Geoservices is an upstream

Upstream (oil industry)

The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major components: Upstream, midstream and downstream, though midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category....

 oilfield service company founded in 1958. It provides a range of skills that help evaluate hydrocarbon reservoirs and optimize field exploration, development and production.
Geoservices provides in 3 business segments: Mud Logging

Mud logging

Mud logging, also known as hydrocarbon well logging, is the creation of a detailed record of a borehole by examining the bits of rock or sediment brought to the surface by the circulating drilling medium . Mud logging is usually performed by a third-party mud logging company...

 (World N°1), Field Surveillance and Well Intervention (World N°2).

Recent history

Geoservices is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact Charter.
The Geoservices is headquartered in Roissy in France since 2009 after spending 30 years at Le Blanc Mesnil (still in France).
Geoservices won a European Excellence Award last December 2009 in Vienna for the Best HR Communication Campaign...

On March 24, 2010, an announcement said that Schlumberger

Schlumberger

Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...

 acquired the company for $1.07 billion from Astorg Partners...

Other group's companies

The Geoservices Group has many separate companies that provide various services in drilling, formation evaluation

Formation evaluation

In petroleum exploration and development, formation evaluation is used to determine the ability of a borehole to produce petroleum. Essentially, it is the process of "recognizing a commercial well when you drill one"....

, slickline conveyance, measurements and diagnostics, remediation of wells.
These are:

• PT. Welltekindo Nusantara
• Production Wireline & Cased Hole Services Group, LLC
• Wireline Services & Mfg Srl
• Petrospec Technologies, Inc.: http://www.petrospec-technologies.com/
• Marjan Geoservices
• Rawabi Geoservices, Co. Ltd.: http://www.rawabiholding.com/oilfield/rawabi_geoservices.php
• Copgo Services Srl
• CAF srl
• China France Bohai Geoservices Company, Ltd

External links

• http://www.geoservices.com
• http://www.joingeoservices.com
• http://geoworld.geoservices.com/

See also

• List of oilfield service companies
• Schlumberger
  Schlumberger
  Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...
  
  
• http://www.astorg-partners.com/