About WeatherFord
We understand what it takes to build the world’s best wells – the wells that will produce the energy that the world needs today and tomorrow.
Oil and gas producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to come up with creative, innovative solutions that help them be successful in the safest, most ethical, and sustainable manner. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best talent in the industry. Explore the pages below to learn a bit more about what we have to offer and what we stand for.
Weatherford International plc, an Irish-domiciled company, is one of the largest multinational oil and natural gas service companies. The company provides products and services for drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention of oil and natural gas wells, along with pipeline construction and commissioning. Headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, Weatherford operates in more than 100 countries across the globe and employs more than 35,000 people (2016)
he company was founded in 1941 in Weatherford, Texas as the Weatherford Spring Company by Jesse E. Hall Sr.In 1948, the company was renamed Weatherford Oil Tool Company (WOTCO) with ownership by Jesse Hall, his son, Elmer, James E. Berry, and Juan A. Perea.From its inception, the company pioneered an innovative technique and equipment for the cementing of cased-hole oil wells.Originally marketed to U.S. well owners, Weatherford drilling and casing equipment was soon being used in the oil fields of Venezuela by the Gulf Oil Company.
In 1972, the separate company of Energy Ventures, Inc. was founded as an offshore gas and oil exploration and production company. In 1987, Energy Ventures was liquidated and re-established, and by 1990, had acquired Grant Oil Country Tubular Company.
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