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Schlumberger. 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.
Pierre Schlumberger was born in 1914, the son of Marcel Schlumberger, a mechanical engineer, and his wife Jeanne Laurans. [1] Marcel co-founded Schlumberger in the 1920s with his brother, Conrad, a physicist. [1] Pierre was the brothers' only male heir.
Padma Bhushan. Jean Riboud (15 November 1919 – 20 October 1985) was a French socialist, corporate executive and the chairman of Schlumberger, [1] the largest oilfield services company in the world. [2] He was a member of the French Resistance during World War II and suffered incarceration in Buchenwald concentration camp of the Nazis. [3]
The Schlumberger brothers called this technique an "Electrical Survey", but the more common name "well log" was coined a few years later in the United States. At that time, Pechelbronn was the only oil field known in France. On 28 July 1928, the owners of the oil field signed a contract with the Schlumberger company to do
Smith International was a Fortune 500 company headquartered in the Greenspoint district and in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. [2] [3] Smith International ceased to exist as an independent company following the merger with Schlumberger. This company supplies products to gas and oil production and exploration companies.
Kibsgaard started his career with ExxonMobil in 1992, and joined Schlumberger in 1997. He became its CEO in August 2011, succeeding Andrew Gould, who retired as chairman and CEO. He was replaced by Olivier Le Peuch in August 2019. Under his leadership, the company laid off approximately 70,000 employees in less than three years.
Le Peuch was born and raised in France. [3] He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and a master's degree in microelectronics, both from ENSEIRB-MATMECA and University of Bordeaux. [4] In 1987, Le Peuch joined Schlumberger as an electrical engineer. [4] He has worked for Schlumberger for 32 years (as of July 2019), rising to ...
The Heath Company was founded as an aircraft company in 1911 [5] by Edward Bayard Heath with the purchase of Bates Aeroplane Co, soon renamed to E.B. Heath Aerial Vehicle Co. Starting in 1926 it sold a light aircraft, the Heath Parasol, in kit form. [6] Heath died during a 1931 test flight. [7]