Current HAL Stock Info

Companies Hope to Strengthen Relationship

On May 20, 2015, Halliburton (ticker: HAL) and BP plc (ticker: BP) announced a mutual agreement to resolve remaining issues relating to charges and indemnities from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The incident occurred 61 months ago to the day. In a company press release, Dave Lesar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HAL, referred to BP as a “valued customer” and looks forward to strengthening its relationship with one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies.

Transocean (ticker: RIG), the third company involved in the incident, also agreed to resolve the issues and will pay $212 million to various businesses, individuals and governments for their role in the incident.

BP has amassed $43.8 billion in pre-tax cleanup charges, among other costs, to date, while Halliburton has paid about $1.1 billion.

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico blowout captured the attention and scrutiny of the entire industry, which has a vested interest in avoiding another incident in the future. Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS.B), defended his company’s plans to drill in the Arctic and stressed the importance of not only safety, but reputation.

There were 33 rigs operating offshore in the latest Baker Hughes rig count report – 32 in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of California. Shell’s impending arctic rig will be the only one in the region once the company receives all permits and it is allowed to deploy a drilling rig and support vessels to Alaska.

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