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Our Tech Development
How do we engineer change for a balanced planet? By innovating the energy tech it needs.
Methane Point Instrument

We’ve come a long way from opening our first research lab in 1948 to becoming a truly global technology company.

Operating in 100+ countries with a global network of tech centers, covering everything from research and development to testing and manufacturing, we understand and solve our customers’ technical and geographical challenges.

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70+

Global technology centers drive innovation each day

250+

New technologies introduced across our portfolio over the past three years

20k+

Active patents enabling safer, more efficient, and more sustainable operations
The art and science of innovation.
Balancing tried and tested methods with the power of fresh thinking is an art. 10% of our people have a tenure of 20 years or more. 35% are under the age of 35. 100% are fueling the energy transition. Our experts span as many backgrounds as they do locations. And thanks to our unique programs, some even dedicate their careers to becoming the best in the technical discipline of their choice.
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Just take a look at the largest SLB Tech Center in Europe.
Over 50 nationalities across 50 disciplines, pushing the boundaries on everything from subsurface to new energy to artificial intelligence—all under one roof. Our Clamart center is also completely powered by Celsius Energy, our own geoenergy tech.

The result? “Good enough” is never good enough for us.

Our tech centers are where we engineer, manufacture, and assemble pilot versions of new products, be they long-term projects or Rapid Response initiatives triggered by an immediate need. It’s also where we add novel layers of digitalization, electrification, and sensing advancements into our proven tech to boost customers’ success.

Meanwhile, our testing facilities—found from China all the way to Houston—empower us to not only push boundaries faster but to also ensure that our innovations properly handle the challenges customers face on (or in) the ground.

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But we’re not engineering the future on our own.

Innovation Factori brings together our world-class data and AI experts with other industry players (from customers to universities) to answer some of our industry’s biggest challenges with novel digital tech. Leveraging the building blocks of data science, open platforms, artificial intelligence, and more, these teams are dedicated to efficiently generating digital solutions for some of our industry’s biggest challenges.

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Our latest collaborative disruption?

AI optimized for the energy sector—a much-needed evolution achieved in partnership with NVIDIA.

It’s an initiative that focuses on building AI models for data-intensive subsurface exploration, production operations, and more. Or what our President of Digital & Integration likes to call “AI that is unapologetically optimized for energy researchers, scientists, and engineers.”


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For 100 years, innovation has shaped who we are as a company. Today, we are helping to transform the energy sector as well as providing real solutions to industries’ greatest challenges. See which solutions meet your needs.
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