Halliburton Earnings Call Nuggets: Key Insights You Must Know

Mark A. McCollum – EVP and CFO: Angie, this is Mark. The answer is yes and we do expect to outgrow the market in line with our strategies of outgrowing the overall increase in the deepwater market which we think will be a particular strength in 2013, on the back of our market share gains in Latin America as well as some of the increased activity in unconventionals and Saudi Arabia and Australia, and of course I should also reference the deepwater market in the East Africa, those will probably be areas that will be primary growth areas, but we are expecting growth rate in the low single-digits – I mean low double digits, even though, we’re probably a bit more pragmatic about what customer spend rates will increase on a year-over-year basis in the international markets.

Angie Sedita – UBS: Right now, you mention low double digits for revenue growth based on what you see today?

Mark A. McCollum – EVP and CFO: Yes.

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Angie Sedita – UBS: Then as an unrelated follow-up, I know in the past you’ve mentioned returning capital to shareholders in 2013 is a priority. I guess the question is, is it still a priority for ’13 and is there a preference for share buybacks versus a dividend or could both be considered and does the Macondo timing have any influence on this decision?

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