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| 2010 |
Inaugurates Brazil Research and Geoengineering Center in Rio de Janeiro
Introduces Dielectric Scanner service; ACTivePS CT real-time production logging service; and Quartet downhole reservoir testing system for safer and more efficient reservoir testing
Paal Kibsgaard appointed Chief Operating Officer of Schlumberger Limited
Completes merger with Smith International
Acquires Nexus Geosciences, a seismic support company
Acquires IGEOSS, a developer of structural geology software
Acquires Geoservices, a privately owned French oilfield services company specializing in mud logging, slickline, and production surveillance operations
Acquires GeothermEx, a California-based global provider of geothermal consulting services
Introduces OpenFRAC fluids for hydraulic fracturing and HiWAY service
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| 2011 |
Acquires Framo Engineering, a privately owned Norwegian firm producing pumps, metering systems, swivels, and other marine systems to the oil and gas industry
Acquires ThruBit, a Shell Technology Ventures Fund company providing openhole logging services
Inaugurates WesternGeco Penang Product Center in Malaysia to support global demand for geophysical services
Paal Kibsgaard appointed chief executive officer of Schlumberger Limited
Launches LIVE services, using a slickline cable engineered to deliver two-way digital communication for tool and well information to be transmitted to the surface in real time
Starts first commercial use of Dual Coil Shooting multivessel full-azimuth acquisition in WesternGeco's Revolution multiclient survey in western Gulf of Mexico
Releases Avocet 2012, combining an overall view of operations with engineering analysis to help avoid production shortfalls
Launches several products able to maximize benefits from shale plays, including M-I SWACO's ENVIROTHERM NT system and Smith Bits' Spear drill bit
Launches PowerDrive Archer high build rate rotary steerable system, delivering well profiles previously possible only with motors, and with the ROP and wellbore quality of a fully rotating RSS
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| 2012 |
Forms OneSubsea, a joint venture with Cameron, to manufacture and develop products, systems, and services for the subsea oil and gas market
Introduces next generation of Spear bits for unconventional shale plays, engineered for improved drilling performance in curve and lateral hole sections
Releases RHADIANT oil-based ultrahigh-temperature drilling fluid system, formulated to maintain stable rheologies and thin filtercake to ensure quality reservoir characterization
Adds Litho Scanner high-definition spectroscopy service to the Scanner Family rock and fluid characterization services, a service that delivers quantitative mineralogy in complex lithologies
Launches Saturn 3D radial probe, a new wireline formation testing service that enables formation testing in low-permeability and unconsolidated reservoirs
Opens the Schlumberger China Petroleum Institute in Beijing to provide best-in-class petrotechnical services to address technical challenges specific to China
Introduces Rhino XC on-demand hydraulically actuated reamer, a next-generation reamer that delivers on-demand reaming for well borehole enlargement flexibility
Launches ReSOLVE instrumented wireline intervention service for monitoring and control of wireline workover operations
Adds important new science to Petrel 2012 for exploration, development, production workflows, and enhanced enterprise knowledge management
Introduces NeoScope sourceless formation evaluation-while-drilling service, the industry's first fully sourceless LWD formation evaluation service, which reduces drilling risk and delivers greater operational efficiency
Releases industry-first Mangrove engineered stimulation design in the Petrel E&P software platform that enables completion and fracture modeling in the context of a shared earth model
Launches breakthrough marine seismic technology: IsoMetrix marine isometric seismic technology delivers the first true 3D wavefield measurement
Releases SPARK technology delivery platform that merges Schlumberger stimulation technology, chemistry, and exclusive techniques to provide a new solution to address stimulation needs
Expands marine broadband offering via WesternGeco with ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique that delivers improved seismic imaging
Enters into an agreement with Altor Fund II to acquire SPT Group, a privately owned software company specialized in dynamic modeling for the oil and gas industry
Introduces new resistivity and imaging-while-drilling service: MicroScope 475 resistivity- and imaging-while-drilling service provides key information for formation evaluation, well placement, and fracture identification
Expands portfolio of high-temperature reservoir characterization services with PressureXpress-HT high-temperature reservoir pressure service and MDT Forte-HT rugged high-temperature modular formation dynamics tester
Announces cooperation agreement with Petrofac to deliver integrated and high-value production projects in the emerging and growing production services and production enhancement market
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| 2013 |
Introduces Stinger conical diamond element, a centrally placed element that enhances PDC drill bits for improved drilling performance
Releases DigiScope slimhole measurement-while-drilling service, which transmits high-quality data for real-time decision-making in land, extended-reach, and deepwater wells
Introduces the CoilScan RT real-time pipe inspection system that minimizes nonproductive time by identifying coiled tubing pipe defects
Launches Quartet-HT high-temperature downhole reservoir testing system and Quartet downhole reservoir testing system enabled by wireless telemetry, which transmits data for real-time validation
Commences IsoMetrix marine isometric seismic technology in Barents Sea via WesternGeco, a new survey that extends successful multiclient program, and commences a new multiclient seismic survey offshore Mozambique to cover open blocks ahead of future licensing rounds
Delivers enterprise knowledge management for IT professionals: Studio Manager empowers information management professionals to work interactively with geoscientists and engineers, improving productivity
Introduces MD-2 dual-deck shale shaker to improve solids control performance
Releases Petrel 2013, which delivers advanced science for exploration, development, and production and enables enhanced collaboration and productivity
Completes OneSubsea joint venture with Cameron to target subsea oil production and recovery
Releases ONYX 360 rolling PDC cutter, an industry-first rolling PDC cutter that stays sharp longer, extending run length in abrasive formations
Introduces advanced microseismic data processing for improved well completion design, notably a new moment tensor inversion service to enhance microseismic data
Releases MicroScope HD resistivity- and high-definition imaging-while-drilling service that provides detailed logging-while-drilling images for reservoir description and completions optimization
Introduces SonicScope multipole sonic-while-drilling service for large boreholes to deliver validated measurements for improved drilling risk management
Introduces Vx Spectra surface multiphase flowmeter, which provides accurate flow rate measurements for oil and gas production monitoring and allocation
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| 2014 |
Introduces the MS Recon high-fidelity microseismic surface acquisition system that provides improved imaging of hydraulic fracture geometry
Releases Invizion Evaluation well integrity evaluation service, which helps operators evaluate zonal isolation by using integrated drilling, cementing, and well logging data
Launches StingBlade conical diamond element bit with Stinger elements across the bit face, which increases rate of penetration while improving steering in directional drilling applications
Delivers Petrel Shale, the first shale-specific software that offers a customized user interface, engineered for exploiting shale resources
Releases the Quanta Geo photorealistic reservoir geology service that enables geoscientists to confidently model reservoir distribution
Announces alliance between OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, and Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. to develop technologies and deliver services to optimize the cost and efficiency of subsea well intervention systems
Introduces GeoSphere reservoir mapping-while-drilling service, a unique reservoir mapping service around the wellbore to enhance field development strategies and to improve production
Acquires Rock Deformation Research, a UK-based company specialized in geological software development and structural geology consultancy for the oil and gas industry
Purchases the remaining shares of SES Holdings Limited ("Saxon"), a Calgary-based provider of international land drilling services
Launches PowerDrive Orbit rotary steerable system that increases drilling efficiency in challenging environments by extending system life, delivering precise directional control and increasing drilling efficiency
Commercializes PeriScope HD multilayer bed boundary detection service that detects formation layers for advanced well placement in clastic and carbonate fields
Releases ELEMENTAL degradable technology for multistage stimulation treatments, which ensures maximum well productivity without need for mechanical intervention
Introduces BroadBand Sequence fracturing service, which enables sequential stimulation of perforation clusters in wells drilled in unconventional reservoirs to increase productivity
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| 2015 |
Introduces Infinity dissolvable plug-and-perf system, a first for the industry
Releases TeleScope ICE ultraHT measurements-while-drilling service, which provides critical information for real-time drilling optimization and well placement
Releases PowerDrive ICE ultraHT rotary steerable system with proprietary electronics that are ruggedized for extreme downhole environments
Launches two new full-azimuth multiclient surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico
Introduces ACTive Straddle CT real-time multiset inflatable packer to isolate and treat multiple zones on a single trip, reducing workover costs and improving treatment efficiency for production optimization
Schlumberger and Chevron Energy Technology Company sign a software agreement, providing universal access to the Petrel platform across Chevron's earth sciences organization
Introduces ACTive OptiFIRE CT real-time selective perforating and activation system that enables selective perforating at different depths in a single run, saving time and operational costs
Chief Executive Officer Paal Kibsgaard is appointed Chairman of the Board
BP standardizes using the Petrel platform to support its new digital technology rollout
M-I SWACO releases SCREEN PULSE fluids and cuttings separator to deliver optimum efficiency and reduce overall drilling costs
Introduces Depth Domain Inversion Services to reliably illuminate complex geology and reduce uncertainty through amplitude inversion
Launches industry-first multiclient wide-azimuth deepwater seismic survey in Mexican waters, Gulf of Mexico
Announces agreement to acquire Cameron International Corporation, a provider of wellhead and surface equipment and flow control and processing technology
Schlumberger and IBM introduce a new service to optimize integrated upstream production operations
Acquires Novatek, adding unique diamond technologies for improved drilling performance
Acquires a minority equity interest in Moscow-based Eurasia Drilling Company Limited, a leading onshore and offshore drilling and well services contractor that owns and operates one of the largest fleets of land drilling and workover units in the world
Schlumberger and Ikon Science sign a joint software development agreement
Acquires Fluid Inclusion Technologies, Inc. to expand rock and fluids services portfolio and add geochemical logging capability
Schlumberger and Bauer agree on a manufacturing joint venture to develop land drilling rigs and rig equipment
Executes contract with Statoil for multiclient wide-azimuth deepwater seismic survey in the Campeche Basin
Introduces INTERSECT high-resolution reservoir simulator, a software-as-a-service solution available in the cloud
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| 2016 |
Introduces AvantGuard advanced flowback services to optimize well performance from poststimulation operations through production
Launches OpenPath Sequence diversion stimulation service, which uses degradable fibers to suspend multimodal particles
Announces the release of GeoTesting geology-based well test design and interpretation services
Acquires the coiled tubing drilling and coiled tubing units from Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp., a Calgary-based provider of international land drilling and coiled tubing drilling services
Acquires Meta Downhole Limited, a UK-based engineering and service company that offers technology and expertise to provide downhole metal-to-metal isolation solutions in well integrity applications
Opens new reservoir and rock analysis laboratory in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Forms OneLNG joint venture with Golar LNG Limited
Acquires Omron Oilfield and Marine, Inc., a provider of automation technology and solutions
Acquires Saltel Industries, an engineering, manufacturing, and service company offering expandable patches and steel packers technology
Introduces Manara production and reservoir management system to enable downhole permanent monitoring and in-lateral flow control of multiple zones and compartments in real time
Introduces Maze microfluidic SARA analysis for reservoir fluids characterization, an industry first that automates the process for testing oil samples
Introduces MaxPull high-pull wireline conveyance system, the industry's highest-pull wireline conveyance system that can pull from 18,000 lbf to 30,000 lbf in wells 40,000 ft deep or more
Completes merger with Cameron International Corporation, combining two complementary technology portfolios into a pore-to-pipeline products and services offering
Introduces ACTive Q CT real-time downhole flow measurement service, which delivers real-time injection diagnostics and treatment evaluation in just one run in a well
Develops AxeBlade ridged diamond element bit, which incorporates new-geometry Axe ridged diamond elements across the bit face
Develops Cloud Hosting services for internal business systems
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| 2017 |
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company and Schlumberger announce a new multi- and wide-azimuth multiclient reimaging program in the Central US Gulf of Mexico
Opens new purpose-built Production Technologies Center of Excellence in Houston aimed at solving global challenges related to deepwater, heavy oil, and other extreme environments
Introduces SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service to provide accurate pressure measurements, perform downhole fluid analysis, and acquire high-quality samples while drilling
Introduces Lift IQ production life cycle management service, which offers monitoring, diagnostics, and optimization of artificial lift systems in real time
Schlumberger and YPF sign an agreement to start a shale oil pilot project in Bandurria Sur Block in Vaca Muerta, Neuquén, Argentina
Signs a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Aramco to develop an In-Kingdom Total Value Add roadmap in alignment with the Kingdom's economic vision for 2030
Introduces Pulsar multifunction spectroscopy service, which is the industry's first complete cased hole formation evaluation and reservoir saturation monitoring with openhole logging quality
Forms OneStim joint venture with Weatherford to deliver completions products and services for the development of unconventional resource plays in the United States and Canada land markets
Acquires Peak Well Systems, an Aberdeen, UK, based specialist in the design and development of advanced downhole tools for flow control, well intervention, and well integrity
Announces agreement to acquire a majority (51%) equity interest in Moscow-based Eurasia Drilling Company Limited, a leading onshore and offshore drilling and well services contractor that owns and operates one of the largest fleets of land drilling and workover units in the world (This acquisition is still subject to approval by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia)
Unveils the new DELFI cognitive E&P environment, which enables collaboration across exploration and production teams and leverages the full potential of all available data and science to optimize assets
Introduces DrillPlan coherent well construction planning solution, the first step in the DELFI environment and part of a fully integrated well construction offering
Launches GROVE IST integrated seat technology valve
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| 2018 |
Announces intent, along with Subsea 7, to form a joint venture, thereby providing the industry with one point of contact for subsea production system (SPS) and subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowline (SURF) services
Launches Tempo instrumented docking perforating gun system
Introduces GyroSphere MEMS gyro-while-drilling service
Commercializes HyperBlade hyberbolic diamond element bit
Rolls out CemFIT Shield mud-sealing cement system
Hexacom launches The Oilfield Marketplace, an e-commerce platform that connects oil and gas industry professionals with the products, services and information they need to optimize their assets
Launches Concert well testing live performance
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| 2019 |
Enters joint venture agreement with Rockwell Automation to create Sensia, the oil and gas industry's first fully integrated automation solutions provider
Appoints Olivier le Peuch as Chief Executive Officer
Introduces IriSphere look-ahead-while-drilling service, providing the industry's first application of electromagnetic (EM) technology for detecting formation features ahead of the drill bit in oil and gas wells
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