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Schlumberger's Q2 beats estimates as margins rise after job cuts

Published Fri, Jul 17, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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SCHLUMBERGER Ltd is beginning to reap some benefits from more than 20,000 job cuts announced this year to weather the oil-price crash.

The world's largest oilfield services provider earned 88 US cents a share in the second quarter, beating the 79-cent average of 37 estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Profit margins at its international business, which generates about three-quarters of sales, climbed to 24.5 per cent from 24 per cent a year earlier.

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