| Item 7.01 |
Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On June 24, 2025, Olivier Le Peuch, CEO of SLB, addressed the J.P. Morgan Energy, Power & Renewables Conference in New York, New York, where he discussed in a fireside chat, among other things, SLB’s operational update for the second quarter 2025. Mr. Le Peuch’s discussion included the following statement:
“Looking broadly across the energy markets, there has been a lot of uncertainty this quarter, including OPEC+ announcements, tariff negotiations, and geopolitical escalations.
“In this environment, the actual activity mix has diverged slightly from the assumptions we used to plan the quarter. This was most notable in Saudi Arabia, where activity has declined ahead of our expectations with several additional rigs being demobilized and Jafurah unconventional activity taking a slight pause ahead of new tender results. Additionally, we continue to see lower short-cycle activity in Latin America. These declines are offset by pockets of growth across Middle East and North Africa.
“Barring any impact to activity in the Persian Gulf from the conflict, we still expect second-quarter revenue to be flattish sequentially. However, the unfavorable geographical activity mix is impacting margins, and we now expect company-wide EBITDA, in dollar terms, to also be flat sequentially, slightly down from the expectation shared during the first-quarter earnings call. This impact is most notable in our Well Construction division, while margins in Production Systems, Reservoir Performance, and Digital and Integration remain resilient.
“Our commitment to returning a minimum of $4 billion to shareholders in 2025 is unchanged.
“Looking ahead, we will provide updated guidance for the second half of the year during our second quarter earnings call in a few weeks.”
The second-quarter operational update is further summarized in the attached slides furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference. In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor will it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking Statements
This Form 8-K and the presentation furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto, as well as other statements we make, contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which include any statements that are not historical facts. Such statements often contain words such as “expect,” “may,” “can,” “believe,” “predict,” “plan,” “potential,” “projected,” “projections,” “precursor,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “expectations,” “estimate,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “ambition,” “goal,” “target,” “scheduled,” “think,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “see,” “likely,” and other similar words. Forward-looking statements address matters that are, to varying degrees, uncertain, such as statements about our financial and performance targets and other forecasts or expectations regarding, or dependent on, our business outlook; growth for SLB as a whole and for each of its Divisions (and for specified business lines, geographic areas, or technologies within each Division); oil and natural gas demand and production growth; oil and natural gas prices; forecasts or expectations regarding energy transition and global climate change; improvements in operating procedures and technology; capital expenditures by SLB and the oil and gas industry; our business strategies, including digital and “fit for basin,” as well as the strategies of our customers; our capital allocation plans, including dividend plans and share repurchase programs; our APS projects, joint ventures, and other alliances; the impact of ongoing or escalating conflicts on global energy supply; access to raw materials; future global economic and geopolitical conditions; future liquidity, including free cash flow; and future results of operations, such as margin levels. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changing global economic and geopolitical conditions; changes in exploration and production spending by our customers, and changes in the level of oil and natural gas exploration and development; the results of operations and financial condition of our customers and suppliers; the inability to achieve our financial and performance targets and other forecasts and expectations; the inability to achieve our net-zero carbon emissions goals or interim emissions reduction goals; general economic, geopolitical, and business conditions in key regions of the world; foreign currency risk; inflation; changes in monetary policy by governments; tariffs; pricing pressure; weather and seasonal factors;
