“I’m excited about the tremendous opportunity for Halliburton in Venezuela,” Miller told investors during a conference call on Wednesday. “We can mobilize in weeks. I feel confident we can move fairly quickly as opportunities arise.”
Halliburton jumped as much as 5.4% to a 17-month high in New York trading.
Jeff Miller, chief executive officer of Halliburton Co., speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 9.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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