SLB 10-Q 2025-09-30

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025

OR

Commission file No.: 1-4601

SLB N.V. (SLB Limited)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number in the United States, including area code, is: (713) 513-2000

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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

SLB Limited

Third Quarter 2025 Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SLB LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

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See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

SLB LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

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See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

SLB LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

SLB LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

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SLB previously reported its results on the basis of four Divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. Commencing the third quarter of 2025, SLB's Digital business is reported as a separate Division. Additionally, SLB's Asset Performance Solutions ("APS"), Data Center Solutions and SLB Capturi, businesses are now reported in the All Other category. The acquired ChampionX's businesses are predominantly reported in SLB's Production Systems Division, with the exception of its digital business which is reported in SLB's Digital Division. Prior periods have been recast to conform to the current presentation.

Third Quarter 2025 Compared to Second Quarter 2025

(1)

Comprised principally of certain corporate expenses not allocated to the segments, stock-based compensation costs, amortization expense associated with certain intangible assets, certain centrally managed initiatives and other nonoperating items.

(2)

Interest income excludes amounts that are included in the segments’ income ($- million in both the third quarter of 2025; $- in the second quarter of 2025).

(3)

Interest expense excludes amounts that are included in the segments’ income ($- million in the third quarter of 2025; $3 million in the second quarter of 2025).

(4)

Charges and credits are described in detail in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Third-quarter 2025 revenue of $8.9 billion increased $382 million, or 4%, compared to the second quarter of 2025. The third-quarter revenue reflected two months of activity from the acquired ChampionX businesses (see Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements), which contributed $579 million of revenue. This increase was largely offset by the loss of approximately $100 million of APS revenue due to production interruption arising from a pipeline disruption in Ecuador and the absence of $97 million of revenue following the divestiture of SLB’s interest in the Palliser APS project in Canada at the end of the second quarter. After adjusting for the revenue contribution from ChampionX and the absence of revenue from the two APS projects, revenue was essentially flat on a sequential basis.

This performance was achieved against the backdrop of a fully supplied oil market, an uncertain geopolitical environment and subdued commodity prices. In this context, international markets — aside from a few key countries — are proving resilient, with several countries across the Middle East and Asia continuing to exhibit growth. Looking ahead, SLB expects OPEC+ production releases to support investment across many countries in these regions where it is well established. It is more likely that the international markets will lead an activity rebound when supply and demand rebalance, supported by sustained investment for oil capacity, gas expansion projects, and a constructive outlook for deepwater. SLB is well positioned to benefit from such a recovery.

In this context, SLB foresees revenue growth in the fourth quarter driven by the international markets, Digital and a full quarter of activity from the acquired ChampionX businesses.

Digital

Digital revenue of $658 million grew 11% sequentially. Excluding the impact of the acquisition of ChampionX, Digital revenue increased 8% primarily driven by a $21 million increase (22%) in Digital Operations and a $17 million increase (28%) in Digital Exploration.

Digital pretax operating margin of 28% expanded 250 basis points (“bps”) sequentially. Profitability improved primarily due to strong Digital Exploration activity and robust revenue growth from Digital Operations.

Reservoir Performance

Reservoir Performance revenue of $1.68 billion declined 1% sequentially as higher activity in Europe & Africa was more than offset by lower revenue in the Middle East & Asia, mainly due to lower activity in Saudi Arabia.

Reservoir Performance pretax operating margin of 19% was essentially flat sequentially.

Well Construction

Well Construction revenue of $3.0 billion was flat sequentially as higher revenue in offshore Guyana and North America was offset by lower drilling activity in Saudi Arabia and Argentina.

Well Construction pretax operating margin of 19% was essentially flat sequentially.

Production Systems

Production Systems revenue of $3.5 billion increased 18% sequentially, reflecting two months of activity from the acquired ChampionX production chemicals and artificial lift businesses, which contributed $575 million of revenue. Excluding the impact of this acquisition, Production Systems third-quarter 2025 revenue decreased 1% sequentially.

Production Systems pretax operating margin of 16% contracted 66 bps sequentially driven by an unfavorable geographical mix in completions and lower subsea margins partially offset by accretive margin contribution from ChampionX which generated $106 million of pretax operating income.

All Other

Revenue of $397 million declined 32% sequentially primarily due to lower APS revenue following the divestiture of SLB's interest in the Palliser asset in Canada and the full month of production interruption arising from the pipeline disruption in Ecuador.

All Other pretax operating income of $96 million decreased $59 million sequentially primarily due to the effects of the divestiture of the Palliser asset and the pipeline disruption in Ecuador.

Nine Months 2025 Compared to Nine Months 2024

(1)

Comprised principally of certain corporate expenses not allocated to the segments, stock-based compensation costs, amortization expense associated with certain intangible assets, certain centrally managed initiatives and other nonoperating items.

(2)

Interest income excludes amounts that are included in the segments’ income ($1 million in 2025; $31 million in 2024).

(3)

Interest expense excludes amounts that are included in the segments’ income ($7 million in 2025; $13 million in 2024).

(4)

Charges and credits are described in detail in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Nine-month 2025 revenue of $26.0 billion decreased 4%, or $1.0 billion, year on year. Excluding the $579 million revenue contribution from the acquired ChampionX businesses, nine-month 2025 revenue declined 6% year on year primarily due to activity reductions in Saudi Arabia, Mexico and certain key offshore markets.

Digital

Digital revenue of $1.8 billion grew 6% year on year due to strong growth from both Digital Operations and Platforms & Applications partially offset by a $44 million decrease in Exploration Data.

Digital pretax operating margin of 25% expanded 399 bps year on year primarily driven by the higher revenue and efficiency gains.

Reservoir Performance

Reservoir Performance revenue of $5.1 billion decreased 5% year on year primarily due to a slowdown in evaluation and stimulation activity in the international markets.

Reservoir Performance pretax operating margin of 18% contracted 226 bps year on year due to the lower evaluation and stimulation activity.

Well Construction

Well Construction revenue of $8.9 billion decreased 12% year on year driven by a broad reduction in drilling activity both internationally, mainly in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and offshore Africa, and in North America.

Well Construction pretax operating margin of 19% declined 219 bps year on year driven by the widespread activity reductions.

Production Systems

Production Systems revenue of $9.2 billion increased 5% year on year reflecting two months of activity from the acquired ChampionX production chemicals and artificial lift businesses, which contributed $575 million of revenue. Excluding the impact of this acquisition, Production Systems revenue decreased 2% year on year primarily due to decreased sales of subsea production systems.

Production Systems pretax operating margin of 16% was essentially flat year on year.

All Other

Revenue of $1.5 billion was flat year on year due to lower APS revenue following the divestiture of SLB’s interest in the Palliser asset in Canada and the full month of production interruption arising from the pipeline disruption in Ecuador offset by a 140% increase in Data Center Solutions revenue and the effect of the acquisition of SLB Capturi in the second quarter of 2024.

All Other pretax operating income decreased $174 million year on year, primarily due to the effects of the divestiture of the Palliser asset and the pipeline disruption in Ecuador.

Interest & Other Income

Interest & other income consisted of the following:

Other

Research & engineering and General & administrative expenses, as a percentage of Revenue were as follows:

The effective tax rate was 23% for the third quarter of 2025 as compared to 18% for the second quarter of 2025, and 21% for the first nine months of 2025 as compared to 19% for the same period of 2024. These increases in the effective tax rate were primarily due to the charges and credits described in Note 2.

Charges and Credits

SLB recorded charges and credits during the first nine months of 2025 and 2024. These charges and credits, which are summarized below, are more fully described in Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

2025:

2024:

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Details of the components of liquidity as well as changes in liquidity are as follows:

(1)

“Net debt” represents gross debt less cash and short-term investments. Management believes that Net debt provides useful information to investors and management regarding the level of SLB’s indebtedness by reflecting cash and investments that could be used to repay debt. Net debt is a non-GAAP financial measure that should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, total debt.

(2)

Includes depreciation of fixed assets and amortization of intangible assets, exploration data costs, and APS investments.

(3)

“Free cash flow” represents cash flow from operations less capital expenditures, APS investments and exploration data costs capitalized. Management believes that free cash flow is an important liquidity measure for the company and that it is useful to investors and management as a measure of our ability to generate cash. Once business needs and obligations are met, this cash can be used to reinvest in the company for future growth or to return to shareholders through dividend payments or share repurchases. Free cash flow does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, cash flow from operations.

Key liquidity events during the first nine months of 2025 and 2024 included:

Capital investments (consisting of capital expenditures, APS investments and exploration data capitalized) were $1.7 billion during the first nine months of 2025 compared to $1.9 billion during the first nine months of 2024. Capital investments for the full year 2025 are expected to be approximately $2.4 billion.

In January 2025, SLB announced a 3.6% increase to its quarterly cash dividend from $0.275 per share of outstanding common stock to $0.285 per share, beginning with the dividend payable in April 2025. Dividends paid during the first nine months of 2025 and 2024 were $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively.

During the third quarter of 2025, SLB repaid its $0.5 billion 1.40% Senior Notes due 2025.

During the third quarter of 2025, SLB fully repaid all the $0.6 billion of debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of ChampionX.

During the third quarter and concurrent with the close of the ChampionX acquisition, the ChampionX Drilling Technologies business was disposed of and SLB received $286 million of proceeds.

As of September 30, 2025, SLB had cumulatively repurchased approximately $5.9 billion of SLB common stock under its $10 billion share repurchase program.

The following table summarizes the activity under the share repurchase program:

During the second quarter of 2025, SLB completed the sale of its interest in the Palliser APS project in Canada in exchange for net cash proceeds of $338 million, of which $22 million were received in the third quarter of 2025. SLB recorded revenue of approximately $0.2 billion relating to this project during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and approximately $0.5 billion during 2024.

During the second quarter of 2024, SLB issued $500 million of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2027, $500 million of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2029, and $500 million of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2034.

As of September 30, 2025, SLB had $3.6 billion of cash and short-term investments on hand and committed debt facility agreements with commercial banks aggregating $5.0 billion, all of which was available. SLB believes these amounts are sufficient to meet future business requirements for at least the next 12 months and beyond.

SLB has a global footprint in more than 100 countries. As of September 30, 2025, only two of those countries (the United States and Mexico) individually accounted for greater than 10% of SLB’s net receivable balance. As of September 30, 2025, the United States and Mexico each represented 11% of SLB's net accounts receivable balance. While SLB has recently experienced delays in payment from its primary customer in Mexico, these receivables are not in dispute and SLB has not historically had any material write-offs due to uncollectible accounts receivable relating to this customer.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This third-quarter 2025 Form 10-Q, 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 SLB’s financial and performance targets and other forecasts or expectations regarding, or dependent on, its 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); the benefits of the ChampionX acquisition, including the ability of SLB to integrate the ChampionX business successfully and to achieve anticipated synergies and value creation from the acquisition; 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; the business strategies of SLB, including digital and “fit for basin,” as well as the strategies of SLB’s customers; SLB’s capital allocation plans, including dividend plans and share repurchase programs; SLB’s 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 SLB’s customers, and changes in the level of oil and natural gas exploration and development; the results of operations and financial condition of SLB’s customers and suppliers; SLB’s inability to

achieve its financial and performance targets and other forecasts and expectations; SLB’s inability to achieve 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; unfavorable effects of health pandemics; availability and cost of raw materials; operational modifications, delays or cancellations; challenges in SLB’s supply chain; production declines; the extent of future charges; SLB’s inability to recognize efficiencies and other intended benefits from its business strategies and initiatives, such as digital or new energy, as well as its cost reduction strategies; changes in government regulations and regulatory requirements, including those related to offshore oil and gas exploration, radioactive sources, explosives, chemicals, and climate-related initiatives; the inability of technology to meet new challenges in exploration; the competitiveness of alternative energy sources or product substitutes; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in this Form 10-Q and our most recent Form 10-K and Forms 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC.

If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize (or the consequences of any such development changes), or should our underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those reflected in our forward-looking statements. Forward-looking and other statements in this Form 10-Q regarding our environmental, social, and other sustainability plans and goals are not an indication that these statements are necessarily material to investors or required to be disclosed in our filings with the SEC. In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking environmental, social, and sustainability-related statements may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing, internal controls and processes that continue to evolve, and assumptions that are subject to change in the future. Statements in this Form 10-Q are made as of October 22, 2025, and SLB disclaims any intention or obligation to update publicly or revise such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk affecting SLB, see Item 7A, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,” of the SLB Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. SLB’s exposure to market risk has not changed materially since December 31, 2024.

SLB has carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of SLB’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of SLB’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, the CEO and the CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, SLB’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports that SLB files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. SLB’s disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to its management, including the CEO and the CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There was no change in SLB’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, SLB’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

I****tem 1. Legal Proceedings.

The information with respect to this Item 1 is set forth under Note 11—Contingencies, in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.

On July 16, 2025, SLB completed the acquisition of ChampionX and therefore no longer faces risks associated with the ability to complete the ChampionX transaction. Except as described in the foregoing sentence, as of the date of this filing, there have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A, of SLB’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equit****y Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

None.

Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities

On January 21, 2016, the SLB Board of Directors approved a $10 billion share repurchase program for SLB common stock. As of September 30, 2025, SLB had repurchased approximately $5.9 billion of SLB common stock under this program.

SLB's common stock repurchase activity for the three months ended September 30, 2025 was as follows:

I****tem 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None**.**

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Our mining operations are subject to regulation by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. Information concerning mine safety violations or other regulatory matters required by section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K is included in Exhibit 95 to this report.

I****tem 5. Other Information.

In 2013, SLB completed the wind down of its service operations in Iran. Prior to this, certain non-US subsidiaries provided oilfield services to the National Iranian Oil Company and certain of its affiliates (“NIOC”).

SLB’s residual transactions or dealings with the government of Iran during the third quarter of 2025 consisted of payments of taxes and other typical governmental charges. Certain non-US subsidiaries of SLB maintain depository accounts at the Dubai branch of Bank Saderat Iran (“Saderat”), and at Bank Tejarat (“Tejarat”) in Tehran and in Kish for the deposit by NIOC of amounts owed to non-US subsidiaries of SLB for prior services rendered in Iran and for the maintenance of such amounts previously received. One non-US subsidiary also maintained an account at Tejarat for payment of local expenses such as taxes. SLB anticipates that it will discontinue dealings with Saderat and Tejarat following the receipt of all amounts owed to SLB for prior services rendered in Iran.

• Filed with this Form 10-Q.

** Furnished with this Form 10-Q.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.