Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company announced today that they have reached an agreement with the Department of Justice that would allow the parties to complete their proposed transaction under U.S. law. Today’s milestone represents significant progress toward creating an oil and gas productivity leader positioned to deliver value …

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced today that the European Commission has cleared the proposed transaction between Baker Hughes and GE’s oil and gas business under EU merger control rules. The companies remain confident in the value that the combined company will deliver to its customers, …

Dynamus bit reduces damage risks to the bit and BHA. Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today the commercial release of its Dynamus™ extended-life polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bit which can significantly reduce drilling costs by eliminating trips to replace bits or bottomhole assembly (BHA) tools that wear out in high horsepower drilling …

Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today the introduction of its DEEPFRAC™ deepwater multistage fracturing service, which can save operators hundreds of millions of dollars in offshore developments through unprecedented efficiency gains across the completion phase. Using multiposition sleeves and patented flowback control technology, the service accelerates or eliminates certain steps of …

Baker Hughes announced today the commercial release of its TerrAdapt™ adaptive drill bit, which can deliver dramatic improvements in drilling economics by using automation to mitigate downhole dysfunctions that cause inefficient drilling and costly tool failures. With the industry’s first self-adjusting depth-of-cut (DOC) control elements, the TerrAdapt bit automatically changes …

General Electric Company and Baker Hughes Incorporated today announced that the companies have each received a request for additional information (“second request”) from the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in connection with the pending combination of GE’s oil and gas business with Baker Hughes. The second requests were issued …

Baker Hughes Incorporated, CSL Capital Management and West Street Energy Partners (WSEP), a fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, announced today an agreement to create a pure-play North American land pressure pumping company. The new company, BJ Services, will leverage operational experience and industry expertise to …

GE and Baker Hughes today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement to combine GE’s oil and gas business (“GE Oil & Gas”) and Baker Hughes to create a world-leading oilfield technology provider with a unique mix of service and equipment capabilities. The “New” Baker Hughes will be a leading equipment, technology and …

General Electric Co. is in talks to merge its oil-and-gas business with Baker Hughes Inc.,according to people familiar with the matter, a transaction that would dramatically reshape the industrial giant. GE has approached the oil-field-services company about a deal, the people said, but details of the talks couldn’t be learned …

Halliburton Company and Baker Hughes Incorporated today announced that the companies have terminated the merger agreement they entered into in November 2014, effective April 30, 2016. “While both companies expected the proposed merger to result in compelling benefits to shareholders, customers and other stakeholders, challenges in obtaining remaining regulatory approvals …