Founded in 1919 in Duncan, Oklahoma, Halliburton began by using the untested process of oil well cementing and over more than 100 years grew into one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the energy industry. Its core values of integrity, creativity, collaboration, competition, and safety helped it survive the boom-and-bust cycles of the oil and gas industry and remain evident in its workforce around the world. Building on the foundation established by Erle P. Halliburton and earlier employees, the company works with customers to engineer solutions that maximize asset value and deliver on what is promised, while continuing a long-standing commitment to support the communities where employees live and work through service and charitable contributions.