EXHIBIT 23.1


            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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The Board of Directors
Halliburton Company:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 18, 2004, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Halliburton Company as of December 31, 2003 and
2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'
equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, incorporated herein by
reference, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
registration statement.

Our report contains an explanatory paragraph that states the Company changed the
composition of its reportable segments in 2003. The amounts in the 2002 and 2001
consolidated financial statements related to reportable segments have been
restated to conform to the 2003 composition of reportable segments.

Our report also refers to our audit of the adjustments that were applied to
Halliburton Company's reportable segments to revise the 2001 consolidated
financial statements, as more fully described in Note 5 to the consolidated
financial statements, as well as to our audit of the revisions to include the
transitional disclosures required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, as more fully described in Note 1
to the consolidated financial statements. However, we were not engaged to audit,
review, or apply any procedures to the 2001 consolidated financial statements
other than with respect to such adjustments.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, TX
June 2, 2004