M&A Deal Summary

Schlumberger Acquires WesternGeco

On April 22, 2006, Schlumberger acquired energy services and equipment company WesternGeco from Baker Hughes for 2.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Schlumberger’s 3rd transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is Schlumberger’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Schlumberger’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-04-22
Target WesternGeco
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Buyer(s) Schlumberger
Sellers(s) Baker Hughes
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 2.4B USD

Target

WesternGeco

West Sussex, United Kingdom
WesternGeco, Ltd. provides reservoir imaging, monitoring, and development services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Schlumberger

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1926
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees111,000
Revenue 33.1B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Schlumberger office in Houston, Texas.
Schlumberger office in Houston, Texas.

Schlumberger is an oilfield services company. Schlumberger offers technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry. Schlumberger was formed in 1926 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 48
Sector (Energy Services and Equipment) 3 of 24
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 7
Year (2006) 1 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-22 Packers Plus Energy Services

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Packers Plus Energy Services, Inc. is an innovator of open hole, multi-stage completion systems and provides solutions for technically challenging applications in horizontal, vertical, multi-lateral and high pressure / high temperature (HPHT) wells.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-08 Ødegaard & Danneskiold-Samsøe A/S

Copenhagen, Denmark

Ødegaard A/S, the Copenhagen-based supplier of advanced surface seismic data inversion software. Ødegaard, which will become part of WesternGeco, specializes in applications of seismic data to determine rock parameters critical to better reservoir characterization and improved oil and gas recovery.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Baker Hughes

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees57,000
Revenue 25.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Baker Hughes is a provider of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. The company operates in more than 80 countries helping customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources. Baker Hughes is headquartered in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 10
Sector (Energy Services and Equipment) 1 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 10
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2006) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-31 Nova Technology

Broussard, Louisiana, United States

Nova is a supplier of permanent monitoring, chemical injection systems, and multi-line services for deepwater and subsea oil and gas well applications and has contracts in the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, Sakhalin Island and Brazil.

Buy $70M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-17 Gaffney Cline & Associates

Houston, Texas, United States

Gaffney, Cline & Associates is an international advisory firm focused on providing integrated technical and managerial services to all sectors of the oil and gas industry. For more than 45 years GCA has provided strategic and detailed advice aimed at achieving practical and commercially viable results. In addition to reservoir engineering, GCA advises a wide group of clients in exploration, reservoir evaluation, field development, drilling and production, pipeline, refining and LNG projects throughout the world. GCA has principal offices in London, Houston, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Sydney.

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