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2015 Annual Report Schlumberger Limited Financial Performance (Stated in Millions, Except Per-Share Amounts) 2015 Annual Report Schlumberger Limited Financial Performance (Stated in millions, except per-share amounts) Year ended December 31 2015 2014 2013 Revenue $ 35,475 $ 48,580 $ 45,266 Income from continuing operations $ 2,072 $ 5,643 $ 6,801 Diluted earnings-per-share from continuing operations $ 1.63 $ 4.31 $ 5.10 Cash dividends per share $ 2.00 $ 1.60 $ 1.25 Net debt $ 5,547 $ 5,387 $ 4,443 Safety Performance Year ended December 31 2015 2014 2013 Combined Lost Time Injury Frequency (CLTIF)—Industry Recognized 0.95 1.03 1.19 Auto Accident Rate mile (AARm)—Industry Recognized 0.21 0.24 0.24 Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the international oil and gas industry. The company employs more than 95,000 people who represent more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 85 countries. Schlumberger supplies a wide range of products and services, including seismic data acquisition and processing; drill bits and drilling fluids; directional drilling and drilling services; formation evaluation and well testing; well cementing and stimulation; artificial lift, well completions, and well intervention; and software and information management. Table of Contents Front Cover Financial and Safety Performance Inside Front Cover Geoscientist Sasha Arenas analyzes microseismic data in a struc- 2 Letter to Shareholders tural model using the Petrel* platform at the Digital Technology 5 Performed by Schlumberger Theatre in Houston, Texas. The interpretation of microseismic 6 Transformation as a Pathway to Growth data helps engineers to better understand hydraulically induced 8 Developing New Technology fracture system geometry to optimize stimulation treatments and 12 Optimizing Shared Services improve well economics. 16 Accelerating Our Transformation 22 Our Transformation Advantage 27 Annual Report on Form 10-K Inside Front Cover Directors, Officers, and Corporate Information Inside Back Cover Electronic Technician Lusakueno Mateus and Field Specialist Daniel Egodo review an equipment checklist in preparation for Scan the code with your mobile an upcoming cementing operation on a deepwater drillship off device to view the multimedia the coast of Angola. version of this report. 1 Letter to Shareholders Schlumberger revenue of $35.5 billion in 2015 represented a drop of 27% from 2014 due to customer spending falling as commodity prices weakened during the year. Revenue in North America decreased 39%, driven by a land rig count that ended the year 68% lower than the peak seen in 2014, as well as by pricing pressure that intensified during the year. North American offshore revenue fell more modestly as rigs in the US Gulf of Mexico shifted from exploration to development work, although the overall market in North America was the weakest for oilfield services since 1986. Internationally, revenue declined 21% as customers cut budgets and pressured service pricing, with these effects often exacerbated by activity disruptions, project Paal Kibsgaard Chairman and Chief Executive Officer delays, and cancellations. In the oil markets, the negative sentiments that had dominated the year accelerated during the fourth quarter after some optimism earlier in the summer. The impact of OPEC lifting production targets to produce at maximum rates, combined with production in North America from unconventional resources declining slower than expected following the April peak, has led to supply continuing to exceed increasing demand. As a result, commodity prices fell dramatically, with oil dropping to a 12-year low by the end of the year. These weaker fundamentals drove industry exploration and production (E&P) capital investment significantly lower. In the natural gas markets, US production grew to a record of 75 Bcf/d as new fields in the US Gulf of Mexico were brought into production and supplies from unconventional shale gas and tight oil reservoirs continued to grow. This trend is expected to continue with newly completed pipeline capacity in the northeast United States bringing new supplies. A relatively mild start to the winter together with North American gas storage levels well above the five-year average is keeping natural gas prices low. Internationally, European gas demand growth returned to positive territory. Despite this increased demand, storage levels are at record highs due to ample supply from the North Sea and Russia, as well as from liquefied natural gas (LNG). Demand rebounded in Asia but remained in a downward trend overall. As LNG exports from Australia grow, the region is likely to remain oversupplied with low natural gas prices persisting. Our financial performance in 2015 was significantly impacted by the large decrease in land activity, particularly in the US, where the year-end land rig count numbered less than 700 rigs. This created massive overcapacity in the land market that impacted pricing levels across a broad range of oilfield services. Internationally, revenue in the Europe, CIS & Africa Area fell by 26% as a result of the weakening Russian ruble, and due to a drop in exploration activities in the North Sea and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Latin America, revenue declined 22% due to decreased activity in Mexico, Brazil, and Colombia as a result of sustained budget cuts that led to rig count reductions. Middle East & Asia Area revenue decreased 17% on lower activity in the Asia Pacific region, particularly in Australia, although this was partially offset by robust activity in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Oman. 2 Among the Groups, Reservoir Characterization performance was impacted by sustained cuts in exploration spending, currency weaknesses, and operational disruptions from exhausted customer budgets that affected Wireline activities. For the Drilling Group, the drop in drilling activity coupled with persistent pricing pressure, currency weaknesses, and operational disruptions lowered Drilling & Measurements and M-I SWACO revenues across all geographies, but most significantly in the Europe, CIS & Africa Area. Production Group performance was mainly affected by the fall in North American land activity as exhausted customer budgets led to a continued decline in rig count and increased pricing pressure. In spite of falling activity, new technology sales remained robust across all Groups during the year, representing 24% of total sales and proving the value that innovative technology can bring when delivered with increased efficiency and higher reliability. The third quarter saw the pressure pumping stage count for BroadBand* unconventional reservoir completion services reach almost 12,000 and pass the milestone of generating more than $1 billion in cumulative revenue since its introduction in late 2013. This performance is more than three times the success of the earlier HiWAY* flow-channel fracturing technique, which already represented a step change in new product introduction. In terms of health and safety, our performance improved further in 2015. Our continued focus on driving and journey 2015 Revenue management led to a decrease in our auto accident rate of more than 8% compared with 2014. One of the major contributing factors to this improvement has been our investment in the Schlumberger Global Journey Management 24% Center network that continues to monitor trips made in New Technology countries that we consider to exhibit medium and high driving risk. In environmental matters, we have shown that many of our technologies are playing increasing roles in lowering environmental impact while optimizing the production and recovery of nonrenewable resources efficiently and reliably. These are documented in our first Global Stewardship Report, which illustrates that our approach to sustainability is rooted in our global culture. Despite today’s weak market for oilfield services, we delivered strong corporate financial results in 2015. At the beginning of 2015, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the 76% quarterly dividend to $0.50 cents per share. This confidence Other Revenue has been justified by our generation of $5 billion in free cash flow during the year, after taking into account capital expenditures of $2.4 billion and investment in future revenue streams of $1.4 billion. We have returned $4.6 billion in cash to our shareholders through a combination of dividend payments and stock buy-backs. In addition, we have spent about $500 million on technology acquisitions that broadened our portfolio in a number of key products and services. Yet we increased our net debt by only $160 million due to our ability to generate cash, which is unmatched in the oilfield services industry. This has given us an unrivalled ability to capitalize on a variety of significant business opportunities. 3 Among these opportunities was the August announcement of our agreement to acquire Cameron International Corporation, the company with which we formed the OneSubseaTM joint venture in June 2013. The rationale for this acquisition lies in our belief that the industry’s next technical breakthrough will be achieved through the integration of Schlumberger downhole reservoir and well technologies with Cameron surface drilling, processing, and flow control technologies. Further development of instrumentation, software, and automation abilities will enable us to launch a new era of complete drilling and production system performance. On November 17, we received unconditional clearance from the US Department of Justice. We expect to
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