Walid YASSIN

Vice-President for North Africa

WEATHERFORD

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Weatherford In Figures

2022 revenue: USD 4.3 billion

2022 operating income: USD 412 million

Weatherford International is a global engineering company that provides equipment and services to the energy and industrial sectors.

The NASDAQ-listed company’s customers include national oil companies, international and independent oil and natural gas companies, and new energy companies. Weatherford has 345 operating locations in around 75 countries.

The company organises its activities under three operating segments:

  • Drilling and evaluation
  • Well construction and completion
  • Production and intervention

The drilling and evaluation segment offers services such as managed pressure drilling, directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling, wireline services, well intervention and remediation, and a range of downhole equipment.

The well construction and completion segment supplies products and services to ensure integrity over the life cycle of wells. Primary offerings are tubular running services, completions, liner hangers, well services and cementation products and specialised equipment such as plugs, float and torque-and-drag reduction technology.

Production and intervention offerings relate to responsible well management and boosting productivity. They include drilling tools, intervention services, artificial lift systems, subsea equipment for deep and ultra-deep operations, and pressure pumping, as well as software and data products for monitoring and control.

Weatherford News and Interviews

A Saudi oil and gas technology leader TEY_post_Completion-Energy-–-Abdulmuin-ALYOUSEF
Interview
Saudi Arabia - December 15, 2023

Abdulmuin Alyousef, CEO of Completion Energy, talks to The Energy Year about the company’s strategy to export technologies…

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Saudi Arabia’s energy diversification TEY_post_Al_Rushaid
Interview
Saudi Arabia - March 22, 2023

Sheikh Rasheed Al Rushaid, chairman and CEO of Al Rushaid Group, talks to The Energy Year about the progress of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 programme and the target to…

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Mexico’s strong bet on exploration Mudlogging Luis H. FERRÁN
Interview
Mexico - May 09, 2022

Luis H. Ferrán, managing director of The Mudlogging Company, talks to The Energy Year about the company’s plan to enter the US market, the importance of technology…

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A security provider for Angola’s energy and banking sectors G4S Venancio-EPOLUA
Interview
Angola - April 11, 2022

Venancio Epolua, general manager of G4S, talks to The Energy Year about the security services G4S provides for Angola’s oil and gas industry, how the pandemic and…

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Walid YASSIN Vice-President for North Africa WEATHERFORD
Interview
Egypt - June 18, 2019

Walid Yassin, Weatherford’s vice-president for North Africa, talks to TOGY about positive changes to the investment framework in Egypt and the country’s ability to…

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Walid YASSIN Vice-President for North Africa WEATHERFORD
Interview
Egypt - June 04, 2019

Walid Yassin, Weatherford’s vice-president for North Africa, talks to TOGY about positive changes to the investment framework in Egypt and the country’s ability to…

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Weatherford sells Kuwait rigs
NEWS
Kuwait - November 02, 2018

Weatherford has closed the sale of its land rigs in Kuwait to ADES for USD 123 million, the oilfield services giant announced on Thursday.

The deal, signed in July,…

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