SUBSCRIBERS

Weatherford sells oil-well business to rival

Published Sun, Dec 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM

DeeperDive is a beta AI feature. Refer to full articles for the facts.

Houston

US oilfield services company Weatherford International Plc on Friday sold a US oil-well business to rival Schlumberger NV for US$430 million, abandoning a planned joint venture.

Weatherford has been looking to sell units and raise cash to reduce about US$7.9 billion in debt. It suffered a US$875 million loss on US$4.21 billion in revenue for the first nine months of 2017.

Share with us your feedback on BT's products and services