Halliburton Company announced that its board declared a 2013 second quarter dividend of $0.125 a share on the company's common stock payable June 26, 2013, to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 5, 2013.

Halliburton Company Presents at UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference, May-21-2013 08:05 AM. Venue: Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, Texas, United States. Speakers: Mark A. McCollum, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President.

Several coalitions of Mexican fishermen are suing BP plc, Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Company, seeking unspecified damages over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Antonio, seeks compensatory and punitive damages against the companies for alleged negligence and missteps that led to a fire and explosion at the Macondo well. According to the suit, the defendants failed to properly maintain and operate the Deepwater Horizon oil exploration rig; disregarded safety and integrity to save time and money; ignored warnings that the integrity of the well, cementing patchwork repairs, and the Deepwater Horizon were in jeopardy; failed to make sure the Deepwater Horizon and its equipment were free of defects or that it was properly maintained; did not enforce proper rules and regulations; failed to provide appropriate disaster prevention equipment; and failed to have an appropriate emergency spill response plan or readily available spill response equipment. The suit was filed by San Antonio lawyer Enrique Serna, who three years ago filed similar negligence lawsuits here on behalf of the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Quintana Roo. The first part of a trial last month in New Orleans involving BP and its drilling partners established that BP held the lease on the Macondo well and oversaw drilling operations on the rig. Transocean owned the rig and supplied both the rig and the crew to BP, and Halliburton was hired by BP to pour the cement that was supposed to temporarily plug the ill-fated well before it was developed for production. Eleven workers were killed in the deadly catastrophe, which led to one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation's history. The trial's second phase, scheduled to begin Sept. 16, will focus on key issues that arose during the 150 days between the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig and Sept. 19, 2010, the day the well was sealed.