Is one of the largest international oil and natural gas service companies.

The company provides products and services for drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention of oil and natural gas wells, along with pipeline construction and commissioning. Headquartered in Switzerland, Weatherford currently operates in more than 100 countries across the globe and employs more than 60,000 people. The company has a substantial presence in the Middle East.

HISTOR The company was founded in 1941 in Weatherford, Texas as the Weatherford Y Spring Company by Jesse E. Hall Sr. In 1948, the company was renamed
Weatherford Oil Tool Company (WOTCO) with ownership by Jesse Hall, his son, Elmer, James E. Berry, and Juan A. Perea. From its inception, the company pioneered an innovative technique and equipment for the cementing of cased-hole oil wells. Originally marketed to U.S. well owners, Weatherford drilling and casing equipment was soon being used in the oil fields of Venezuela by the Gulf Oil Company. In 1972, the separate company of Energy Ventures, Inc. was founded as an offshore gas and oil exploration and production company. In 1987, Energy Ventures was liquidated and re- established , and by 1990, had acquired Grant Oil Country Tubular Company. In 1991, Weatherford acquired Petroleum Equipment Tools Company (PETCO). Weatherford and HOMCO later merged operations to create Weatherford Services, the largest oil fishing/ rental company in the world. In 1995, Weatherford merged with Enterra, becoming Weatherford Enterra Inc.

COMPANY As an oil and natural gas drilling services company, Weatherford produces a FOCUS
variety of products and services for the oil and gas industry. These include drilling services, electronic well measurement and monitoring, completion, production, and evaluation products and services. In particular, the company has developed directional drilling services that can extend through miles of bedrock with great precision, and tubular running services that are used on almost half of the worlds deepwater drilling projects. The company has more sand screen systems installed worldwide than any other company, and production optimization systems in more than 100,000 wells around the world. Additionally, Weatherford is the industrys only provider of all forms of artificial lift. Weatherford also offers intervention, completion, and decommissioning services for well owners, in addition to pipeline precommission, commissioning operations, and one of the worlds diverse fleets of inline inspection tool.