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Every great legacy starts with a bold vision. Born in France in 1878, Conrad Schlumberger conceived the revolutionary idea of mapping subsurface rock bodies with electrical measurements. His technique would serve as the spark for a new, disruptive name in energy.
One son became an author, two others scientists. Paul Schlumberger had no intention of living on his private means. Settling in Paris in 1901 he took an active part in the running of the new companies established by his family and supported his children’s plans.
Conrad Schlumberger (2 October 1878 in Gebweiler (Alsace-Lorraine) – 9 May 1936 in Stockholm) and Emile Henry Marcel Schlumberger (21 June 1884 in Gebweiler – 9 May 1953 in Val-Richer) were brothers from the region of Alsace-Lorraine, France, then a part of the German Empire.
Schlumberger NV (French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-]), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [3] [4] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue. [5]
Dominique de Menil (née Schlumberger; March 23, 1908 – December 31, 1997) was a French-American art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oil-equipment fortune. [1]
Schlumberger is the world’s leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to a global energy industry.
The Schlumberger family originated in Swabia, a region of southern Germany that is now part of Baden-Württemberg. Claus Schlumberger was the first of the family to settle in Guebwiller in the 16th century, at the time of the Abbots of Murbach.
A family of manufacturers from Alsace (France), the Schlumbergers originated in Würtemberg (Germany), and crossed the French border during the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century.
Had it not been for World War II, the de Menils—with two daughters and a son on the way—surely would have stayed in Paris. By 1941, the family had relocated to Houston, home of Schlumberger’s world headquarters. The de Menils were determined to fit in and to make a difference.
Dominique de Menil was the daughter of Conrad Schlumberger, one of the brothers who founded the world's largest oilfield services company. Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger grew up in the Alsace region on the border between France and Germany.