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Schlumberger Ltd., the world's biggest oilfield services company, has agreed to purchase fellow industry player Smith International Inc. for about $11 billion in stock in a move to diversify its product offerings and better compete with rival Halliburton Co.
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has begun laying off 1,500 workers, or about 4% of its workforce, as part of a second round of cuts resulting from the economic downturn.