Halliburton announced today the delivery of three new screen solutions for sand control at the 2007 Offshore Europe Exhibition and Convention in Aberdeen, Scotland. These innovative solutions are: the EquiFlow™ Oil Selector™ valve, which is capable of significantly reducing unwanted water or gas production without wellbore intervention; EquiFlow™ inflow control devices, which delay early water or gas coning, thereby increasing recoverable reserves; and PetroGuard™ Advanced Mesh screen, which provides reliable sand control in heavy oil and poorly sorted sand environments.

"The industry is caught between the engineering challenges of increasingly complex completions and the need to reduce overall completion costs to improve well economics," said David King, senior vice president, Halliburton's Completion and Production Division. "Halliburton has analyzed the challenges posed by water or gas breakthrough in order to simplify sand control completions while increasing reliability."

Wells are often drilled in formations prone to unwanted water or gas production, which displaces the flow of hydrocarbons. In conventionally completed wells, water or gas breakthrough is addressed through remedial treatments. Halliburton's proprietary EquiFlow Oil Selector valve helps to prevent unwanted water or gas from entering the production string. This enables operators to avoid down time and reduces operational costs associated with remediation and the handling and disposing of produced water.