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HALLIBURTON TEAMS WITH CAPROCK TO ENHANCE AND EXPAND REMOTE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- High-bandwidth commercial service to offer better coverage
and depth of resources to Halliburton customers. -
Houston, Texas - Halliburton Energy Services (HES), a business unit of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), has teamed with CapRock Services Corporation for management and expansion of its remote telecommunication operations under a long-term agreement. HalLinkSM, the HES existing satellite telecommunications network, currently reaches more than 200 global work sites.
"Over the past few years, we have developed and expanded our global telecommunications network, to be able to offer real time operations capability to our customers in support of our Real Time Reservoir SolutionsSM strategy," said John Gibson, president and chief executive officer, Halliburton's Energy Services Group. "CapRock is taking this high-bandwidth satellite telecommunications technology and service and will be expanding it to reach a wider commercial base. Through this expansion to new geographic areas, we will continue to provide our customers with the services and technologies that will help them to achieve their goals."
As part of this strategic relationship HES will remain actively involved in the management of its real-time telecommunications network for its customers.
"We selected CapRock because of its financial stability and strong focus on and commitment to providing reliable telecommunications services to remote locations in the oil and gas industry," Mike Hinz, Director, Real-Time Operations, HES.
Established in 1981 to provide communications services to the most extreme locations, CapRock Services Corp. is the dominant satellite communications provider for the drilling industry. By offering complete managed telecommunications solutions in the world's harshest and most hard-to-reach environments, CapRock has earned a reputation as the one to call when reliability matters. The company utilizes the latest technologies to present its easily managed line of products and services. Strategic partnerships and technical expertise enable CapRock to deliver on its promise to be the market's reliability leader. More information about CapRock is available on the company Web site at www.caprock.com.
Halliburton, founded in 1919, is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The company serves its customers with a broad range of products and services through its Energy Services Group and Engineering and Construction Group business segments. The company's World Wide Web site is accessible at www.halliburton.com.
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