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SLB

Identity verified against SEC EDGAR filing 0001193125-26-021017; registered as SLB LIMITED/NV, CIK 0000087347.

SLB

SLB is mapped to the Enhanced geothermal as subsurface industrial reuse theme as Subsurface-technology crossover: reservoir engineering, well construction and geothermal consulting (GeothermEx), positioning as integrated EGS solution provider.. Strong strategic exposure, immaterial financially today. SLB partnered with Ormat (Oct 2025) to co-develop and demonstrate integrated EGS at an Ormat facility, contributing subsurface, reservoir-engineering and well-construction expertise. SLB's GeothermEx provides geothermal consulting (incl. a US DoD qualification in 2025) and SLB joined a Google Cloud / Project Innerspace geothermal-data collaboration (Mar 2025). Theme materiality is stated separately and, where not independently verified, is marked accordingly.

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Reviewed company research · researched 2026-07-22 · not an individual investment recommendation

Listing: public
Ticker: SLB
Exchange: NYSE
HQ: —
Currency: USD
SEC CIK: 0000087347

Investment case

How this company captures the theme economics

Competitive position

Strong strategic exposure, immaterial financially today. SLB partnered with Ormat (Oct 2025) to co-develop and demonstrate integrated EGS at an Ormat facility, contributing subsurface, reservoir-engineering and well-construction expertise. SLB's GeothermEx provides geothermal consulting (incl. a US DoD qualification in 2025) and SLB joined a Google Cloud / Project Innerspace geothermal-data collaboration (Mar 2025). Company-specific competitive positioning is assessed at the theme level and awaits deeper primary research.

Scarce assets

Scarce assets in this value chain include drilling speed and cost per meter/well in hard, hot crystalline rock (the dominant egs cost lever)., high-temperature tools, electronics and completion hardware rated for egs downhole conditions., reservoir performance, connectivity and thermal longevity over a 20-30 year asset life (limited long-duration public data)..

Products, segments, and customers

SLB operates in Enhanced geothermal as subsurface industrial reuse. Segment- and product-level detail is pending company-specific research.

Theme capture

Conditions

What must be true

Track the SLB-Ormat pilot to FID/commercial scale; look for any New Energy geothermal revenue disclosure; assess breadth of geothermal customer base beyond Ormat.
The exposure described for SLB must be confirmed as financially material in official filings.

Identifiable catalysts

Forthcoming quarterly and annual issuer filings
Theme-level catalysts detailed in the Enhanced geothermal as subsurface industrial reuse brief

Theme materiality

1 mapped theme

Exposure statements are evidence-qualified. Materiality is only claimed where disclosure supports it.

Subsurface-technology crossover: reservoir engineering, well construction and geothermal consulting (GeothermEx), positioning as integrated EGS solution provider.

Enhanced geothermal as subsurface industrial reuse

Evidence: SLB-Ormat EGS partnership and respective roles from Ormat IR, Oct 27, 2025 [slb-ormat-2025]; GeothermEx/DoD and Google Cloud collaboration surfaced via search of SLB newsroom pages (Mar-2025 items) [slb-geothermal]. ITIF lists SLB among oilfield majors active in geothermal [itif-advanced-geo-2026].
Materiality: estimated — Named partnership and service offerings confirm exposure, but geothermal is not a disclosed segment and is immaterial versus SLB's revenue; magnitude estimated small.

Financial evidence

Official SEC filing evidence

Reference period: FY2025.

Net income to common$3.37 billion
FY2025[1]
Diluted EPS$2.35
FY2025[1]
Operating cash flow$6.49 billion
FY2025[1]
Free cash flow$4.79 billion
FY2025[1]

Limitation: Filing evidence establishes scale, profitability, cash generation, and leverage. Market-derived valuation is withheld until a licensed market-data feed is connected, and theme materiality is stated separately.

Risks

Material risks and break conditions

Material risks

Drilling-cost declines could plateau above commercial thresholds; the theme's core lever is unproven at large repeated scale outside flagship projects.
Reservoir performance and thermal longevity over 20-30 year lives have limited long-duration public data; flow rates or decline curves could disappoint.

Thesis-break conditions

Cost per drilled meter/well stops falling or reverses at commercial scale (per-well cost fails to progress toward the sub-$3M target; LCOE fails to trend toward $45/MWh).
A felt induced-seismicity event or regulatory moratorium halts one or more commercial EGS projects.

Investability conclusion

Where the evidence lands

Identity and filing financials are established; theme materiality is stated per the mapped theme assessment. This is a filing-backed research profile with deeper company-specific research pending, and is not a personalized recommendation.

Next diligence

Track the SLB-Ormat pilot to FID/commercial scale; look for any New Energy geothermal revenue disclosure; assess breadth of geothermal customer base beyond Ormat.

Source ledger

Identity and evidence sources

Identity was verified against official issuer, filing, exchange, or regulator sources where available.

SLB LIMITED/NV FY2025 Form 10-KSEC EDGAR · primary · published 2026-01-23 · accessed 2026-07-22