2007年5月23日 美石油巨擘哈里伯顿拟扩张中东业务

Halliburton, the oil services firm that is moving its corporate headquarters to Dubai, aims to achieve a 50-50 split between its business in the western hemisphere and the booming markets of the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

哈里伯顿首席执行官戴夫o勒萨(Dave Lesar)表示，该公司希望迅速扩大其中东业务。目前，哈里伯顿的大部分业务位于美国、加拿大和拉丁美洲。

Dave Lesar, chief executive, said the company, which does most of its business in the US, Canada and Latin America, hopes to expand quickly its Middle East operations.

该公司的目标是，未来5年获得60份合同，价值800亿美元，其中75%来自"东半球"--其中中东占很大一部分。

It is targeting 60 contracts worth $80bn over the next five years, with 75 per cent of them coming from the "eastern hemisphere" - many of them from the Middle East.

勒萨表示，该计划可能包括在伊拉克开展业务。本周早些时候，勒萨与有意开采伊拉克石油储藏的公司进行了会谈。

Iraq could form part of that plan, said Mr Lesar, who earlier this week was in talks with companies considering developing Iraqi reserves.