Halliburton, the oil services firm that is moving its corporate1 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.
哈里伯顿首席实行官戴夫o勒萨表示，该公司期望飞速扩大其中东业务。现在，哈里伯顿的大多数业务坐落于美国、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.
该企业的目的是，将来5年获得60份合同，价值800亿USD，其中75%来自东半球--其中中东占非常大一部分。
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，该计划可能包含在伊拉克拓展业务。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.
