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Schlumberger closes in on majority stake in Eurasia Drilling Company

Houston-based multinational oilfield services provider Schlumberger has reached a deal to take a controlling 51% stake in Russian firm Eurasia Drilling Company (EDC).

Terms of the deal were not revealed as it still depends on approval from Russia’s anti-monopoly body. But a failed bid by Schlumberger for a less-than-majority stake two years ago was valued at $1.7bn.

EDC does both offshore and onshore well-drilling work.

Schlumberger and EDC have enjoyed a strategic alliance since 2011 and the two firms have come close to similar deals in recent years only to postpone.

Founded in France, but now US-based, Schlumberger provides services including seismic acquisition and processing, formation evaluation, well testing and directional drilling.

Donal Scully

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