land market, primarily for production enhancement services. Operating income in the first nine months of 2013 was negatively impacted by a $1.0 billion, pre-tax, reserve related to the Macondo well incident, a $55 million, pre-tax, charge related to a charitable contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and $54 million, pre-tax, of restructuring charges related to severance and asset write-offs. Operating income in the first nine months of 2012 was negatively impacted by a $300 million, pre-tax, reserve related to the Macondo well incident, along with a $48 million, pre-tax, charge related to an earn-out adjustment due to significantly better than expected performance of a past acquisition, partially offset by a $20 million, pre-tax, gain related to the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit.
Business outlook
We continue to believe in the strength of the long-term fundamentals of our business. Energy demand is expected to increase over the long term driven by economic growth in developing countries despite current underlying downside risks in the industry, such as sluggish growth in developed countries and supply uncertainties associated with geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and North Africa. Furthermore, development of new resources is expected to be more complex, resulting in increasing service intensity with our customers making higher investments on a per-well basis.
In North America, the industry has experienced an activity shift from natural gas plays to oil and liquids-rich basins due to low natural gas prices resulting from continued strong natural gas production. As a result, operators have been optimizing their budgets by focusing on basins with better economics. In addition, we are observing a meaningful switch to multi-well pad activity among our customer base, which is resulting in increased drilling and completion service efficiency. We believe the incremental efficiency gains provided by multi-well pad drilling will provide for higher service intensity.
Outside of North America, both revenue and operating income increased by 16% in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the first nine months of 2012. We expect to see gradual activity and pricing improvements in those international markets where we have made strategic investments in capital and technologies. We also believe that new international unconventional oil and natural gas projects may contribute to activity improvements for the remainder of 2013 and into 2014. In Latin America, we are anticipating lower fourth quarter activity levels due to a decline in existing integrated project management work in Mexico as we begin transitioning to newly-tendered projects and due to reduced ongoing activity in Brazil.

19
Table of Contents

We are continuing to execute several key initiatives in 2013. These initiatives include increasing manufacturing production in the Eastern Hemisphere and reinventing our service delivery platform to lower our delivery costs. Our operating performance and business outlook are described in more detail in “Business Environment and Results of Operations.”
Financial markets, liquidity, and capital resources
We believe we have invested our cash balances conservatively and secured sufficient financing to help mitigate any near-term negative impact on our operations from adverse market conditions. For additional information, see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Business Environment and Results of Operations.”

20
Table of Contents

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

We ended the third quarter of 2013 with cash and equivalents of $1.5 billion, compared to $2.5 billion at the end of 2012. As of September 30, 2013, approximately $350 million of the $1.5 billion of cash and equivalents was held by our foreign subsidiaries that would be subject to United States tax if repatriated. However, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside of the United States and our current plans do not suggest a need to repatriate them to fund our United States operations. At September 30, 2013, we also held $273 million of investments in fixed income securities compared to $398 million at December 31, 2012. These securities are reflected in "Other current assets" and "Other assets" in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Significant sources and uses of cash
Cash flows from operating activities were $2.5 billion in the first nine months of 2013.
In August 2013, we issued $3.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes and used the net proceeds, along with cash on hand, to fund the repurchase of approximately 68 million shares of our common stock at an aggregate cost of $3.3 billion pursuant to a modified Dutch auction cash tender offer. Through the first nine months of 2013, we have repurchased approximately 93 million shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program at a cost of approximately $4.4 billion.
Capital expenditures were $2.1 billion in the first nine months of 2013, and were predominantly made in our Production Enhancement, Boots & Coots, Sperry Drilling, Wireline and Perforating, and Cementing product service lines.
During the first nine months of 2013, our primary components of working capital (receivables, inventories, and accounts payable) increased by a net $823 million, primarily due to increased business activity.
We paid $337 million in dividends to our shareholders in the first nine months of 2013.
In January 2013, we made a $219 million payment under a guarantee we issued for the Barracuda-Caratinga project.
In April 2013, we made a $172 million earn-out payment related to a prior year acquisition due to significantly better than expected operating performance.
During the first nine months of 2013, we sold $126 million of investment securities, net of investment securities purchased.
Future sources of cash. We were recently awarded $105 million by an accounting referee regarding amounts owed by KBR related to the Tax Sharing Agreement. KBR is reviewing our claims and there is uncertainty as to the ultimate timing and amount of any payment. See Note 6 for further information.
Future uses of cash. Capital spending for the fourth quarter of 2013 is expected to be approximately $800 million. The capital expenditures plan for the fourth quarter of 2013 is primarily directed toward our Boots & Coots, Sperry Drilling, Production Enhancement, Wireline and Perforating, and Cementing product service lines with less capital to be directed toward the North America pressure pumping market.
Subject to Board of Directors approval, our intention going forward is to pay dividends representing at least 15% to 20% of our net income on an annual basis. Currently, our dividend rate is $0.125 per common share, or approximately $107 million per quarter.
We are continuing to explore opportunities for acquisitions that will enhance or augment our current portfolio of services and products, including those with unique technologies or distribution networks in areas where we do not already have large operations.
Other factors affecting liquidity
Guarantee agreements. In the normal course of business, we have agreements with financial institutions under which an aggregate of approximately $2.0 billion of letters of credit, bank guarantees, or surety bonds were outstanding as of September 30, 2013. Some of the outstanding letters of credit have triggering events that would entitle a bank to require cash collateralization.
Financial position in current market. As of September 30, 2013, we had $1.5 billion of cash and equivalents, $273 million in fixed income investments, and a total of $3.0 billion of available committed bank credit under our revolving credit facility. Reflecting the growth of our company, in April 2013, we executed an amendment to our revolving credit facility, which increased the capacity from $2.0 billion to $3.0 billion and extended the maturity to 2018. Furthermore, we have no financial covenants or material adverse change provisions in our bank agreements, and our debt maturities extend over a long period of time. Although a portion of earnings from our foreign subsidiaries is reinvested outside the United States indefinitely, we do not consider this to have a significant impact on our liquidity. We currently believe that our capital expenditures, working capital investments, and dividends, if any, during the remainder of 2013 can be fully funded through cash from operations.
As a result, we believe we have a reasonable amount of liquidity and, if necessary, additional financing flexibility given the current market environment to fund our potential contingent liabilities, if any. However, as discussed in Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, there are numerous future developments that may arise as a result of the Macondo well incident that could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity.
Credit ratings. Credit ratings for our long-term debt remain A2 with Moody’s Investors Service and A with Standard & Poor’s. The credit ratings on our short-term debt remain P-1 with Moody’s Investors Service and A-1 with Standard & Poor’s.

21
Table of Contents

Customer receivables. In line with industry practice, we bill our customers for our services in arrears and are, therefore, subject to our customers delaying or failing to pay our invoices. In weak economic environments, we may experience increased delays and failures to pay our invoices due to, among other reasons, a reduction in our customers’ cash flow from operations and their access to the credit markets, as well as unsettled political conditions. For example, we continue to experience delays in collecting payment on our receivables from one of our primary customers in Venezuela. Our total outstanding trade receivables in Venezuela at September 30, 2013 were $536 million, which represents approximately 8% of our gross trade receivables at that date. If our customers delay paying or fail to pay us a significant amount of our outstanding receivables, it could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, and consolidated financial condition. See “Business Environment and Results of Operations – International Operations” for further discussion related to Venezuela.

22
Table of Contents

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

We operate in approximately 80 countries to provide a comprehensive range of discrete and integrated services and products to the energy industry. The majority of our consolidated revenue is derived from the sale of services and products to major, national, and independent oil and natural gas companies worldwide. We serve the upstream oil and natural gas industry 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 through the life of the field. Our two business segments are the Completion and Production segment and the Drilling and Evaluation segment. The industry we serve is highly competitive with many substantial competitors in each segment. In the first nine months of 2013, based upon the location of the services provided and products sold, 49% of our consolidated revenue was from the United States. In the first nine months of 2012, 55% of our consolidated revenue was from the United States. No other country accounted for more than 10% of our revenue during these periods.
Operations in some countries may be adversely affected by unsettled political conditions, acts of terrorism, civil unrest, force majeure, war or other armed conflict, expropriation or other governmental actions, inflation, foreign currency exchange restrictions, and highly inflationary currencies. We believe the geographic diversification of our business activities reduces the risk that loss of operations in any one country, other than the United States, would be materially adverse to our consolidated results of operations.
Activity levels within our business segments are significantly impacted by spending on upstream exploration, development, and production programs by our customers. Also impacting our activity is the status of the global economy, which impacts oil and natural gas consumption.
Some of the more significant measures of current and future spending levels of oil and natural gas companies are oil and natural gas prices, the world economy, the availability of credit, government regulation, and global stability, which together drive worldwide drilling activity. Our financial performance is significantly affected by oil and natural gas prices and worldwide rig activity, which are summarized in the following tables. Additionally, our financial performance is impacted by well count in the North America market as a result of improved drilling and completion efficiencies.
This table shows the average oil and natural gas prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI), United Kingdom Brent crude oil, and Henry Hub natural gas:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Year Ended December 31
 
2013
2012
2012
Oil price - WTI (1)
$
104.74

$
91.49

$
94.15

Oil price - Brent (1)
109.28

108.80

111.60

Natural gas price - Henry Hub (2)
3.56

2.85

2.81

 
 
 
 
(1) Oil price measured in dollars per barrel
(2) Natural gas price measured in dollars per thousand cubic feet, or Mcf


23
Table of Contents

The quarterly and yearly average rig counts based on the weekly Baker Hughes Incorporated rig count information were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Land vs. Offshore
2013
2012
2013
2012
United States:
 
 
 
 
Land
1,708

1,855

1,708

1,909

Offshore (incl. Gulf of Mexico)
61

50

55

46

Total
1,769

1,905

1,763

1,955

Canada:
 

 

 

 

Land
345

324

344

362

Offshore
4

1

2

1

Total
349

325

346

363

International (excluding Canada):
 

 

 

 

Land
971

966

969

923

Offshore
314

293

320

303

Total
1,285

1,259

1,289

1,226

Worldwide total
3,403

3,489

3,398

3,544

Land total
3,024

3,145

3,021

3,194

Offshore total
379

344

377

350

 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Oil vs. Natural Gas
2013
2012
2013
2012
United States (incl. Gulf of Mexico):
 

 

 
 

Oil
1,386

1,419

1,372

1,351

Natural gas
383

486

391

604

Total
1,769

1,905

1,763

1,955

Canada:
 

 

 

 

Oil
225

241

240

261

Natural gas
124

84

106

102

Total
349

325

346

363

International (excluding Canada):
 

 

 

 

Oil
1,015

1,006

1,021

976

Natural gas
270

253

268

250

Total
1,285

1,259

1,289

1,226

Worldwide total
3,403

3,489

3,398

3,544

Oil total
2,626

2,666

2,633

2,588

Natural gas total
777

823

765

956

 
Three Months Ended
September 30
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Drilling Type
2013
2012
2013
2012
United States (incl. Gulf of Mexico):
 
 
 
 
Horizontal
1,073

1,153

1,096

1,164

Vertical
435

531

444

567

Directional
261

221

223

224

Total
1,769

1,905

1,763

1,955


24
Table of Contents

Our customers’ cash flows, in most instances, depend upon the revenue they generate from the sale of oil and natural gas. Lower oil and natural gas prices usually translate into lower exploration and production budgets, while the opposite is true for higher oil and natural gas prices.
WTI oil spot prices fluctuated throughout 2012 between a low of $78 per barrel to a high of $109 per barrel. Brent oil spot prices fluctuated between a low of $89 per barrel to a high of $128 per barrel during this same period. During the first nine months of 2013, WTI oil spot prices ranged between $87 per barrel and $111 per barrel, while Brent oil spot prices ranged between $97 per barrel and $119 per barrel. Oil prices were affected by the curtailment of production by most OPEC countries which was partially offset by the increased levels of production in Saudi Arabia and North America. Since September 2013, oil supply increased steadily due to the easing of the civil unrest in Libya. As a result, Brent crude oil prices fell from a recent peak of $117 per barrel to $108 per barrel towards the end of the month. The outlook for world petroleum demand for the remainder of 2013 has improved due to higher than expected demand in July and August for United States, Russia, and China. The International Energy Agency’s October 2013 “Oil Market Report” is forecasting 2013 demand to increase approximately 1% over 2012 levels.
Natural gas prices in the United States have increased approximately 43% from the first nine months of 2012 due to an increase in storage withdrawals due to colder temperatures in the early part of 2013, as well as higher natural gas demand for industrial purposes. The United States Energy Information Administration's October 2013 “Short Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook” forecasts an increase of natural gas consumption for residential and commercial space heating, but also forecasts a decline in natural gas demand for electricity generation.
In spite of this tempered outlook, we believe that, over the long term, hydrocarbon demand will generally increase. Increased demand, combined with the underlying trends of smaller and more complex reservoirs, high depletion rates, and the need for continual reserve replacement, should drive the long-term need for our services and products.
North America operations
Volatility in oil and natural gas prices can impact our customers’ drilling and production activities, particularly in North America. For the first nine months of 2013, the average natural gas directed rig count fell by 209 rigs, or 30%, from the first nine months of 2012. The curtailment of natural gas drilling activity along with an influx of stimulation equipment into the industry have resulted in overcapacity and pricing pressure for hydraulic fracturing services, which we expect to persist for the remainder of 2013. Despite the decrease of rig count in the United States as compared to the first nine months of 2012, drilling efficiencies and the trend toward multi-well pads are driving a more robust well count. Although drilling efficiencies continue to improve, the United States land rig count remains sluggish and we expect it to decrease in the fourth quarter due to the normal seasonality experienced at the end of the year from both the holidays and weather disruptions. Additionally, based on recent customer conversations, we now believe there could be increased risk of lower activity late in the fourth quarter, as some operators opt to extend downtime around the holidays. However, we believe the shift to unconventional oil and liquids-rich basins in North America, as well as increased stage counts and fluid volumes per well, will continue to drive increased service intensity and will require advanced fluid chemistries and other technologies which will ultimately benefit our operations.
In the Gulf of Mexico, improvements in the performance of many of our product service lines were due to a 20% increase in the offshore rig count from the first nine months of 2012, in addition to the efficiencies and integrated solutions we offer that save our customers time and enhance productivity. We anticipate improvements in revenue and profit for the fourth quarter as additional deepwater rigs arrive and more rigs move to the completions cycle. Over the long term, continued growth in the Gulf of Mexico is dependent on, among other things, governmental approvals for permits, our customers' actions, and new deepwater rigs entering the market.
International operations
We anticipate that industry activity will continue to remain steady as the macroeconomic backdrop improves and impacts operator spending outlook. We also believe that international unconventional oil and natural gas and deepwater projects will contribute to activity improvements over the long term, and we plan to leverage our extensive experience in North America to optimize these opportunities. During the first nine months of 2013, both revenue and operating income outside of North America increased 16% from the first nine months of 2012.
We will continue to focus on expanding our global portfolio in deepwater, mature fields, and unconventionals and expect stronger revenues and margins for the fourth quarter of 2013. Consistent with our long-term strategy to grow our operations outside of North America, we also expect to continue to invest in capital equipment for our international operations.
Venezuela. As of September 30, 2013, our total net investment in Venezuela was approximately $396 million, including net monetary assets of $85 million denominated in Bolívar Fuertes. Our total outstanding trade receivables in Venezuela were $536 million, or approximately 8% of our gross trade receivables, as of September 30, 2013, compared to $491 million, or approximately 9% of our gross trade receivables, as of December 31, 2012. We continue to experience delays in collecting payment on our receivables from our primary customer in Venezuela. Of the $536 million receivables in Venezuela as of September 30, 2013, $94 million were outstanding for more than one year. In addition, at September 30, 2013 we had $184 million of surety bond guarantees outstanding relating to our Venezuelan operations.
In February 2013, the Venezuelan government devalued the Bolívar Fuerte, from the preexisting exchange rate of 4.3 Bolívar Fuertes per United States dollar to 6.3 Bolívar Fuertes per United States dollar, resulting in us incurring a foreign

25
Table of Contents

currency loss. The net foreign currency impact of Bolívar Fuertes activity in the first quarter of 2013 was not material, although further devaluation of the Bolívar Fuerte could impact our operations. For additional information, see Part I, Item 1(a), “Risk Factors” in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Initiatives
Following is a brief discussion of some of our recent and current initiatives:
-
focusing on unconventional plays, mature fields, and deepwater markets by leveraging our broad technology offerings to provide value to our customers through integrated solutions and the ability to more efficiently drill and complete their wells;
-
exploring opportunities for acquisitions that will enhance or augment our current portfolio of services and products, including those with unique technologies or distribution networks in areas where we do not already have large operations;
-
making key investments in technology and capital to accelerate growth opportunities. To that end, we are continuing to push our technology and manufacturing development, as well as our supply chain, closer to our customers in the Eastern Hemisphere;
-
improving working capital, and managing our balance sheet to maximize our financial flexibility. We are deploying a global project to improve service delivery that we expect to result in, among other things, additional investments in our systems and significant improvements to our current order-to-cash and purchase-to-pay processes;
-
growing our international revenues and margins through achieving a better geographical balance in our business going forward, as well as improving our North America margins;
-
continuing to seek ways to be one of the most cost efficient service providers in the industry by maintaining capital discipline and using our scale and breadth of operations; and
-
expanding our business with national oil companies.

26
Table of Contents

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS IN 2013 COMPARED TO 2012

Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
REVENUE:
Three Months Ended
September 30
Favorable
Percentage
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
(Unfavorable)
Change
Completion and Production
$
4,501

$
4,293

$
208

5
 %
Drilling and Evaluation
2,971

2,818

153

5

Total revenue
$
7,472

$
7,111

$
361

5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
By geographic region:
 
 
 
 
Completion and Production:
 
 

 

 

North America
$
2,925

$
2,978

$
(53
)
(2
)%
Latin America
412

373

39

10

Europe/Africa/CIS
636

523

113

22

Middle East/Asia
528

419

109

26

Total
4,501

4,293

208

5

Drilling and Evaluation:
 
 

 

 

North America
956

965

(9
)
(1
)
Latin America
590

579

11

2

Europe/Africa/CIS
704

605

99

16

Middle East/Asia
721

669

52

8

Total
2,971

2,818

153

5

Total revenue by region:
 

 

 

 

North America
3,881

3,943

(62
)
(2
)
Latin America
1,002

952

50

5

Europe/Africa/CIS
1,340

1,128

212

19

Middle East/Asia
1,249

1,088

161

15


OPERATING INCOME:
Three Months Ended
September 30
Favorable
Percentage
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
(Unfavorable)
Change
Completion and Production
$
763

$
591

$
172

29
 %
Drilling and Evaluation
450

430

20

5

Corporate and other
(105
)
(67
)
(38
)
57

Total operating income
$
1,108

$
954

$
154

16
 %
 
 
 
 
 
By geographic region:
 
 
 
 
Completion and Production:
 
 
 
 
North America
$
489

$
383

$
106

28
 %
Latin America
63

40

23

58

Europe/Africa/CIS
119

88

31

35

Middle East/Asia
92

80

12

15

Total
763

591

172

29

Drilling and Evaluation:
 

 

 

 

North America
168

174

(6
)
(3
)
Latin America
92

106

(14
)
(13
)
Europe/Africa/CIS
82

63

19

30

Middle East/Asia
108

87

21

24

Total
450

430

20

5

Total operating income by region
 

 

 

 

(excluding Corporate and other):
 
 
 
 
North America
657

557

100

18

Latin America
155

146

9

6

Europe/Africa/CIS
201

151

50

33

Middle East/Asia
200

167

33

20


The 5% increase in consolidated revenue in the third quarter of 2013, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, was primarily attributable to increased revenue in all three of our international regions, with Europe/Africa/CIS setting a record for the region. On a consolidated basis, over half of our product service lines experienced revenue growth from the third quarter of 2012. Revenue outside of North America was 48% of consolidated revenue in the third quarter of 2013 and 45% of consolidated revenue in the third quarter of 2012.
The 16% increase in consolidated operating income during the third quarter of 2013, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, was primarily due to higher drilling efficiencies and improved profitability in North America, as well as strong results in the Eastern Hemisphere. Operating income in the third quarter of 2013 was adversely impacted by $54 million of restructuring charges related to severance and asset write-offs. Operating income in the third quarter of 2012 was negatively impacted by a $48 million charge related to an earn-out adjustment due to significantly better than expected performance of a past acquisition. Additionally, a $20 million gain was recorded in the third quarter of 2012 in Corporate and other expense related to the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit.
Completion and Production consolidated revenue in the third quarter of 2013 rose 5%, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, primarily due to improved international results, which more than offset pricing pressure and lower activity levels in the United States land market. North America revenue fell 2%, as increased stimulation demand in Canada and higher completion tools sales in the Gulf of Mexico were more than offset by continued pricing pressure for production enhancement services in the United States. Latin America revenue improved 10% due to increased completions and stimulation activity in Argentina, higher completion tools sales in Brazil, and increased Boots & Coots activity in Mexico. Europe/Africa/CIS revenue rose 22% driven by increased completions activity in Norway and higher completion tools sales in Angola and Kazakhstan, partially offset by decreased Boots & Coots activity in Norway. Middle East/Asia revenue grew 26% as a result of higher activity levels in Saudi Arabia and increased completion tools sales in Malaysia, China, and Indonesia, which more than offset a decline in Boots & Coots activity in Brunei and India. Revenue outside of North America was 35% of total segment revenue in the third quarter of 2013 and 31% of total segment revenue in the third quarter of 2012.
Completion and Production operating income improved by 29% in the third quarter of 2013, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, due to higher drilling efficiencies and improved profitability in North America. The third quarter of 2013 results were negatively impacted by $40 million of restructuring charges related to severance and asset write-offs. The third quarter of 2012 results were adversely impacted by a $48 million charge related to an earn-out adjustment due to significantly better than expected performance of a past acquisition in the Western Hemisphere. North America operating income increased 28% due to higher drilling efficiencies, continued cost controls and lower guar costs for production enhancement services in the United States land market. Latin America operating income grew 58% as a result of improved profitability in Argentina and higher stimulation activity in Mexico. Europe/Africa/CIS operating income rose 35% due to higher completions activity in Angola and Norway, which more than offset lower Boots & Coots activity in Norway. Middle East/Asia operating income rose 15%, led by increased activity levels in Saudi Arabia and higher completion tools in Malaysia and China, which were partially offset by lower production enhancement activity in Australia.
Drilling and Evaluation revenue was up 5% in the third quarter of 2013, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, with revenue growth across over half of our product service lines. North America revenue was essentially flat year over year, as increased demand for fluid services was offset by a decline in drilling and wireline activities in the United States land market. Latin America revenue was also relatively flat, as higher activity levels in Mexico and Ecuador were partially offset by lower demand for drilling services in Brazil and Colombia. Europe/Africa/CIS revenue increased 16% led by higher activity levels in Angola and increased drilling activity in the North Sea, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Middle East/Asia revenue grew 8% primarily due to higher activity levels in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, as well as increased demand for wireline services in Malaysia, which more than offset lower activity levels in Iraq. Revenue outside of North America was 68% of total segment revenue in the third quarter of 2013 and 66% of total segment revenue in the third quarter of 2012.
Drilling and Evaluation operating income improved 5% in the third quarter of 2013, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, due to strong growth in the Eastern Hemisphere which more than offset a reduction of activity in the Western Hemisphere. The third quarter of 2013 results were adversely impacted by $11 million of restructuring charges related to severance. North America operating income declined 3% as improved profitability for fluid services in the United States land market was more than offset by reduced activity for wireline and drilling services in the United States. Latin America operating income decreased 13% primarily due to a decline in the demand for drilling services in Brazil and Colombia, which was partially offset by higher demand for wireline and fluid services in Mexico. Europe/Africa/CIS operating income improved 30% as a result of increased demand for fluids in Angola, increased demand for drilling services in Norway, and higher testing activity in Equatorial Guinea. These increases more than offset lower demand for drilling and wireline services in Nigeria and Tanzania. Middle East/Asia operating income grew 24% driven by increased demand for wireline services in Malaysia and China, as well as higher drilling activity in Indonesia, which more than offset lower demand for drilling services in China.
Corporate and other expenses increased $38 million in the third quarter of 2013, as compared to the third quarter of 2012, partially due to additional expenses associated with strategic investments in our operating model and creating competitive advantage by repositioning our technology, supply chain, and manufacturing infrastructure. A $20 million gain was recorded in the third quarter of 2012 related to the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit.

NONOPERATING ITEMS
Effective tax rate. Our effective tax rate was 29.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 30.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The effective tax rate on continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was positively impacted by lower tax rates in certain foreign jurisdictions, as we continue to reposition our technology, supply chain, and manufacturing infrastructure to more effectively serve our international customers, partially offset by unfavorable adjustments related to the finalization of prior-year tax returns.


27
Table of Contents

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
REVENUE:
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Favorable
Percentage
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
(Unfavorable)
Change
Completion and Production
$
12,964

$
13,043

$
(79
)
(1
)%
Drilling and Evaluation
8,799

8,170

629

8

Total revenue
$
21,763

$
21,213

$
550

3
 %
 
 
 
 
 
By geographic region:
 
 
 
 
Completion and Production:
 
 
 
 
North America
$
8,546

$
9,327

$
(781
)
(8
)%
Latin America
1,158

1,019

139

14

Europe/Africa/CIS
1,744

1,530

214

14

Middle East/Asia
1,516

1,167

349

30

Total
12,964

13,043

(79
)
(1
)
Drilling and Evaluation:
 

 

 

 

North America
2,843

2,924

(81
)
(3
)
Latin America
1,733

1,592

141

9

Europe/Africa/CIS
2,082

1,766

316

18

Middle East/Asia
2,141

1,888

253

13

Total
8,799

8,170

629

8

Total revenue by region:
 

 

 

 

North America
11,389

12,251

(862
)
(7
)
Latin America
2,891

2,611

280

11

Europe/Africa/CIS
3,826

3,296

530

16

Middle East/Asia
3,657

3,055

602

20



28
Table of Contents

OPERATING INCOME:
Nine Months Ended
September 30
Favorable
Percentage
Millions of dollars
2013
2012
(Unfavorable)
Change
Completion and Production
$
2,110

$
2,541

$
(431
)
(17
)%
Drilling and Evaluation
1,272

1,191

81

7

Corporate and other
(1,388
)
(554
)
(834
)
151

Total operating income
$
1,994

$
3,178

$
(1,184
)
(37
)%
 
 
 
 
 
By geographic region:
 
 
 
 
Completion and Production:
 

 

 

 

North America
$
1,438

$
1,945

$
(507
)
(26
)%
Latin America
139

149

(10
)
(7
)
Europe/Africa/CIS
257

240

17

7

Middle East/Asia
276

207

69

33

Total
2,110

2,541

(431
)
(17
)
Drilling and Evaluation:
 

 

 

 

North America
490

530

(40
)
(8
)
Latin America
226

257

(31
)
(12
)
Europe/Africa/CIS
226

167

59

35

Middle East/Asia
330

237

93

39

Total
1,272

1,191

81

7

Total operating income by region
 

 

 

 

(excluding Corporate and other):
 
 
 
 
North America
1,928

2,475

(547
)
(22
)
Latin America
365

406

(41
)
(10
)
Europe/Africa/CIS
483

407

76

19

Middle East/Asia
606

444

162

36


Consolidated revenue in the first nine months of 2013 was essentially flat compared to the first nine months of 2012, as activity growth across all international regions was partially offset by pricing pressure and lower demand in North America, particularly for production enhancement services. Revenue outside of North America was 48% of consolidated revenue in the first nine months of 2013 and 42% of consolidated revenue in the first nine months of 2012.
The $1.2 billion decrease in consolidated operating income in the first nine months of 2013 compared to the first nine months of 2012 was primarily related to Macondo-related charges. We recorded a $1.0 billion loss contingency related to the Macondo well incident in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a $300 million Macondo-related loss contingency recorded in the first quarter of 2012. Additionally, we experienced reduced activity levels and pricing constraints in North America, which were partially offset by strong results in our international regions.
Completion and Production revenue was flat compared to the first nine months of 2012 due to reduced stimulation and cementing demand in North America, which was partially offset by strong international revenue. North America revenue decreased 8% as a result of the downturn in the United States hydraulic fracturing market. Latin America revenue improved 14% due to increased completion tools sales in Brazil, higher stimulation activity in Argentina, and higher activity in most product lines in Mexico. Europe/Africa/CIS revenue increased 14% driven by higher cementing activity in Norway, Nigeria, and Russia and increased completion tools sales in Angola, the United Kingdom, and Kazakhstan. Middle East/Asia revenue increased 30% due to higher activity in most product lines in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Australia and increased completion tools sales in Malaysia. Revenue outside of North America was 34% of total segment revenue in the first nine months of 2013 and 28% of total segment revenue in the first nine months of 2012.

29
Table of Contents

Completion and Production operating income decreased 17% compared to the first nine months of 2012, as pricing pressure and reduced operator activities continued to impact production enhancement margins in North America. North America operating income decreased 26% as a result of reduced profitability for stimulation activities in the United States land market. Latin America operating income declined 7% due to increased costs in Mexico and reduced profitability for artificial lift operations in Venezuela. Europe/Africa/CIS operating income improved 7% as completion tools sales in Angola and higher demand for cementing services in Nigeria were partially offset by higher costs for Boots & Coots in Africa, Norway, and Kazakhstan. Middle East/Asia operating income increased 33% due to higher completion tools sales in Malaysia, improved activity for production enhancement services and completion tools in Saudi Arabia, improved activity across most product service lines in Australia, and higher cementing activity in Indonesia.
Drilling and Evaluation revenue increased 8% compared to the first nine months of 2012 on the strength of international drilling activity. North America revenue decreased 3% as drilling and wireline activity declines in the United States land market were partially offset by higher testing, drilling services, and wireline activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Latin America revenue increased 9% as a result of higher demand for all product lines in Mexico. Europe/Africa/CIS revenue increased 18%, primarily due to higher demand for fluids in Norway and Angola and improved drilling activity in Azerbaijan, Norway, and Russia, which were partially offset by reduced overall activity in Algeria and Tanzania. Middle East/Asia revenue increased 13% due to higher activity levels in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, increased wireline demand in Malaysia, and improved fluid sales throughout most of the region. Revenue outside of North America was 68% of total segment revenue in the first nine months of 2013 and 64% of total segment revenue in the first nine months of 2012.
Drilling and Evaluation operating income increased 7% compared to the first nine months of 2012, as strong growth in the Eastern Hemisphere more than offset lower profitability in the Western Hemisphere. North America operating income decreased 8% as lower demand for wireline and perforating and drilling services in the United States land market more than offset higher profitability in the Gulf of Mexico. Latin America operating income decreased 12% due to higher costs in Brazil and Argentina and lower drilling activity in Colombia, which more than offset higher drilling activity in Mexico. Europe/Africa/CIS operating income increased 35% as increased fluid sales in Angola and Norway and higher demand for drilling services in Azerbaijan and Egypt more than offset lower drilling and wireline activity in Tanzania. Middle East/Asia operating income increased 39% as a result of improved profitability in Iraq, higher wireline profitability and activity in Malaysia, and higher drilling activity in Indonesia and China.
Corporate and other expenses were $1.4 billion in the first nine months of 2013 compared to $554 million in the first nine months of 2012. The significant increase was due to a $1.0 billion Macondo-related loss contingency that was recorded in the first quarter of 2013, compared to a $300 million Macondo-related loss contingency recorded in the first quarter of 2012. Additionally, a $55 million charitable contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation was expensed in the second quarter of 2013, reflecting our commitment to making a positive environmental impact and a strong commitment to our local communities.

NONOPERATING ITEMS
Effective tax rate. Our effective tax rate was 22.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 31.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The effective tax rate on continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was positively impacted by federal tax benefits of approximately $50 million due to the reinstatement of certain tax benefits and credits related to the enactment during the first quarter of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Our effective tax rate experienced an unusual positive alteration when we recorded a $1.0 billion loss contingency related to the Macondo well incident in the first quarter of 2013. Additionally, our effective tax rate was positively impacted by lower tax rates in certain foreign jurisdictions, as we continue to reposition our technology, supply chain, and manufacturing infrastructure to more effectively serve our international customers, partially offset by unfavorable adjustments related to the finalization of prior-year tax returns recorded in the third quarter of 2013.


30
Table of Contents

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

We are subject to numerous environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements related to our operations worldwide. For information related to environmental matters, see Note 7 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, Part II, Item 1, “Legal Proceedings” and Part II, Item 1(a), "Risk Factors."

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor provisions for forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is based on projections and estimates, not historical information. Some statements in this Form 10-Q are forward-looking and use words like “may,” “may not,” “believes,” “do not believe,” “plans,” “estimates,” “intends,” “expects,” “do not expect,” “anticipates,” “do not anticipate,” “should,” “likely,” and other expressions. We may also provide oral or written forward-looking information in other materials we release to the public. Forward-looking information involves risk and uncertainties and reflects our best judgment based on current information. Our results of operations can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. In addition, other factors may affect the accuracy of our forward-looking information. As a result, no forward-looking information can be guaranteed. Actual events and the results of our operations may vary materially.
We do not assume any responsibility to publicly update any of our forward-looking statements regardless of whether factors change as a result of new information, future events, or for any other reason. You should review any additional disclosures we make in our press releases and Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC. We also suggest that you listen to our quarterly earnings release conference calls with financial analysts.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see Part II, Item 7(a), “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our exposure to market risk has not changed materially since December 31, 2012.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures
In accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2013 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Our disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

31
Table of Contents

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Macondo well incident
Overview. The semisubmersible drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, sank on April 22, 2010 after an explosion and fire onboard the rig that began on April 20, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon was owned by Transocean Ltd. and had been drilling the Macondo exploration well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico for the lease operator, BP Exploration & Production, Inc. (BP Exploration), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of BP p.l.c. We performed a variety of services for BP Exploration, including cementing, mud logging, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and rig data acquisition services. Crude oil flowing from the well site spread across thousands of square miles of the Gulf of Mexico and reached the United States Gulf Coast. Efforts to contain the flow of hydrocarbons from the well were led by the United States government and by BP p.l.c., BP Exploration, and their affiliates (collectively, BP). The flow of hydrocarbons from the well ceased on July 15, 2010, and the well was permanently capped on September 19, 2010. Numerous attempts at estimating the volume of oil spilled have been made by various groups, and on August 2, 2010 the federal government published an estimate that approximately 4.9 million barrels of oil were discharged from the well. There were eleven fatalities and a number of injuries as a result of the Macondo well incident.
We are currently unable to fully estimate the impact the Macondo well incident will have on us. The multi-district litigation (MDL) trial referred to below is ongoing. We cannot predict the outcome of the many lawsuits and investigations relating to the Macondo well incident, including orders and rulings of the court that impact the MDL, the results of the MDL trial, the effect that the settlements between BP and the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC) in the MDL and other settlements may have on claims against us, or whether we might settle with one or more of the parties to any lawsuit or investigation.
During the first quarter of 2013, we increased our reserve relating to the MDL to $1.3 billion based on court-facilitated settlement discussions that had taken place during the first quarter. As of September 30, 2013, our loss contingency for the Macondo well incident, relating to the MDL, remained at $1.3 billion, consisting of a current portion of $0.3 billion included in "Other current liabilities" and a non-current portion of $1.0 billion reflected as "Loss contingency for Macondo well incident" on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. This reserve represents a loss contingency that is probable and for which a reasonable estimate of a loss can be made, although we continue to believe that we have substantial legal arguments and defenses against any liability and that BP's indemnity obligation protects us as described below. This loss contingency does not include potential recoveries from our insurers. We have been participating in intermittent discussions with the PSC regarding the potential for a settlement that would resolve a substantial portion of the claims pending in the MDL trial. BP, however, is not participating in those settlement discussions as it is challenging certain provisions of its settlement with the PSC.
Reaching a settlement of the type contemplated by our current discussions involves a complex process, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when we may complete a settlement. In addition, the settlement discussions do not cover all parties and claims relating to the Macondo well incident. Accordingly, there are additional loss contingencies relating to the Macondo well incident that are reasonably possible but for which we cannot make a reasonable estimate. Given the numerous potential developments relating to the MDL and other lawsuits and investigations, which could occur at any time, we may adjust our estimated loss contingency in the future. Liabilities arising out of the Macondo well incident could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, and consolidated financial condition.
In September 2013, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) closed the federal government's criminal investigation of us in relation to the Macondo well incident. See "DOJ Investigations and Actions" below for more information.
Investigations and Regulatory Action. The United States Coast Guard, a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (formerly known as the Minerals Management Service and which was replaced effective October 1, 2011 by two new, independent bureaus – the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management), a bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, shared jurisdiction over the investigation into the Macondo well incident and formed a joint investigation team that reviewed information and held hearings regarding the incident (Marine Board Investigation). We were named as one of the 16 parties-in-interest in the Marine Board Investigation. The Marine Board Investigation, as well as investigations of the incident that were conducted by The National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling (National Commission) and the National Academy of Sciences, have been completed, and reports issued as a result of those investigations have been critical of BP, Transocean, and us, among others. For example, one or more of those reports have concluded that primary cement failure was a direct cause of the blowout, that cement testing performed by an independent laboratory “strongly suggests” that the foam cement slurry used on the Macondo well was unstable, and that numerous other oversights and factors caused or contributed to the cause of the incident, including BP's failure to run a cement bond log, BP's and Transocean's failure to properly conduct and interpret a negative-pressure test, the failure of the drilling crew and our surface data logging specialist to recognize that an unplanned influx of oil, natural gas, or fluid into the well was occurring, communication failures among BP, Transocean, and us, and flawed decisions relating to the design, construction, and testing of barriers critical to the temporary abandonment of the well. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is also conducting an investigation of the incident.

32
Table of Contents

In October 2011, the BSEE issued a notification of Incidents of Noncompliance (INCs) to us for allegedly violating federal regulations relating to the failure to take measures to prevent the unauthorized release of hydrocarbons, the failure to take precautions to keep the Macondo well under control, the failure to cement the well in a manner that would, among other things, prevent the release of fluids into the Gulf of Mexico, and the failure to protect health, safety, property, and the environment as a result of a failure to perform operations in a safe and workmanlike manner. According to the BSEE's notice, we did not ensure an adequate barrier to hydrocarbon flow after cementing the production casing and did not detect the influx of hydrocarbons until they were above the blowout preventer stack. We understand that the regulations in effect at the time of the alleged violations provide for fines of up to $35,000 per day per violation. We have appealed the INCs to the Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA). In January 2012, the IBLA, in response to our and the BSEE's joint request, suspended the appeal and ordered us and the BSEE to file notice within 15 days after the conclusion of the MDL and, within 60 days after the MDL court issues a final decision, to file a proposal for further action in the appeal. The BSEE has announced that the INCs will be reviewed for possible imposition of civil penalties once the appeal has ended. The BSEE has stated that this is the first time the Department of the Interior has issued INCs directly to a contractor that was not the well's operator.
The Cementing Job and Reaction to Reports. We disagree with the reports referred to above regarding many of their findings and characterizations with respect to our cementing and surface data logging services, as applicable, on the Deepwater Horizon. We have provided information to the National Commission, its staff, and representatives of the joint investigation team for the Marine Board Investigation that we believe has been overlooked or omitted from their reports, as applicable. We intend to continue to vigorously defend ourselves in any investigation relating to our involvement with the Macondo well that we believe inaccurately evaluates or depicts our services on the Deepwater Horizon.
The cement slurry on the Deepwater Horizon was designed and prepared pursuant to well condition data provided by BP. Regardless of whether alleged weaknesses in cement design and testing are or are not ultimately established, and regardless of whether the cement slurry was utilized in similar applications or was prepared consistent with industry standards, we believe that had BP and Transocean properly interpreted a negative-pressure test, this test would have revealed any problems with the cement. In addition, had BP designed the Macondo well to allow a full cement bond log test or if BP had conducted even a partial cement bond log test, the test likely would have revealed any problems with the cement. BP, however, elected not to conduct any cement bond log tests, and with Transocean misinterpreted the negative-pressure test, both of which could have resulted in remedial action, if appropriate, with respect to the cementing services.
At this time we cannot predict the impact of the investigations or reports referred to above, or the conclusions of future investigations or reports. We also cannot predict whether any investigations or reports will have an influence on or result in us being named as a party in any action alleging liability or violation of a statute or regulation.
We intend to continue to cooperate fully with all hearings, investigations, and requests for information relating to the Macondo well incident. We cannot predict the outcome of, or the costs to be incurred in connection with, any of these hearings or investigations, and therefore we cannot predict the potential impact they may have on us.
DOJ Investigations and Actions. On June 1, 2010, the United States Attorney General announced that the DOJ was launching civil and criminal investigations into the Macondo well incident to closely examine the actions of those involved, and that the DOJ was working with attorneys general of states affected by the Macondo well incident. The DOJ announced that it was reviewing, among other traditional criminal statutes, possible violations of and liabilities under The Clean Water Act (CWA), The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).
The CWA provides authority for civil penalties for discharges of oil into or upon navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or in connection with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) in quantities that are deemed harmful. A single discharge event may result in the assertion of numerous violations under the CWA. Civil proceedings under the CWA can be commenced against an “owner, operator, or person in charge of any vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility from which oil or a hazardous substance is discharged” in violation of the CWA. The civil penalties that can be imposed against responsible parties range from up to $1,100 per barrel of oil discharged in the case of those found strictly liable to $4,300 per barrel of oil discharged in the case of those found to have been grossly negligent.
The OPA establishes liability for discharges of oil from vessels, onshore facilities, and offshore facilities into or upon the navigable waters of the United States. Under the OPA, the “responsible party” for the discharging vessel or facility is liable for removal and response costs as well as for damages, including recovery costs to contain and remove discharged oil and damages for injury to natural resources and real or personal property, lost revenues, lost profits, and lost earning capacity. The cap on liability under the OPA is the full cost of removal of the discharged oil plus up to $75 million for damages, except that the $75 million cap does not apply in the event the damage was proximately caused by gross negligence or the violation of certain federal safety, construction or operating standards. The OPA defines the set of responsible parties differently depending on whether the source of the discharge is a vessel or an offshore facility. Liability for vessels is imposed on owners and operators; liability for offshore facilities is imposed on the holder of the permit or lessee of the area in which the facility is located.
The ESA establishes liability for injury and death to wildlife. The ESA provides for civil penalties for knowing violations that can range up to $25,000 per violation.

33
Table of Contents

On December 15, 2010, the DOJ filed a civil action seeking damages and injunctive relief against BP Exploration, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Anadarko E&P Company LP (together, Anadarko), which had an approximate 25% interest in the Macondo well, certain subsidiaries of Transocean Ltd., and others for violations of the CWA and the OPA. The DOJ’s complaint seeks an action declaring that the defendants are strictly liable under the CWA as a result of harmful discharges of oil into the Gulf of Mexico and upon United States shorelines as a result of the Macondo well incident. The complaint also seeks an action declaring that the defendants are strictly liable under the OPA for the discharge of oil that has resulted in, among other things, injury to, loss of, loss of use of, or destruction of natural resources and resource services in and around the Gulf of Mexico and the adjoining United States shorelines and resulting in removal costs and damages to the United States far exceeding $75 million. BP Exploration has been designated, and has accepted the designation, as a responsible party for the pollution under the CWA and the OPA. Others have also been named as responsible parties, and all responsible parties may be held jointly and severally liable for any damages under the OPA. A responsible party may make a claim for contribution against any other responsible party or against third parties it alleges contributed to or caused the oil spill. In connection with the proceedings discussed below under “Litigation,” in April 2011 BP Exploration filed a claim against us for equitable contribution with respect to liabilities incurred by BP Exploration under the OPA or another law, which subsequent court filings have indicated may include the CWA, and requested a judgment that the DOJ assert its claims for OPA financial liability directly against us. We filed a motion to dismiss BP Exploration’s claim, and that motion is pending. In July 2013, we also filed a motion for summary judgment requesting a court order that we are not liable to BP or Transocean for equitable indemnification or contribution with regard to any CWA fines and penalties that have been assessed or may be assessed against BP or Transocean. That motion is also pending.
We were not named as a responsible party under the CWA or the OPA in the DOJ civil action, and we do not believe we are a responsible party under the CWA or the OPA. While we were not included in the DOJ’s civil complaint, there can be no assurance that federal governmental authorities will not bring a civil action against us under the CWA, the OPA, and/or other statutes or regulations, or that state governmental authorities will not bring an action, whether civil or criminal, against us.
In July 2013, we reached an agreement with the DOJ to conclude the federal government's criminal investigation of us in relation to the Macondo well incident. Pursuant to a cooperation guilty plea agreement, Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary (HESI), agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor violation of federal law concerning the deletion of certain computer files created after the occurrence of the Macondo well incident. Pursuant to the plea agreement, HESI agreed to pay a criminal fine of $0.2 million within five days of sentencing and agreed to three years' probation. The DOJ has agreed that it will not pursue further criminal prosecution of us (including our subsidiaries) for any conduct relating to or arising out of the Macondo well incident. We have agreed to continue to cooperate with the DOJ in any ongoing investigation related to or arising from the incident. In September 2013, our guilty plea was entered and approved by a federal district court judge on the terms and conditions of the plea agreement, and the DOJ closed its criminal investigation of us in relation to the Macondo well incident.
In November 2012, BP announced that it reached an agreement with the DOJ to resolve all federal criminal charges against it stemming from the Macondo well incident. BP agreed to plead guilty to 14 criminal charges, with 13 of those charges based on the negligent misinterpretation of the negative-pressure test conducted on the Deepwater Horizon. BP also agreed to pay $4.0 billion, including approximately $1.3 billion in criminal fines, to take actions to further enhance the safety of drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico, to a term of five years' probation, and to the appointment of two monitors with four-year terms, one relating to process safety and risk management procedures concerning deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and one relating to the improvement, implementation, and enforcement of BP's code of conduct.
In January 2013, Transocean announced that it reached an agreement with the DOJ to resolve certain claims for civil penalties and potential criminal claims against it arising from the Macondo well incident. Transocean agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor violation of the CWA for negligent discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, to pay $1.0 billion in CWA penalties and $400 million in fines and recoveries, to implement certain measures to prevent a recurrence of an uncontrolled discharge of hydrocarbons, and to a term of five years' probation.

34
Table of Contents

Litigation. Since April 21, 2010, plaintiffs have been filing lawsuits relating to the Macondo well incident. Generally, those lawsuits allege either (1) damages arising from the oil spill pollution and contamination (e.g., diminution of property value, lost tax revenue, lost business revenue, lost tourist dollars, inability to engage in recreational or commercial activities) or (2) wrongful death or personal injuries. We are named along with other unaffiliated defendants in more than 1,800 complaints, most of which are alleged class actions, involving pollution damage claims and at least eight personal injury lawsuits involving four decedents and at least 10 allegedly injured persons who were on the drilling rig at the time of the incident. At least six additional lawsuits naming us and others relate to alleged personal injuries sustained by those responding to the explosion and oil spill. Plaintiffs originally filed the lawsuits described above in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Except for a relatively small number of lawsuits not yet consolidated, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation ordered all of the lawsuits against us consolidated in the MDL proceeding before Judge Carl Barbier in the United States Eastern District of Louisiana. The pollution complaints generally allege, among other things, negligence and gross negligence, property damages, taking of protected species, and potential economic losses as a result of environmental pollution, and generally seek awards of unspecified economic, compensatory, and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief. Plaintiffs in these pollution cases have brought suit under various legal provisions, including the OPA, the CWA, The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, the ESA, the OCSLA, the Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, general maritime law, state common law, and various state environmental and products liability statutes.
Furthermore, the pollution complaints include suits brought against us by governmental entities, including the State of Alabama, the State of Florida, the State of Louisiana, the State of Mississippi, the State of Texas, numerous local governmental entities, the Mexican State of Yucatan, and the United Mexican States. Complaints brought against us by at least seven parishes in Louisiana were dismissed with prejudice, and the dismissal is being appealed by those parishes. The wrongful death and other personal injury complaints generally allege negligence and gross negligence and seek awards of compensatory damages, including unspecified economic damages, and punitive damages. We have retained counsel and are investigating and evaluating the claims, the theories of recovery, damages asserted, and our respective defenses to all of these claims.
Judge Barbier is also presiding over a separate proceeding filed by Transocean under the Limitation of Liability Act (Limitation Action). In the Limitation Action, Transocean seeks to limit its liability for claims arising out of the Macondo well incident to the value of the rig and its freight. While the Limitation Action has been formally consolidated into the MDL, the court is nonetheless, in some respects, treating the Limitation Action as an associated but separate proceeding. In February 2011, Transocean tendered us, along with all other defendants, into the Limitation Action. As a result of the tender, we and all other defendants will be treated as direct defendants to the plaintiffs' claims as if the plaintiffs had sued us and the other defendants directly. In the Limitation Action, the judge intends to determine the allocation of liability among all defendants in the hundreds of lawsuits associated with the Macondo well incident, including those in the MDL proceeding that are pending in his court. Specifically, we believe the judge will determine the liability, limitation, exoneration, and fault allocation with regard to all of the defendants in a trial, which is scheduled to occur in at least two phases and which began in February 2013.
The first phase of this trial has concluded and covered issues arising out of the conduct and degree of culpability of various parties allegedly relevant to the loss of well control, the ensuing fire and explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon, and the initiation of the release of hydrocarbons from the Macondo well. After the conclusion of the first phase, the parties to the MDL, including the PSC, the States of Louisiana and Alabama, the United States, BP, Transocean, and us, submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and post-trial briefs. The MDL court has not ruled on any of the findings or briefs that were submitted.
The second phase of this trial was split into two parts, with testimony presented in October 2013. The first part covered attempts to collect, control, or halt the flow of hydrocarbons from the well, while the second part covered the quantification of hydrocarbons discharged from the well. The parties will now submit post-trial briefs, responses, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law over the next three months according to a schedule announced by the MDL Court.
Subsequent proceedings would be held to the extent triable issues remain unresolved by the first two phases of the trial, settlements, motion practice, or stipulation. Although the DOJ participated in the first two phases of the trial with regard to BP's conduct and the amount of hydrocarbons discharged from the well, the MDL court anticipates that the DOJ's civil action for the CWA violations, fines, and penalties will be addressed by the court in a third phase of the trial to the extent necessary. We do not believe that a single apportionment of liability in the Limitation Action is properly applied, particularly with respect to gross negligence and punitive damages, to the hundreds of lawsuits pending in the MDL proceeding.
Damages for the cases tried in the MDL proceeding, including punitive damages, are expected to be tried following the phases of the trial described above. Under ordinary MDL procedures, such cases would, unless waived by the respective parties, be tried in the courts from which they were transferred into the MDL. It remains unclear, however, what impact the overlay of the Limitation Action will have on where these matters are tried.

35
Table of Contents

In April and May 2011, certain defendants in the proceedings described above filed numerous cross claims and third party claims against certain other defendants. BP Exploration and BP America Production Company filed claims against us seeking subrogation, contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA, and direct damages, and alleging negligence, gross negligence, fraudulent conduct, and fraudulent concealment. Transocean filed claims against us seeking indemnification, and subrogation and contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA and for the total loss of the Deepwater Horizon, and alleging comparative fault and breach of warranty of workmanlike performance. Anadarko filed claims against us seeking tort indemnity and contribution, and alleging negligence, gross negligence and willful misconduct, and MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC (MOEX), who had an approximate 10% interest in the Macondo well at the time of the incident, filed a claim against us alleging negligence. Cameron International Corporation (Cameron) (the manufacturer and designer of the blowout preventer), M-I Swaco (provider of drilling fluids and services, among other things), Weatherford U.S. L.P. and Weatherford International, Inc. (together, Weatherford) (providers of casing components, including float equipment and centralizers, and services), and Dril-Quip, Inc. (Dril-Quip) (provider of wellhead systems), each filed claims against us seeking indemnification and contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA in the case of Cameron, and alleging negligence. Additional civil lawsuits may be filed against us. In addition to the claims against us, generally the defendants in the proceedings described above filed claims, including for liabilities under the OPA and other claims similar to those described above, against the other defendants described above. BP has since announced that it has settled those claims between it and each of MOEX, Weatherford, Anadarko, and Cameron. Also, BP and M-I Swaco have dismissed all claims between them.
In April 2011, we filed claims against BP Exploration, BP p.l.c. and BP America Production Company (BP Defendants), M-I Swaco, Cameron, Anadarko, MOEX, Weatherford, Dril-Quip, and numerous entities involved in the post-blowout remediation and response efforts, in each case seeking contribution and indemnification and alleging negligence. Our claims also alleged gross negligence and willful misconduct on the part of the BP Defendants, Anadarko, and Weatherford. We also filed claims against M-I Swaco and Weatherford for contractual indemnification, and against Cameron, Weatherford and Dril-Quip for strict products liability, although the court has since issued orders dismissing all claims asserted against Cameron, Dril-Quip, M-I Swaco and Weatherford in the MDL. We filed our answer to Transocean's Limitation petition denying Transocean's right to limit its liability, denying all claims and responsibility for the incident, seeking contribution and indemnification, and alleging negligence and gross negligence.
Judge Barbier has issued an order, among others, clarifying certain aspects of law applicable to the lawsuits pending in his court. The court ruled that: (1) general maritime law will apply, and therefore all claims brought under state law causes of action were dismissed; (2) general maritime law claims may be brought directly against defendants who are non-“responsible parties” under the OPA with the exception of pure economic loss claims by plaintiffs other than commercial fishermen; (3) all claims for damages, including pure economic loss claims, may be brought under the OPA directly against responsible parties; and (4) punitive damage claims can be brought against both responsible and non-responsible parties under general maritime law. As discussed above, with respect to the ruling that claims for damages may be brought under the OPA against responsible parties, we have not been named as a responsible party under the OPA, but BP Exploration has filed a claim against us for contribution with respect to liabilities incurred by BP Exploration under the OPA.
In September 2011, we filed claims in Harris County, Texas against the BP Defendants seeking damages, including lost profits and exemplary damages, and alleging negligence, grossly negligent misrepresentation, defamation, common law libel, slander, and business disparagement. Our claims allege that the BP Defendants knew or should have known about an additional hydrocarbon zone in the well that the BP Defendants failed to disclose to us prior to our designing the cement program for the Macondo well. The location of the hydrocarbon zones is critical information required prior to performing cementing services and is necessary to achieve desired cement placement. We believe that had the BP Defendants disclosed the hydrocarbon zone to us, we would not have proceeded with the cement program unless it was redesigned, which likely would have required a redesign of the production casing. In addition, we believe that the BP Defendants withheld this information from the report of BP's internal investigation team and from the various investigations discussed above. In connection with the foregoing, we also moved to amend our claims against the BP Defendants in the MDL proceeding to include fraud. The BP Defendants have denied all of the allegations relating to the additional hydrocarbon zone and filed a motion to prevent us from adding our fraud claim in the MDL. In October 2011, our motion to add the fraud claim against the BP Defendants in the MDL proceeding was denied. The court’s ruling does not, however, prevent us from using the underlying evidence in our pending claims against the BP Defendants.
In December 2011, BP filed a motion for sanctions against us alleging, among other things, that we destroyed evidence relating to post-incident testing of the foam cement slurry on the Deepwater Horizon and requesting adverse findings against us. The magistrate judge in the MDL proceeding denied BP’s motion. BP appealed that ruling, and Judge Barbier affirmed the magistrate judge’s decision.

36
Table of Contents

In April 2012, BP announced that it had reached definitive settlement agreements with the PSC to resolve the substantial majority of eligible private economic loss and medical claims stemming from the Macondo well incident. The PSC acts on behalf of individuals and business plaintiffs in the MDL. According to BP, the settlements do not include claims against BP made by the DOJ or other federal agencies or by states and local governments. In addition, the settlements provide that, to the extent permitted by law, BP will assign to the settlement class certain of its claims, rights, and recoveries against Transocean and us for damages, including BP's alleged direct damages such as damages for clean-up expenses and damage to the well and reservoir. We do not believe that our contract with BP Exploration permits the assignment of certain claims to the settlement class without our consent. The MDL court has since confirmed certification of the classes for both settlements and granted final approval of the settlements. We objected to the settlements on the grounds set forth above, among other reasons. The MDL court held, however, that we, as a non-settling defendant, lacked standing to object to the settlements but noted that it did not express any opinion as to the validity of BP's assignment of certain claims to the settlement class and that the settlements do not affect any of our procedural or substantive rights in the MDL. We are unable to predict at this time the effect that the settlements may have on claims against us.
In October 2012, the MDL court issued an order dismissing three types of plaintiff claims: (1) claims by or on behalf of owners, lessors, and lessees of real property that allege to have suffered a reduction in the value of real property even though the property was not physically touched by oil and the property was not sold; (2) claims for economic losses based solely on consumers' decisions not to purchase fuel or goods from BP fuel stations and stores based on consumer animosity toward BP; and (3) claims by or on behalf of recreational fishermen, divers, beachgoers, boaters and others that allege damages such as loss of enjoyment of life from their inability to use portions of the Gulf of Mexico for recreational and amusement purposes. The MDL court also noted that we are not liable with respect to those claims under the OPA because we are not a “responsible party” under OPA. A group of plaintiffs appealed the order, but the Fifth Circuit dismissed the appeal.
At the conclusion of the plaintiffs' case in the first phase of the MDL trial, we and the other defendants each submitted a motion requesting the MDL court to dismiss certain claims. In March 2013, the MDL court denied our motion and declined to dismiss any claims, including those alleging gross negligence, against BP, Transocean and us. In addition, the MDL court dismissed all claims against M-I Swaco and claims alleging gross negligence against Cameron. In April 2013, the MDL court dismissed all remaining claims against Cameron, leaving BP, Transocean, and us as the remaining defendants with respect to the matters addressed during the first phase of the trial.
Also in March 2013, we advised the MDL court that we recently found a rig sample of dry cement blend collected at another well that was cemented before the Macondo well using the same dry cement blend as used on the Macondo production casing. In April 2013, we advised the MDL parties that we recently discovered some additional documents related to the Macondo well incident. BP and others have asked the court to impose sanctions and adverse findings against us because, according to their allegations, we should have identified the cement sample in 2010 and the additional documents by October 2011. The MDL court has not ruled on the requests for sanctions and adverse findings. We believe that those discoveries were the result of simple misunderstandings or mistakes, and that sanctions are not warranted.
When our plea agreement with the DOJ was announced in July 2013, BP filed a motion requesting that the MDL court re-open the evidence for phase one of the MDL trial to take into account our guilty plea and re-urging their request for sanctions. After the plea was entered, the PSC and the States of Alabama and Louisiana (as coordinating counsel for the states involved in the MDL) filed a motion likewise seeking to admit the guilty plea agreement and other court filings into evidence and asking that the MDL court use that evidence as a basis for assessing punitive damages against us. We filed replies opposing both motions and setting forth our position that the deleted computer simulations were not evidence, were not relevant, and in any event were re-created.
We intend to vigorously defend any litigation, fines, and/or penalties relating to the Macondo well incident and to vigorously pursue any damages, remedies, or other rights available to us as a result of the Macondo well incident. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant legal fees and costs, some of which we expect to be covered by indemnity or insurance, as a result of the numerous investigations and lawsuits relating to the incident.
Indemnification and Insurance. Our contract with BP Exploration relating to the Macondo well generally provides for our indemnification by BP Exploration for certain potential claims and expenses relating to the Macondo well incident, including those resulting from pollution or contamination (other than claims by our employees, loss or damage to our property, and any pollution emanating directly from our equipment). Also, under our contract with BP Exploration, we have, among other things, generally agreed to indemnify BP Exploration and other contractors performing work on the well for claims for personal injury of our employees and subcontractors, as well as for damage to our property. In turn, we believe that BP Exploration was obligated to obtain agreement by other contractors performing work on the well to indemnify us for claims for personal injury of their employees or subcontractors, as well as for damages to their property. We have entered into separate indemnity agreements with Transocean and M-I Swaco, under which we have agreed to indemnify those parties for claims for personal injury of our employees and subcontractors and they have agreed to indemnify us for claims for personal injury of their employees and subcontractors.

37
Table of Contents

In April 2011, we filed a lawsuit against BP Exploration in Harris County, Texas to enforce BP Exploration’s contractual indemnity and alleging BP Exploration breached certain terms of the contractual indemnity provision. BP Exploration removed that lawsuit to federal court in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. We filed a motion to remand the case to Harris County, Texas, and the lawsuit was transferred to the MDL.
BP Exploration, in connection with filing its claims with respect to the MDL proceeding, asked that court to declare that it is not liable to us in contribution, indemnification, or otherwise with respect to liabilities arising from the Macondo well incident. Other defendants in the litigation discussed above have generally denied any obligation to contribute to any liabilities arising from the Macondo well incident.
In January 2012, the court in the MDL proceeding entered an order in response to our and BP’s motions for summary judgment regarding certain indemnification matters. The court held that BP is required to indemnify us for third-party compensatory claims, or actual damages, that arise from pollution or contamination that did not originate from our property or equipment located above the surface of the land or water, even if we are found to be grossly negligent. The court did not express an opinion as to whether our conduct amounted to gross negligence, but we do not believe the performance of our services on the Deepwater Horizon constituted gross negligence. The court also held, however, that BP does not owe us indemnity for punitive damages or for civil penalties under the CWA, if any, and that fraud could void the indemnity on public policy grounds, although the court stated that it was mindful that mere failure to perform contractual obligations as promised does not constitute fraud. As discussed above, the DOJ is not seeking civil penalties from us under the CWA, but BP has filed a claim for equitable contribution against us with respect to its liabilities. The court in the MDL proceeding deferred ruling on whether our indemnification from BP covers penalties or fines under the OCSLA, whether our alleged breach of our contract with BP Exploration would invalidate the indemnity, and whether we committed an act that materially increased the risk to or prejudiced the rights of BP so as to invalidate the indemnity. We do not believe that we breached our contract with BP Exploration or committed an act that would otherwise invalidate the indemnity. The court’s rulings will be subject to appeal at the appropriate time.
In responding to similar motions for summary judgment between Transocean and BP, the court also held that public policy would not bar Transocean’s claim for indemnification of compensatory damages, even if Transocean was found to be grossly negligent. The court also held, among other things, that Transocean’s contractual right to indemnity does not extend to punitive damages or civil penalties under the CWA.
The rulings in the MDL proceeding regarding the indemnities are based on maritime law and may not bind the determination of similar issues in lawsuits not comprising a part of the MDL proceeding. Accordingly, it is possible that different conclusions with respect to indemnities will be reached by other courts.
Indemnification for criminal fines or penalties, if any, may not be available if a court were to find such indemnification unenforceable as against public policy. In addition, certain state laws, if deemed to apply, would not allow for enforcement of indemnification for gross negligence, and may not allow for enforcement of indemnification of persons who are found to be negligent with respect to personal injury claims.
In addition to the contractual indemnities discussed above, we have a general liability insurance program of $600 million. Our insurance is designed to cover claims by businesses and individuals made against us in the event of property damage, injury, or death and, among other things, claims relating to environmental damage, as well as legal fees incurred in defending against those claims. We have received and expect to continue to receive payments from our insurers with respect to covered legal fees incurred in connection with the Macondo well incident. Through September 30, 2013, we have incurred legal fees and related expenses of approximately $242 million, of which $211 million has been reimbursed under or is expected to be covered by our insurance program. To the extent we incur any losses beyond those covered by indemnification, there can be no assurance that our insurance policies will cover all potential claims and expenses relating to the Macondo well incident. In addition, we may not be insured with respect to civil or criminal fines or penalties, if any, pursuant to the terms of our insurance policies. Insurance coverage can be the subject of uncertainties and, particularly in the event of large claims, potential disputes with insurance carriers, as well as other potential parties claiming insured status under our insurance policies.
BP’s public filings indicate that BP has recognized in excess of $40 billion in pre-tax charges, excluding offsets for settlement payments received from certain defendants in the proceedings described above under “Litigation,” as a result of the Macondo well incident. BP’s public filings also indicate that the amount of, among other things, certain natural resource damages with respect to certain OPA claims, some of which may be included in such charges, cannot be reliably estimated as of the dates of those filings.

38
Table of Contents

Securities and related litigation
In June 2002, a class action lawsuit was filed against us in federal court alleging violations of the federal securities laws after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated an investigation in connection with our change in accounting for revenue on long-term construction projects and related disclosures. In the weeks that followed, approximately twenty similar class actions were filed against us. Several of those lawsuits also named as defendants several of our present or former officers and directors. The class action cases were later consolidated, and the amended consolidated class action complaint, styled Richard Moore, et al. v. Halliburton Company, et al., was filed and served upon us in April 2003. As a result of a substitution of lead plaintiffs, the case was styled Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund (AMSF) v. Halliburton Company, et al. AMSF has changed its name to Erica P. John Fund, Inc. (the Fund). We settled with the SEC in the second quarter of 2004.
In June 2003, the lead plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a second amended consolidated complaint, which was granted by the court. In addition to restating the original accounting and disclosure claims, the second amended consolidated complaint included claims arising out of our 1998 acquisition of Dresser Industries, Inc., including that we failed to timely disclose the resulting asbestos liability exposure.
In April 2005, the court appointed new co-lead counsel and named the Fund the new lead plaintiff, directing that it file a third consolidated amended complaint and that we file our motion to dismiss. The court held oral arguments on that motion in August 2005. In March 2006, the court entered an order in which it granted the motion to dismiss with respect to claims arising prior to June 1999 and granted the motion with respect to certain other claims while permitting the Fund to re-plead some of those claims to correct deficiencies in its earlier complaint. In April 2006, the Fund filed its fourth amended consolidated complaint. We filed a motion to dismiss those portions of the complaint that had been re-pled. A hearing was held on that motion in July 2006, and in March 2007 the court ordered dismissal of the claims against all individual defendants other than our Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The court ordered that the case proceed against our CEO and us.
In September 2007, the Fund filed a motion for class certification, and our response was filed in November 2007. The district court held a hearing in March 2008, and issued an order November 3, 2008 denying the motion for class certification. The Fund appealed the district court’s order to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s order denying class certification. On May 13, 2010, the Fund filed a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. In January 2011, the Supreme Court granted the writ of certiorari and accepted the appeal. The Court heard oral arguments in April 2011 and issued its decision in June 2011, reversing the Fifth Circuit ruling that the Fund needed to prove loss causation in order to obtain class certification. The Court’s ruling was limited to the Fifth Circuit’s loss causation requirement, and the case was returned to the Fifth Circuit for further consideration of our other arguments for denying class certification. The Fifth Circuit returned the case to the district court, and in January 2012 the court issued an order certifying the class. We filed a Petition for Leave to Appeal with the Fifth Circuit, which was granted. In March 2013, the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument in the appeal. In April 2013, the Fifth Circuit issued an order affirming the District Court's order certifying the class.
The case is now pending in the District Court and fact discovery has resumed. We have filed a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court seeking an appeal of the Fifth Circuit decision. In spite of its age, the case is at an early stage, and we cannot predict the outcome or consequences thereof. We intend to vigorously defend this case.
Investigations
We are conducting internal investigations of certain areas of our operations in Angola and Iraq, focusing on compliance with certain company policies, including our Code of Business Conduct (COBC), and the FCPA and other applicable laws.
In December 2010, we received an anonymous e-mail alleging that certain current and former personnel violated our COBC and the FCPA, principally through the use of an Angolan vendor. The e-mail also alleges conflicts of interest, self-dealing, and the failure to act on alleged violations of our COBC and the FCPA. We contacted the DOJ to advise them that we were initiating an internal investigation.
During the second quarter of 2012, in connection with a meeting with the DOJ and the SEC regarding the above investigation, we advised the DOJ and the SEC that we were initiating unrelated, internal investigations into payments made to a third-party agent relating to certain customs matters in Angola and to third-party agents relating to certain customs and visa matters in Iraq.
Since the initiation of the investigations described above, we have participated in meetings with the DOJ and the SEC to brief them on the status of the investigations and have been producing documents to them both voluntarily and as a result of SEC subpoenas to us and certain of our current and former officers and employees.
We expect to continue to have discussions with the DOJ and the SEC regarding the Angola and Iraq matters described above and have indicated that we would further update them as our investigations progress. We have engaged outside counsel and independent forensic accountants to assist us with these investigations.
During the second quarter of 2013, we received a civil investigative demand from the Antitrust Division of the DOJ regarding pressure pumping services. We have engaged in discussions with the DOJ on this matter and are in the process of providing responses to the DOJ's information requests. We understand there have been others in our industry who have received similar correspondence from the DOJ, and we do not believe that we are being singled out for any particular scrutiny.

39
Table of Contents

We intend to continue to cooperate with the DOJ's and the SEC's inquiries and requests in these investigations. Because these investigations are ongoing, we cannot predict their outcome or the consequences thereof.
Environmental
We are subject to numerous environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements related to our operations worldwide. In the United States, these laws and regulations include, among others:
-
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act;
-
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act;
-
the Clean Air Act;
-
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
-
the Toxic Substances Control Act; and
-
the Oil Pollution Act.
In addition to the federal laws and regulations, states and other countries where we do business often have numerous environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements by which we must abide. We evaluate and address the environmental impact of our operations by assessing and remediating contaminated properties in order to avoid future liabilities and comply with environmental, legal, and regulatory requirements. Our Health, Safety, and Environment group has several programs in place to maintain environmental leadership and to help prevent the occurrence of environmental contamination. On occasion, in addition to the matters relating to the Macondo well incident described above, we are involved in other environmental litigation and claims, including the remediation of properties we own or have operated, as well as efforts to meet or correct compliance-related matters. We do not expect costs related to those claims and remediation requirements to have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, or consolidated financial position. Excluding our loss contingency for the Macondo well incident, our accrued liabilities for environmental matters were $69 million as of September 30, 2013 and $72 million as of December 31, 2012. Because our estimated liability is typically within a range and our accrued liability may be the amount on the low end of that range, our actual liability could eventually be well in excess of the amount accrued. Our total liability related to environmental matters covers numerous properties.
In November 2012, we received an Enforcement Notice from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) regarding an alleged improper disposal of oil field acid in or around Homer City, Pennsylvania between 1999 and 2011. We are currently negotiating with the PADEP to resolve this matter in an amicable manner. We expect the PADEP to assess a penalty in excess of $100,000 and have therefore accrued for an immaterial amount.
Additionally, we have subsidiaries that have been named as potentially responsible parties along with other third parties for eight federal and state Superfund sites for which we have established reserves. As of September 30, 2013, those eight sites accounted for approximately $5 million of our $69 million total environmental reserve. Despite attempts to resolve these Superfund matters, the relevant regulatory agency may at any time bring suit against us for amounts in excess of the amount accrued. With respect to some Superfund sites, we have been named a potentially responsible party by a regulatory agency; however, in each of those cases, we do not believe we have any material liability. We also could be subject to third-party claims with respect to environmental matters for which we have been named as a potentially responsible party.

Item 1(a). Risk Factors
The statements in this section describe the known material risks to our business and should be considered carefully. The risk factor below updates the respective risk factor previously discussed in our 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We, among others, have been named as a defendant in numerous lawsuits and there have been numerous investigations relating to the Macondo well incident that could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, and consolidated financial condition.
The semisubmersible drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, sank on April 22, 2010 after an explosion and fire onboard the rig that began on April 20, 2010. The Deepwater Horizon was owned by Transocean Ltd. and had been drilling the Macondo exploration well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico for the lease operator, BP Exploration, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of BP p.l.c. There were eleven fatalities and a number of injuries as a result of the Macondo well incident. Crude oil escaping from the Macondo well site spread across thousands of square miles of the Gulf of Mexico and reached the United States Gulf Coast. We performed a variety of services for BP Exploration, including cementing, mud logging, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, and rig data acquisition services.

40
Table of Contents

We are named along with other unaffiliated defendants in more than 1,800 complaints, most of which are alleged class-actions, involving pollution damage claims and at least eight personal injury lawsuits involving four decedents and at least 10 allegedly injured persons who were on the drilling rig at the time of the incident. At least six additional lawsuits naming us and others relate to alleged personal injuries sustained by those responding to the explosion and oil spill. BP Exploration and one of its affiliates have filed claims against us seeking subrogation and contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA, and direct damages, and alleging negligence, gross negligence, fraudulent conduct, and fraudulent concealment. Certain other defendants in the lawsuits have filed claims against us seeking, among other things, indemnification and contribution, including with respect to liabilities under the OPA, and alleging, among other things, negligence and gross negligence. See Part II, Item 1, “Legal Proceedings.” Additional lawsuits may be filed against us, including civil actions under federal statutes and regulations, as well as criminal and civil actions under state statutes and regulations. Those statutes and regulations could result in criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment, as well as civil fines, and the degree of the penalties and fines may depend on the type of conduct and level of culpability, including strict liability, negligence, gross negligence, and knowing violations of the statute or regulation.
In addition to the claims and lawsuits described above, numerous industry participants, governmental agencies, and Congressional committees have investigated or are investigating the cause of the explosion, fire, and resulting oil spill. Reports issued as a result of those investigations have been critical of BP, Transocean, and us, among others. For example, one or more of those reports have concluded that primary cement failure was a direct cause of the blowout, cement testing performed by an independent laboratory “strongly suggests” that the foam cement slurry used on the Macondo well was unstable, and that numerous other oversights and factors caused or contributed to the cause of the incident, including BP's failure to run a cement bond log, BP's and Transocean's failure to properly conduct and interpret a negative-pressure test, the failure of the drilling crew and our surface data logging specialist to recognize that an unplanned influx of oil, natural gas, or fluid into the well was occurring, communication failures among BP, Transocean, and us, and flawed decisions relating to the design, construction, and testing of barriers critical to the temporary abandonment of the well.
In October 2011, the BSEE issued a notification of INCs to us for allegedly violating federal regulations relating to the failure to take measures to prevent the unauthorized release of hydrocarbons, the failure to take precautions to keep the Macondo well under control, the failure to cement the well in a manner that would, among other things, prevent the release of fluids into the Gulf of Mexico, and the failure to protect health, safety, property, and the environment as a result of a failure to perform operations in a safe and workmanlike manner. According to the BSEE's notice, we did not ensure an adequate barrier to hydrocarbon flow after cementing the production casing and did not detect the influx of hydrocarbons until they were above the blowout preventer stack. We understand that the regulations in effect at the time of the alleged violations provide for fines of up to $35,000 per day per violation. We have appealed the INCs to the IBLA. In January 2012, the IBLA, in response to our and the BSEE's joint request, suspended the appeal and ordered us and the BSEE to file notice within 15 days after the conclusion of the MDL and, within 60 days after the MDL court issues a final decision, to file a proposal for further action in the appeal. The BSEE has announced that the INCs will be reviewed for possible imposition of civil penalties once the appeal has ended. The BSEE has stated that this is the first time the Department of the Interior has issued INCs directly to a contractor that was not the well's operator.
Our contract with BP Exploration relating to the Macondo well generally provides for our indemnification by BP Exploration for certain potential claims and expenses relating to the Macondo well incident. BP Exploration, in connection with filing its claims with respect to the MDL proceeding, asked that court to declare that it is not liable to us in contribution, indemnification, or otherwise with respect to liabilities arising from the Macondo well incident. Other defendants in the litigation have generally denied any obligation to contribute to any liabilities arising from the Macondo well incident. In January 2012, the court in the MDL proceeding entered an order in response to our and BP's motions for summary judgment regarding certain indemnification matters. The court held that BP is required to indemnify us for third-party compensatory claims, or actual damages, that arise from pollution or contamination that did not originate from our property or equipment located above the surface of the land or water, even if we are found to be grossly negligent. The court also held that BP does not owe us indemnity for punitive damages or for civil penalties under the CWA, if any, and that fraud could void the indemnity on public policy grounds. The court in the MDL proceeding deferred ruling on whether our indemnification from BP covers penalties or fines under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, whether our alleged breach of our contract with BP Exploration would invalidate the indemnity, and whether we committed an act that materially increased the risk to or prejudiced the rights of BP so as to invalidate the indemnity.

41
Table of Contents

The rulings in the MDL proceeding regarding the indemnities are based on maritime law and may not bind the determination of similar issues in lawsuits not comprising a part of the MDL proceeding. Accordingly, it is possible that different conclusions with respect to indemnities will be reached by other courts.
Indemnification for criminal fines or penalties, if any, may not be available if a court were to find such indemnification unenforceable as against public policy. In addition, certain state laws, if deemed to apply, would not allow for enforcement of indemnification for gross negligence, and may not allow for enforcement of indemnification of persons who are found to be negligent with respect to personal injury claims. We may not be insured with respect to civil or criminal fines or penalties, if any, pursuant to the terms of our insurance policies.
BP's public filings indicate that BP has recognized in excess of $40 billion in pre-tax charges, excluding offsets for settlement payments received from certain defendants in the MDL, as a result of the Macondo well incident. BP's public filings also indicate that the amount of, among other things, certain natural resource damages with respect to certain OPA claims, some of which may be included in such charges, cannot be reliably estimated as of the dates of those filings.
We are currently unable to fully estimate the impact the Macondo well incident will have on us. We cannot predict the outcome of the many lawsuits and investigations relating to the Macondo well incident, including orders and rulings of the court that impact the MDL, the results of the MDL trial, the effect that the settlements between BP and the PSC in the MDL and other settlements may have on claims against us, or whether we might settle with one or more of the parties to any lawsuit or investigation.
During the first quarter of 2013, we increased our reserve relating to the MDL to $1.3 billion based on court-facilitated settlements discussions that had taken place during the first quarter. As of September 30, 2013, our loss contingency for the Macondo well incident, relating to the MDL, remained at $1.3 billion, which represents a loss contingency that is probable and for which a reasonable estimate of loss can be made. We have been participating in intermittent discussions with the PSC regarding the potential for a settlement that would resolve a substantial portion of the claims pending in the MDL trial. BP, however, is not participating in those settlement discussions as it is challenging certain provisions of its settlement with the PSC.
Reaching a settlement of the type contemplated by our current discussions involves a complex process, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when we may complete a settlement. In addition, the settlement discussions do not cover all parties and claims relating to the Macondo well incident. Accordingly, there are additional loss contingencies relating to the Macondo well incident that are reasonably possible but for which we cannot make a reasonable estimate. Given the numerous potential developments relating to the MDL and other lawsuits and investigations, which could occur at any time, we may adjust our estimated loss contingency in the future. Liabilities arising out of the Macondo well incident could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, consolidated results of operations, and consolidated financial condition.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Following is a summary of our repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2013.
Period
Total Number
of Shares Purchased (a)
Average
Price Paid per Share
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or Programs (b)
Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that may yet
be Purchased Under the Program (b)
July 1 - 31
17,182

$44.28
—
$5,000,000,000
August 1 - 31
68,054,631

$48.59
68,041,236
$1,693,974,551
September 1 - 30
17,715

$48.86
—
$1,693,974,551
Total
68,089,528

$48.59
68,041,236

(a)
Of the 68,089,528 shares purchased during the third quarter of 2013, 48,292 shares were acquired from employees in connection with the settlement of income tax and related benefit withholding obligations arising from vesting in restricted stock grants. These shares were not part of a publicly announced program to purchase common shares.
(b)
In July 2013, our board of directors increased the authorization to purchase our common stock by $4.3 billion. In August 2013, we repurchased approximately 68 million shares of our common stock for an aggregate cost of $3.3 billion at a purchase price of $48.50 per share, excluding fees and expenses, pursuant to a modified Dutch auction cash tender offer. Since the inception of our share repurchase program in February 2006, we have purchased approximately 188 million shares at a total cost of $7.6 billion. As of September 30, 2013, approximately $1.7 billion remains available under the stock purchase authorization.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.

42
Table of Contents


Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Our barite and bentonite mining operations, in support of our fluid services business, are subject to regulation by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. Information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to this quarterly report.

Item 5. Other Information
None.



43
Table of Contents

Item 6. Exhibits

 
4.1
Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 5, 2013, between Halliburton and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor trustee to JPMorgan Chase Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of Halliburton’s Form 8-K filed August 5, 2013, File No. 1-3492).

 
 
 
 
4.2
Form of Global Note for Halliburton's 1.00% Senior Notes due 2016 (included as part of Exhibit 4.1).
 
 
 
 
4.3
Form of Global Note for Halliburton's 2.00% Senior Notes due 2018 (included as part of Exhibit 4.1).
 
 
 
 
4.4
Form of Global Note for Halliburton's 3.50% Senior Notes due 2023 (included as part of Exhibit 4.1).
 
 
 
 
4.5
Form of Global Note for Halliburton's 4.75% Senior Notes due 2043 (included as part of Exhibit 4.1).
 
 
 
 
10.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated July 29, 2013, among Halliburton and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and the several other underwriters identified therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 of Halliburton’s Form 8-K filed August 1, 2013, File No. 1-3492).
 
 
 
*
12.1
Statement Regarding the Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
 
 
 
*
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
*
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
**
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
**
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
 
*
95
Mine Safety Disclosures
*
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
*
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
*
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
*
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
*
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
*
101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
*
Filed with this Form 10-Q
 
**
Furnished with this Form 10-Q

44
Table of Contents

SIGNATURES


As required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has authorized this report to be signed on behalf of the registrant by the undersigned authorized individuals.

HALLIBURTON COMPANY

/s/ Mark A. McCollum
/s/ Evelyn M. Angelle
Mark A. McCollum
Evelyn M. Angelle
Executive Vice President and
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Accounting Officer


Date: October 25, 2013


45