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Halliburton 2021 Annual & Sustainability Report Environmental 41 Reduction in Battery Use To improve the sustainability of operations, Halliburton aims to eliminate the use of lithium batteries in our downhole tools. Batteries require complex logistics and safety precautions, as well as recycling. The development of solutions to generate downhole power or to continuously provide power from the surface will make a step change toward reducing our environmental footprint. Because of this, many of our PSLs, including Sperry Drilling and Production Solutions, focus on technology development that does not rely on battery power. As an example, a downhole generator powers our iCruise® rotary steerable system, removing the batteries that we used in our previous generation of rotary steerable technology. One of the design goals of our new iStar™ intelligent drilling and logging platform was to reduce the number of downhole batteries that we used. In 2022, we will deploy an additional turbine-based generator to enable further reductions in battery use. ® Our SPECTRUM FUSION real-time hybrid coiled tubing services integrate fiber optic and electric communication and power to eliminate battery use. Doing so results in operations not limited by power or time constraints. The system also combines intervention and diagnostic capabilities and is fully compatible with mechanical and wireline tools. This unlimited flexibility lessens logistical constraints. Additionally, we have invested in a company that produces ultra-capacitators, a rechargeable solution that delivers the power required for our challenging downhole applications.

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