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Fly News Breaks for March 27, 2017
WFT, SLB
Mar 27, 2017 | 07:33 EDT
After Weatherford (WFT) and Schlumberger (SLB) combined their North American completions assets into a joint venture, SunTrust analyst Ken Sill says the deal enables Schlumberger to enhance its underdeveloped U.S. pressure pumping operations, while providing Weatherford with $535M in cash that it can use to reduce its debt. The analyst expects the deal to be accretive for both companies. He keeps a Buy rating on Weatherford and a Hold rating on Schlumberger.