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To: kormac who wrote (10153)	5/28/2002 9:33:27 PM
From: Archie Meeties	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206209

Y'all see the HAL news? DALLAS, May 28, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Halliburton Company (HAL) announced today that it has received notification from the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has initiated a preliminary investigation of the Company's accounting treatment of cost overruns on construction jobs. The Company expects to receive a formal request for documents or a subpoena in the next few days. The Company believes that it has accounted for construction claims and change orders in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to the construction industry. The Company has advised the SEC that it will cooperate fully with the SEC in its investigation. The Company believes that this investigation results from an article in the New York Times on May 22, 2002, in which certain allegations were reported concerning the Company's accounting treatment of construction job claims and change orders which are negotiated with customers. Prior to 1998 and the merger with Dresser, the Company did not record such items in revenue or accounts receivable before they were resolved with the customer. The Company disclosed in its Form 10-K for 1998 that it had recorded losses on certain engineering and construction projects related to current year claims and change orders which it did not feel would be accepted by customers. Furthermore, in instances where unapproved claims and change orders were recognized in revenue and accounts receivable, no profits at all were recognized on the related projects. During 1998, the Company began to record such items in revenue and accounts receivable when the Company expected such items to be collectible from the customer. The Company has continued this accounting treatment of similar items since 1998 and has never recorded a profit on a job where an unapproved claim or change order has been recorded in revenue. HAL claims the SEC opened up an investigation on the basis of a NYT article? That should soften them up...