SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                DATE OF REPORT (date of earliest event reported)

                                DECEMBER 18, 2002

                               Halliburton Company
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

State or other                      Commission                IRS Employer
jurisdiction                        File Number               Identification
of incorporation                                              Number

Delaware                              1-3492                  No. 75-2677995


                               4100 Clinton Drive
                            Houston, Texas 77020-6299
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                         Registrant's telephone number,
                       including area code - 713-676-3011



         INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

         On  December  18,  2002  registrant  issued  a press  release  entitled
"Halliburton Asbestos Plaintiffs Agree to Extend Stay."

         The text of the press release is as follows:

              Halliburton Asbestos Plaintiffs Agree to Extend Stay
               Company Reaches Agreement in Principle to Achieve
                      Global Settlement of Asbestos Claims


Houston,  Texas - Halliburton  (NYSE:  HAL) today  announced that it has reached
agreement with  Harbison-Walker  Refractories Company and the Official Committee
of Asbestos Creditors in the  Harbison-Walker  bankruptcy to consensually extend
the period of the stay contained in the Bankruptcy Court's temporary restraining
order until January 17, 2003. The court's temporary restraining order, which was
originally  entered  on  February  14,  2002,  stays more than  200,000  pending
asbestos claims against Halliburton's subsidiary DII Industries, LLC.


The company has reached an agreement in principle that, when  consummated,  will
result in a global  settlement of all personal injury asbestos and certain other
personal  injury claims  against the company.  The  settlement  was reached with
attorneys  representing  substantially more than the required 75% percent of the
known  present  asbestos  claimants  needed to achieve  resolution on all of the
cases.  The agreement  covers all pending and future  personal  injury  asbestos
claims against Halliburton Company and its subsidiaries.


Halliburton,  founded  in  1919,  is one of the  world's  largest  providers  of
products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves
its  customers  with a broad range of products and  services  through its Energy
Services Group and Engineering and  Construction  Group business  segments.  The
company's World Wide Web site can be accessed at www.halliburton.com.



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       HALLIBURTON COMPANY




Date:     December 18, 2002            By: /s/ Margaret E. Carriere
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                                               Margaret E. Carriere
                                               Vice President and Secretary