The day before the tragedy of September 11 2001, Halliburton announced a Russian WMD reduction program.  The media release is interesting to read in hindsight  I.t's worth wondering how many related programs might  be being implemented in different locations.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 10, 2001

HALLIBURTON UNIT PICKED TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM TO REDUCE THREAT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

DALLAS, Texas
- A Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Government Operations team has been
selected by the Department of Defense's (DOD) Defense Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA) to participate in the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR)
program. KBR is the engineering and construction segment of Halliburton
(NYSE: HAL). The CTR program was established by DOD to respond to the
threat of proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological Weapons of
Mass Destruction (WMD) and related expertise and knowledge from the
states of the Former Soviet Union.

The KBR team is one of five contracting teams chosen to provide support
for the CTR program under a five-year initial contract, with one
five-year option based on performance for an estimated $5 billion.

The objectives of the contract include the acceleration of strategic
and tactical arms reduction; enhancing the safety, security and control
of WMD; assisting the United States and other governments in
eliminating WMD, their delivery systems, supporting subsystems, and
associated infrastructure; and preventing proliferation.

The KBR team includes Devonport Management Limited; Black & Veatch
International; Byelocorp Scientific, Inc; Duke Engineering &
Services; EAI Corporation; Edlow International Company; Harding ESE,
Inc.; Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion and Russian Operations; and
SRS Technologies.

To perform the tasks related to the contract objectives, KBR will set
up a primary project office in Moscow. Currently, KBR is executing a
$283 million project for the DTRA in Russia to eliminate liquid-fueled
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) and their silos. In
addition, KBR recently completed a four-year contract for the DTRA in
Kazakhstan where Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles were dismantled
and the land returned to the government for agricultural use.

"We are committed to assisting the government in providing a safe and
efficient means of reducing and eliminating the threat of weapons of
mass destruction," said Dave Lesar, chairman, president, and CEO of
Halliburton. "We have the experience and we are a trusted employer in
Russia."

KBR opened a corporate office in Moscow in 1991.

Kellogg Brown & Root’s Government Operations is one of the world's
leading providers of government support services. It employs 20,000
people around the world in the Americas, UK, Europe, Africa and
Asia-Pacific. KBR offers lifecycle and program management from
conceptual studies, engineering, project management and construction to
operations, maintenance and logistics for major programs anywhere in
the world.

Halliburton Company, founded in 1919, is the world's largest provider
of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries. The
company serves its customers with a broad range of products and
services through its Energy Services Group and Engineering and
Construction business segments.