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Schlumberger

March 2022

  • The Halliburton logo is seen in Houston, Texas.

    US oil giant Halliburton suspends operations in Russia

    Schlumberger also halts business in response to US sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

April 2021

  • Oxford University

    Oxford University receives £11m from fossil fuel firms, report finds

    Figures from oil, gas and petrochemical companies does not include £100m from Ineos in 2021

January 2016

  • Onshore oil rigs

    Oil services giant Schlumberger axes 10,000 jobs after $1bn loss

    Tumbling energy prices continue to hurt offshore services company as industry cuts oil exploration

June 2015

  • UK Oil and Gas announced in April it had made a strike of 'national significance'.

    Gatwick oil speculation rises thanks to gushing independent report

    Schlumberger adds to UKOG’s claim about Horse Hill, saying there could be 270m barrels per sq mile, but environmentalists say extraction is unpopular

May 2015

  • Schlumberger employees work during an oil fracking process in Vaca Muerta in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina, Sept. 20, 2013.

    Keep it in the ground
    Where there is oil and gas there is Schlumberger

    James Ball and Harry Davies: It’s ubiquitous in fossil fuel operations across the world, has more staff than Google, turns over more than Boeing, and is worth more than McDonald’s. Meet the oil world’s most secretive operator

January 2015

  • two workers in hard hats stand next to oil drilling pipes

    Schlumberger to cut 9,000 jobs as oil prices plunge

    Analyst says extent of the cull is ‘a shocker’ as oil services giant takes fourth-quarter charges of $1.77bn

October 2002

  • Oilman answers Rolls call

    Rolls-Royce has appointed Euan Baird, the head of oil exploration group Schlumberger, as its new chairman.

February 2001

  • Sema chief says £3.6bn bid is fair

    Schlumberger, the oilfield services group, yesterday revealed it had put forward an agreed $5.2bn (£3.6bn) cash offer for troubled Anglo-French IT company Sema.

January 2001

  • On message

    • Smart move French computer group Bull is in exclusive talks to sell its CP8 smartcard unit to US firm Schlumberger after receiving a "firm offer". Loss-making Bull is selling the unit, which accounts for about 5% of group turnover, as part of a rescue plan. Bull originally wanted €500m (£314m) for CP8 but might settle for less if it can get a quick deal.

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