11. Assets held for sale and Liabilities held for sale
On September 22, 2003, Schlumberger announced the signing of an agreement, with Atos Origin, for the sale of its SchlumbergerSema business. On January 29, 2004 the sale transaction was completed. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the assets and liabilities which will be eliminated from the Schlumberger Consolidated Balance Sheet subsequent to the sale have been aggregated and presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2003 as Assets held for sale ($3.24 billion) and Liabilities held for sale ($1.22 billion).
An analysis of the Assets and Liabilities held for sale is as follows: