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Halliburton Co – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 2/16/12, at 2:27pm ET · For: 12/31/11 · Accession #: 45012-12-75 · File #: 1-03492

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/16/12  Halliburton Co                    10-K       12/31/11   71:14M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        December 31, 2011 Form 10-K                         HTML   1.55M 
 2: EX-10.40    Executive Agreement (Christian A. Garcia)           HTML     87K 
 3: EX-10.41    First Amendment to Halliburton Co Restricted Stock  HTML     22K 
                Plan for Non-Employee Directors                                  
 4: EX-10.42    Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (Section 16      HTML     45K 
                Officers)                                                        
 5: EX-10.43    Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock      HTML     40K 
                Agreement (Stock & Incentive Plan)                               
 7: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries of the Registrant                      HTML     26K 
 8: EX-23.1     Consent of Kpmg LLP                                 HTML     21K 
 9: EX-24.1     Powers of Attorney                                  HTML     46K 
14: EX-95       Mine Safety Disclosures                             HTML     57K 
 6: EX-12.1     Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to    HTML     53K 
                Fixed Charges                                                    
10: EX-31.1     302 Certification for Dave Lesar, CEO               HTML     26K 
11: EX-31.2     302 Certification for Mark McCollum, CFO            HTML     26K 
12: EX-32.1     906 Certification for Dave Lesar, CEO               HTML     21K 
13: EX-32.2     906 Certification for Mark McCollum, CFO            HTML     21K 
50: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     48K 
40: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    137K 
48: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
53: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    136K 
66: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     41K 
42: R6          Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity     HTML     46K 
47: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    138K 
37: R8          Description of Company and Significant Accounting   HTML     46K 
                Policies                                                         
29: R9          Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML    127K 
67: R10         Receivables                                         HTML     40K 
55: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     34K 
54: R12         Property, Plant, and Equipment                      HTML     46K 
59: R13         Debt                                                HTML     43K 
60: R14         KBR Separation                                      HTML     31K 
58: R15         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    114K 
61: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML    134K 
49: R17         Shareholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans      HTML    388K 
51: R18         Income per Share                                    HTML     34K 
57: R19         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML     43K 
71: R20         Retirement Plans                                    HTML    125K 
63: R21         Accounting Standards Recently Adopted               HTML     28K 
44: R22         Description of Company and Significant Accounting   HTML    125K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
56: R23         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML    121K 
                (Tables)                                                         
46: R24         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     36K 
25: R25         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     30K 
64: R26         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Tables)             HTML     46K 
68: R27         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     43K 
33: R28         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    138K 
32: R29         Shareholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans      HTML    386K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R30         Income per Share (Tables)                           HTML     31K 
36: R31         Retirement Plans (Tables)                           HTML    112K 
38: R32         Description of Company and Significant Accounting   HTML     51K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
24: R33         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R34         Receivables (Details)                               HTML     40K 
43: R35         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     45K 
45: R36         Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details)            HTML     45K 
27: R37         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     55K 
70: R38         KBR Separation (Details)                            HTML     32K 
21: R39         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML    180K 
39: R40         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML    234K 
65: R41         Shareholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans,     HTML    126K 
                Shareholders' Equity Activity (Details)                          
26: R42         Shareholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans,     HTML     75K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Common                     
                Stock, and Preferred Stock (Details)                             
31: R43         Shareholders' Equity and Stock Incentive Plans,     HTML    217K 
                Stock Incentive Plans (Details)                                  
34: R44         Income per Share (Details)                          HTML     42K 
41: R45         Financial Instruments and Risk Management           HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
23: R46         Retirement Plans, Funded Status (Details)           HTML     75K 
28: R47         Retirement Plans, Plan Assets (Details)             HTML     64K 
22: R48         Retirement Plans, Net Periodic Benefit Cost,        HTML     53K 
                Assumptions, and Expected Cash Flows (Details)                   
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     93K 
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.04M 
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17: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hal-20111231_cal                XML    270K 
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18: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hal-20111231_lab                      XML   2.36M 
19: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hal-20111231_pre               XML   1.24M 
16: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hal-20111231                          XSD    190K 
52: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000045012-12-000075-xbrl      Zip    270K

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4 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/06/24  Halliburton Co.                   10-K       12/31/23   94:11M
 2/07/23  Halliburton Co.                   10-K       12/31/22   89:13M
 2/04/22  Halliburton Co.                   10-K       12/31/21   86:12M
 2/05/21  Halliburton Co.                   10-K       12/31/20   86:12M

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Filing Submission 0000045012-12-000075 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Halliburton Co – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/11 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 2/16/12, at 2:27pm ET · For: 12/31/11 · Accession #: 45012-12-75 · File #: 1-03492

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — hal-20111231_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

4 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents