Halliburton’s second quarter earnings are a mixed bag as the oilfield services company sees profits plummet while international operations increase revenues. Halliburton Company saw its second quarter profits take a dip as its international operations saw improvements. Net income attributable to the Houston-based oilfield services company dropped to $75 million in the second quarter (equivalent to nine cents per share), down from $511 million one year earlier and $152 million in the first quarter of 2019. Revenues for second quarter were $5.93 billion, down from $6.15 billion one year earlier, but up from $5.74 billion in the first quarter of 2019. North America is Halliburton’s largest market and it had $3.33 billion in revenue for the quarter. This is down from $3.83 billion from one year earlier. Bloomberg reported on Monday that Halliburton cut its North American workforce by eight percent in the second quarter. The company saw revenue […]