Published: 03/01/2019
Published: 03/01/2019
Schlumberger Limited is providing the following disclosure pursuant to DTR 4.3A of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules, which requires disclosures of certain payments made by Schlumberger Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries (together, the “Company”) to governments for the year ended December 31, 2018 relating to “extractive industries” as defined by, and required under, the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/3209) (as amended, the “UK Regulations”). The following schedules disclose the payments made by the Company in 2018 to governments in Bolivia, Georgia, Morocco, the United Kingdom and the United States in connection with Schlumberger’s extractive activities under the UK Regulations, including its operation of sand and barite mines.
Payments are disclosed in US Dollars. Where a payment or a series of related payments is less than the equivalent of £86,000 (USD $110,960)1 such payments have been excluded (in line with the UK Regulations). Payments made in currencies other than United States Dollars are converted based on the foreign exchange rate at the relevant annual average rate.
Taxes exclude taxes levied on consumption such as value added taxes, personal income taxes or sales taxes.
Schlumberger is the world's leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. Working in more than 85 countries and employing approximately 100,000 people who represent over 140 nationalities, Schlumberger supplies the industry's most comprehensive range of products and services, from exploration through production, and integrated pore-to-pipeline solutions that optimize hydrocarbon recovery to deliver reservoir performance.
Schlumberger Limited has principal offices in Paris, Houston, London and The Hague, and reported revenues of $32.82 billion in 2018. For more information, visit www.slb.com.