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Baker Hughes Joins Halliburton in Ida-Fueled Oil Services Hit

Another disappointment to jolt the oil services sector: Baker Hughes Co. reported a third-quarter earnings stumble that included pain from Hurricane Ida and a warning of hampered growth for oil demand.

October 20, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Shale Drillers Puzzle Analysts With $7.4 Billion Merger

Shale investors have been demanding more consolidation in the U.S. oil patch. But not exactly a deal like this one.

May 25, 2021
BusinessFuel

World’s Biggest Fracker Halliburton Sees Signs of Rebirth as Slump Ebbs

Halliburton Co. expects the rout in North American shale to peter out after history’s worst crude crash decimated many of its customers.

October 19, 2020
BusinessEquipmentFuel

Shale Loses Another Global Giant After Schlumberger’s Frack Sale

Schlumberger has become the biggest oil service industry player yet to abandon frack work in North America, a sign that activity in the U.S. shale patch may never revisit previous highs.

September 1, 2020
BusinessFuelTop 100

Schlumberger Shrinks Staff to Lowest Since Pre-Shale Era

Schlumberger Ltd. posted its weakest sales in 14 years and is cutting one-fifth of its workforce while warning that new waves of COVID-19 could derail the nascent recovery in global energy demand.

July 24, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogisticsTop 100

Baker Hughes Bracing for Second Wave of COVID-19 Lockdowns

Baker Hughes Co. is bracing for a second wave of pandemic-induced lockdowns after the virus crippled economic activity around the world and compounded a historic oil bust.

July 22, 2020
BusinessFuelTop 100

Halliburton Rises on ‘Outstanding’ Cuts After Frack Slump

Halliburton Co. impressed investors by slashing costs more than expected as the fracking behemoth works its way through an historic shale bust. The shares surged more than 8%.

July 20, 2020
BusinessFuel

Tens of Thousands Are Getting Laid Off in US Shale Patch

The spread of the coronavirus coupled with an oil-price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia threatens to devastate the oil services industry and its workers.

March 23, 2020
Business

Chevron Sees ‘Boom Boom Boom’ Permian Despite Signs of Slowdown

Chevron Corp. sees a “boom boom boom kind of economy” in West Texas, shrugging off signs of a Permian Basin slowdown showing up in everything from jobs to hotel rooms.

October 22, 2019
Business

Halliburton Cuts Fracking Jobs, Gear in US, Canada

Halliburton Co. is shifting strategy in its largest region to deal with subdued customer spending by trimming 8% of its North American workforce and shelving unused frack gear.

July 22, 2019