Halliburton

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) today announced a strategic collaboration with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. to advance subsurface modeling and reservoir management. As part of the collaboration, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. will deploy Halliburton Landmark's DecisionSpace® 365 Geosciences Suite and Unified Ensemble Modeling solutions with the objective to unify exploration and development workflows and accelerate time to first oil. Halliburton Landmark's next-generation scalable.» Mehr auf businesswire.com

Middle East tensions/conflict have made petroleum-related stocks attractive again as a group in June, prompting me to increase portfolio exposure for weeks running. Halliburton is quite undervalued historically, given oil/gas prices are headed higher in a long-term cycle upturn. HAL boasts less debt than in the past, solid free cash flow generation, and an abnormally high dividend yield, positioning it well for future upside.» Mehr auf seekingalpha.com

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