Schlumberger reported on Friday higher-than-expected profit for the second quarter as drilling activity rebounded in all markets, prompting the world’s largest oilfield service provider to raise its 2022 revenue and earnings outlook as “the multiyear upcycle continues to gain momentum.” Schlumberger booked earnings per share (EPS), excluding charges and credits, …
Read More »Schlumberger Commits to Reaching Net-Zero by 2050
Giant oilfield services provider Schlumberger is the next company in line to commit to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Schlumberger said on Tuesday that it spent 18 months conducting extensive analysis and working with experts to produce a decarbonization plan. With minimal reliance on offsets, the plan …
Read More »Schlumberger, Microsoft Expand Partnership to Accelerate Digital Future of Energy
Schlumberger and Microsoft announced an expanded strategic partnership on March 29 to accelerate new technologies for the energy industry. The first offering, the Schlumberger Enterprise Data Management Solution for the OSDU Data Platform—a new industry standard for energy data—is available today. Energy companies will now benefit from an OSDU-compliant solution, …
Read More »Iraq Approves Deal to Award Schlumberger $480 Million Deal to Drill Oil Wells
The Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday approved a deal to award U.S. company Schlumberger Ltd a $480 million deal to drill 96 oil wells in the south, according to a statement. Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, relies on oil exports for nearly all its state revenue.
Read More »Schlumberger New Energy, Chevron, and Microsoft Collaborate on Carbon Negative Bioenergy
Schlumberger New Energy, Chevron Corporation, Microsoft and Clean Energy Systems today announced plans to develop a ground-breaking bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) project designed to produce carbon negative power in Mendota, California. The BECCS plant will convert agricultural waste biomass, such as almond trees, into a renewable synthesis …
Read More »Schlumberger Announces Egypt Digitalization Project
The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and global oilfield services provider Schlumberger have announced the launch of the Egypt Upstream Gateway, an innovative national project for the digitalization of subsurface information. This digital platform will also enable global access to the country’s subsurface data, which is kept evergreen by enhancing legacy …
Read More »Oilfield Service Giants are Diversifying Their Operations
The oilfield services sector is usually the one to suffer the most during an oil and gas industry downturn. This last crisis has been no exception in most respects. Drilling fell sharply this year in response to the demand slump in both oil and gas, budgets were cut and exploration …
Read More »Schlumberger Sells U.S. Fracking Business
The world’s largest oilfield services provider, Schlumberger, is selling its North American fracking business to Liberty Oilfield Services for a minority stake in a new combined company after the oil price crash crushed the U.S. shale patch’s fracking activity. Schlumberger has agreed to combine its onshore hydraulic fracturing business in …
Read More »Schlumberger Introduces Performance Live Service
Digitally connected service delivers real-time operational data and insights for improved performance Schlumberger introduced, on June 29, Performance Live digitally connected service that optimizes remote wellsite operations control while improving safety, efficiency and footprint. The service includes technology and domain expertise within a digital ecosystem, leveraging cloud-based applications and automated …
Read More »Schlumberger Launches Tech Agreement with CNPC Logging
Schlumberger is collaborating with China Petroleum Logging Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, to jointly manufacture wireline downhole technology in China. The collaboration will provide CNPC Logging with a license to manufacture fit-for-basin wireline technology. Schlumberger will support CNPC Logging on the manufacturing and sustaining activities for …
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