Halliburton has shrugged off its involvement in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, reporting a big jump in profits.
The Texas-based company made $US480 million in the three months to June, an increase of 83% on the same period a year ago.
It says a suspension of deepwater drilling by the United States is expected to hit profits, but land-based oil and gas operations remained profitable.
Halliburton was in charge of sealing an oil well in the Gulf for BP before it exploded on 20 April.
The Deepwater Horizon rig sank two days later.
