Schlumberger (SLB), USA announces the awarding of contracts across GCC Countries as part of its fourth-Quarter 2025 Results.
SLB continues to win new contract awards that align with SLB’s strengths in the Core. Notable highlights include the following:
- In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aramco awarded SLB a five-year contract to provide stimulation services for its unconventional gas fields. This award is part of a broader multi-billion dollar contract, supporting one of the largest unconventional gas development programs globally. The contract encompasses advanced stimulation, well intervention, frac automation and digital solutions, which are important to unlocking the potential of Saudi Arabia’s unconventional gas resources — a cornerstone of the Kingdom’s strategy to diversify its energy portfolio and support the global energy transition.
- In Kuwait, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) awarded SLB its first managed pressure drilling (MPD) contract in the country. SLB was selected for its fit-for-basin MPD solutions, which are tailored to address Kuwait’s complex subsurface conditions, and SLB’s proven track record of global MPD services.
Notable technology introductions and deployments in the quarter include the following:
- In Oman, SLB and Daleel Petroleum enhanced production from mature wells by carefully selecting and prioritizing the best wells for treatment in a reservoir-centric approach. The large-volume acidizing campaign delivered targeted stimulation using the OpenPath Flex™ customizable acid stimulation service for effective fluid retardation, OpenPath Sequence™ diversion stimulation service and acid live diversion with real-time high-frequency pressure monitoring. As a result of producer and injector well stimulation, cumulative incremental oil recovery has exceeded 580,000 barrels spanning 33 jobs within 7 years. Daleel Petroleum plans to expand the campaign to include marginal reservoirs in the future.
SLB is deploying digital technology at scale, partnering with customers to migrate their technology and workflows into the cloud, to embrace new AI-enabled capabilities, and to leverage insights to elevate their performance. Notable highlights include the following:
- ADNOC and SLB launched the AI-powered production system optimization (AiPSO) platform with initial deployment across eight fields. The launch positions ADNOC as an industry pioneer in implementing AI-driven production system optimization at scale across all fields, enabling the company to take a significant step towards becoming the world’s most AI-enabled energy company. Powered by the SLB Lumi data and AI platform and leveraging Cognite Data Fusion, AiPSO uses millions of real-time data points, AI and ADNOC’s proprietary machine learning to proactively monitor and optimize the entire production system, comprising thousands of hydrocarbon wells and hundreds of processing facilities. The platform enables smart workflows that connect office and field operations in real time enabling engineers to diagnose issues and optimize wells in minutes instead of days, enhancing the productivity of ADNOC’s workforce and increasing production capacity from the company’s wells.
- In Oman, SLB and OQ Exploration & Production SAOG advanced well construction using Neuro autonomous solutions to boost drilling efficiency and improve well economics. On three wells, the PowerDrive™ rotary steerable system (RSS) increased rate of penetration (ROP) by up to 50% through AI optimization. On another well, the high-powered PowerDrive One™ RSS — integrated with measurement-while-drilling capabilities — improved ROP by 40% and reduced both tripping and casing time. The bottomhole assembly featured the Retina™ at-bit imaging system, which captured high-resolution formation details to inform future well planning. These advancements represent a step toward fully autonomous drilling, integrating rig automation with directional and on-bottom operations.
- In Kuwait, KOC awarded SLB a five-year contract to deliver seismic data processing and reprocessing services. The scope includes a broad range of 2D, 3C, 3D and 4D seismic data types across diverse environments, including offshore, onshore, transition zones and urban areas. The processing services will incorporate AI workflows to accelerate interpretation insights, enabling KOC to make more informed exploration and development decisions.
The Company stated that, Revenue in the Middle East & Asia of $3.23 billion increased 7% sequentially, driven by a rebound in Saudi Arabia, along with robust activity in East Asia, Egypt, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Indonesia.
Year over year, revenue decreased 7%, as higher activity in East Asia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Oman and India was more than offset by significantly reduced activity in Saudi Arabia.
