Halliburton Company

The top executive for oilfield services firm Halliburton Co earned roughly $10 million more in 2020 than the prior year, despite pledges from the company to reduce executive pay as the coronavirus pandemic crushed the oil industry.

Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday after upbeat earnings from big U.S. banks and Halliburton, while investors awaited a speech from U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen that is expected to advocate hefty fiscal spending.

Halliburton Co on Tuesday reported a 60% rise in fourth-quarter adjusted profit from the third, as demand for oilfield equipment and services recovered slightly from the pandemic-driven fall-out in drilling activity and on the back of cost cuts.

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co has eliminated all staff positions in Venezuela as a result of U.S. sanctions limiting its operations in the crisis-stricken OPEC nation, a spokeswoman for the company said on Thursday.

Norway's Safe labour union has come to an agreement with employers over wages and other conditions at oil service companies, it said on Thursday, preventing a strike among workers.

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co said on Thursday it would set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in line with what the latest climate science outlines is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Accord.

The U.S. shale industry will continue to shrink, but energy companies will emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic downturn stronger, Halliburton's Chief Executive Jeff Miller told investors on Monday.

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Oilfield services giant Halliburton Co <HAL.N> posted its third straight quarterly loss on Monday as it took a $2.1 billion impairment charge amid a slump in oil prices and collapse in drilling by North American customers.

Halliburton Co on Monday posted its third straight quarterly loss as the oilfield services provider recorded a $2.1 billion impairment charge due to weak demand from North American customers reeling under lower oil prices.

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co slashed its quarterly dividend by 75% on Wednesday, the latest move by the company to shore up cash to cope with a dramatic plunge in oil prices that began in March.

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co on Wednesday slashed its quarterly dividend by 75%, the latest in a string of cost cutting moves to cope with the dramatic plunge in oil prices that began in March.

Oilfield services firm Halliburton has laid off roughly 1,000 employees, or 22% of staff, at its corporate headquarters in Houston, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday, as oil prices collapse.

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co <HAL.N> said on Friday it would cease most of its operations in Venezuela after the U.S. Treasury Department imposed tight new regulations on oil and gas companies doing business in the South American nation.

* HALLIBURTON CO - THROUGH DEC 1, CO ARE ONLY PERMITTED TO PERFORM SOME DEALS, ACTIVITIES NECESSARY FOR PRESERVATION OF ASSETS IN VENEZUELA

U.S. oilfield services giant Halliburton <HAL.N> on Monday reported a $1 billion first-quarter loss on charges and outlined the largest budget cut yet among top energy companies as U.S. crude futures plunged to two-decade lows.

Halliburton Co on Monday recorded $1.1 billion in impairment charges during the first quarter, lowered its spending forecast for the year, and gave a bleak outlook for North America activity as it grapples with an unprecedented decline in oil prices.

* HALLIBURTON CO SAYS CEO JEFFREY MILLER'S FY 2019 TOTAL COMPENSATION WAS $12.8 MILLION VERSUS $17.0 MILLION IN FY 2018 - SEC FILING

Oilfield services firm Halliburton Co said on Monday it was cutting about 350 employees in Oklahoma, according to a filing with the state, and that its executives would reduce their salaries amid a deepening oil price rout.