Liberty Oilfield Services Inc.和斯伦贝谢宣布于2020年12月31日完成将斯伦贝谢在美国和加拿大的陆上水力压裂业务（OneStim®）向Liberty的出资，包括其压力泵送、抽空射孔和二叠纪压裂业务砂业务，以换取 Liberty 37% 的股权。
今天，Liberty 为石油和天然气行业的技术和可持续发展新时代奠定了基础。我们致力于以清洁、安全和高效的方式将碳氢化合物带到地面，从而促进全球能源的获取。”Liberty 董事长兼首席执行官克里斯·赖特 (Chris Wright) 说道。“Liberty 的人才和技术使我们能够履行这一责任，我们很高兴欢迎新员工和客户加入 Liberty 大家庭。我们扩大的技术组合、敬业的专业团队和广泛的业务构成了我们实现更大创新和效率的基础，从而为我们的客户提供最好的服务并为我们的股东带来回报。”
斯伦贝谢首席执行官 Olivier Le Peuch 表示：“此次交易使斯伦贝谢能够从北美页岩油活动已经开始的强劲复苏中受益。” “过去几个月我们与 Liberty 的合作经验证实了我们的信念：这是未来的正确组合。我们很自豪能够以行业内无与伦比的规模、技术、客户组合和人才的组织参与北美市场。我们期待实现协同效应，并利用我们的联盟协议与 Liberty 进行进一步的技术合作。”
交易完成的同时，Liberty 董事会增加了两名来自斯伦贝谢的代表：高级战略顾问、前执行副总裁兼首席财务官 Simon Ayat 和 Americas Land 总裁 James R McDonald。
赖特评论道：“我很高兴欢迎西蒙·阿亚特 (Simon Ayat) 和詹姆斯·R·麦克唐纳 (James R McDonald) 加入 Liberty 董事会。作为一家公司，我们正处于一个激动人心的时刻，他们丰富的全球经验为 Liberty 带来了独特的视角。我们的技术联盟协议进一步补充了我们现有的技术和工程服务，帮助解决客户的挑战，我们期待共同实现下一代资源开发。”
Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. and Schlumberger have announced the completion of the contribution of Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic fracturing business in the United States and Canada (OneStim®) to Liberty on 31 December 2020, including its pressure pumping, pumpdown perforating, and Permian frac sand businesses, in exchange for a 37% equity interest in Liberty.
“Today, Liberty has laid the foundation for a new era of technology and sustainability in the oil and gas industry. We are driven to advance global energy access by bringing hydrocarbons to the surface in a clean, safe and efficient way,” said Chris Wright, Liberty Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Together, the talent and technology at Liberty enable us to execute on this responsibility, and we are excited to welcome our new employees and customers to the Liberty family. Our expanded technology portfolio, dedicated team of professionals and breadth of operations form the foundation for us to achieve greater innovation and efficiency to deliver the best service to our customers and returns to our shareholders.”
“This transaction positions Schlumberger to benefit from the strong recovery already underway in North American shale activity,” said Olivier Le Peuch, CEO, Schlumberger. “Our experience with Liberty over the past few months has confirmed our belief that this is the right combination for the future. We are proud to participate in the North America market with an organisation that combines scale, technology, customer portfolio and talent unmatched in the industry. We look forward to realising the synergies and to leverage our alliance agreement for further technology collaboration with Liberty.”
Concurrent with the closing, Liberty added two representatives from Schlumberger to its board of directors -Simon Ayat, Senior Strategic Advisor and former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and James R McDonald, President of Americas Land.
Wright commented: “I am pleased to welcome Simon Ayat and James R McDonald to the Liberty board of directors. We are at an exciting time in our journey as a company, and their considerable global experience brings a unique perspective to Liberty. Our technology alliance agreement further complements our established technology and engineering services that help solve our customers’ challenges, and together, we look forward to enabling the next generation development of resources.”
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