Yesterday Halliburton was the first of the big three oilfield services companies (Baker Hughes and Schlumberger being the other two) to release second-quarter numbers. While on paper the company lost $1.7 billion due to an impairment charge, Halliburton actually made $456 million in free cash flow–after axing workers and cutting dividend payments. But the big news (for us) from yesterday’s 2Q update was a comment by Halliburton CEO Jeff Miller that the company will look to markets outside the U.S. to grow in the future.