Schlumberger
Oilfield services company
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| April 2024 | Announced intention to acquire ChampionX in an all-stock deal valued at $7.75 billion. |
| March 2024 | Schlumberger (SLB) publicly announced it has no intentions of withdrawing from Russia, despite international pressure to reduce financial support to the Russian government's war efforts. |
| February 2023 | Acquired Gyrodata Incorporated, a Houston-based gyroscopic wellbore positioning and survey technology company. |
| 2022 | Completed corporate rebranding to be known as SLB. |
| 2022 | Ranked 349th largest company in the world by Forbes Global 2000, demonstrating significant global business presence. |
| October 2022 | Schlumberger reported to have employees receiving military draft notices in Russia, raising human rights concerns about the company's response to conscription. |
| October 2022 | Schlumberger's Russian employees received military draft notices through the company, prompting human rights groups to monitor the company's response. The company later stated it was evaluating options for its Russian employees. |
| March 2022 | Stopped investing in projects in Russia due to international sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War. |
| 2020 | A class action lawsuit was filed against Schlumberger alleging systemic sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. The lawsuit exposed a toxic workplace culture involving documented harassment, inappropriate sexual advances, and termination of employees who complained about misconduct. |
| 2018 | Schlumberger's pay-gap report revealed extremely low representation of women, with only 5.4% in field roles and 16.2% in total company roles, highlighting significant gender disparity in the organization. |
| 2015 | Indicted by US Department of Justice for sanction violations, fined $233 million. Announced 21,000 layoffs due to global oil and gas industry downturn. |
| August 27 2010 | Completed acquisition of Smith International in an all-stock deal valued at $11.3 billion. |
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