FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       Contact - Guy T. Marcus
March 27, 1997                        Vice President-Inv. Rel.
                                      (214) 978-2691

        HALLIBURTON'S OFFER TO ACQUIRE OGC ACCEPTED

     DALLAS, Texas -- Halliburton Company (NYSE-HAL) announced
today that holders of 97.4% of the outstanding shares of OGC
International plc have accepted Halliburton's offer to purchase
all of the outstanding shares of OGC.  Such offer is now
unconditional and Halliburton will pay 1.193 UK pounds ($1.94)
for each share of OGC on April 3, 1997.  Although the offer
remains open until further notice, any remaining shares of OGC
will be acquired by Halliburton pursuant to UK law which allows
compulsory acquisition of such shares on the same terms as the
offer.  The total purchase price will be approximately $118
million.

     OGC is engaged in providing a variety of engineering,
operations and maintenance services, primarily to the North Sea
oil and gas production industry.  In 1995 OGC had revenues
equivalent to $378.2 million and pre-tax profit equivalent to
$23.1 million.  For the six months ended June 30, 1996, the
company had revenues equivalent to $148.1 million and pre-tax
profit equivalent to $4.4 million.  At June 30, 1996 OGC had
total shareholders' equity equivalent to $59.9 million.

     Halliburton Company is one of the world's largest
diversified energy services, engineering, maintenance, and
construction companies.  Founded in 1919, Halliburton provides a
broad range of energy services and products, industrial and
marine engineering and construction services.

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