Schlumberger Sees Hope Outside North America

摘要

Oil-field services giant Schlumberger expects its international business to show “relative resilience” in the coming months, with lower levels of decline compared to North America. But the industry bellwether, which on Friday kicked off what is sure to be a dismal earnings season for the energy sector, said it would not offer a forecast for the coming quarter due to extreme levels of uncertainty over crude demand as the world economy stalls in response to the coronavirus pandemic (OD Mar.25’20).