Acquisitions
Information about acquisitions made by Schlumberger appears in Note 4 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements
.
GENERAL
Patents
While Schlumberger seeks and holds numerous patents covering various products and processes, no particular patent
or group of patents is considered material to Schlumberger’s business.
Seasonality
Although weather and natural phenomena can temporarily affect delivery of oilfield services, the widespread
geographic location of such services precludes the overall business from being characterized as seasonal.
Customers and Backlog of Orders
For the year ended December 31, 2010, no single customer exceeded 10% of consolidated revenue. Other than
WesternGeco, we have no significant backlog due to the nature of our businesses. The WesternGeco backlog, which is
based on signed contracts with customers, was $0.9 billion at December 31, 2010 ($1.0 billion at December 31, 2009).
Employees
As of December 31, 2010, Schlumberger had approximately 108,000 employees.
Financial Information
Financial information by business segment for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 is provided in
Note 17 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements
.
Available Information
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The information on our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference in this Report and should not be
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