Innovest Confirms Halliburton Company IVA Rating of CCC

Innovest Confirms Halliburton Company IVA Rating of CCC

April 18, 2007

April 17, 2007 ““ CSRwire: Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has confirmed its Intangible Value Assessment of Halliburton Company of CCC based on the company’s relative performance of social, environmental, and strategic governance (ESG) issues relative to Energy Equipment and Services sector peers.

The downloadable report is available for purchase for USD $195 through Innovest’s partner at http://www.csrwire.com/reports/independent/request/10871.html

Peter Wilkes, Managing Director at Innovest stated, “Innovest’s ratings are an indicator of a company’s performance on intangible value drivers and management quality. This information is used to support an investor’s existing financial knowledge of a company. It is widely accepted among investors that extra-financial information is now required to get a full understanding of a company’s prospects.”

By assessing differentials typically not identified by traditional securities analysis, Innovest’s IVA ratings uncover hidden risks and value potential for investors. Ratings range from AAA (best) to CCC (worst). Scores on sub factors range from 10 (best) to 0 (worst).

Some of the areas of analysis for companies include:

Supply Chain

Human Rights

Regulatory/Stakeholder relations

Health and Safety

Environmental Strategy and management

Carbon Risk Mitigation

Labor Relations

Product Safety

Workplace issues

In the Energy Equipment and Services sector, 33 out of 38 companies scored higher than Halliburton according to Innovests’s ranking system. Other companies in the Energy Equipment and Services sector include:

Abbot Group PLC

Acergy SA

Baker Hughes Inc

BJ Services Co

Cameron International Corp.

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc

Ensco International Inc

Expro International Group PLC

Global Industries Limited

Globalsantafe Corp.

Grant Prideco Inc

Halliburton Company

Helmerich Payne Inc

Kinder Morgan Energy Limited Partnership

Maurel Et Prom

Nabors Industries Limited

National Oilwell Varco Inc

Noble Corp.

Noble Energy Inc

Patterson UTI Energy Inc

Petrofac Limited

Petroleum Geo Services ASA

Precision Drilling Trust

Pride International Inc

Prosafe ASA

Rowan Companies Income

Saipem

SBM Offshore NV

Schlumberger Limited

Smith International Inc

Subsea 7

Technip

Tenaris SA

Tidewater Inc

Transocean Inc

Weatherford International Limited

Wood Group (John) PLC

Worleyparsons Limited

Research and ratings reports for all Energy Equipment and Service companies is available for purchase for USD $195 each. Additional company and other industry reports are also available at www.csrwire.com/reports/independent.

About Innovest

Innovest Strategic Value Advisors is an internationally recognized investment research and advisory firm specializing in analyzing companies’ performance on environmental, social, and strategic governance issues, with a particular focus on their impact on competitiveness, profitability, and share price performance.”¨”¨

Innovest currently has offices in New York City, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Paris, Sydney, and Tokyo.