Do SLB’s New Indonesia and Geothermal Deals Clarify Its Energy-Transition Strategy (SLB)?

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  • In February 2026, Mubadala Energy announced it had awarded SLB multiple integrated offshore drilling services contracts for the Tangkulo deepwater gas development and related wells in Indonesia’s Andaman Sea, while Equinor and Star Energy Geothermal also selected SLB for subsea compression upgrades and geothermal drilling support.
  • Together, these wins underscore how SLB’s integrated drilling, subsea compression and geothermal capabilities are being applied across both conventional gas and lower-carbon projects in key international basins.
  • We’ll now examine how SLB’s new integrated offshore contracts with Mubadala Energy influence its investment narrative around international and energy-transition growth.

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SLB Investment Narrative Recap

To own SLB, you generally need to believe that international and offshore activity, plus digital and energy transition offerings, can offset spending softness in more cyclical markets. The new Mubadala Energy contracts support that international and offshore angle but do not remove near term risks tied to potential upstream budget cuts, integration execution around ChampionX, or exposure to more volatile regions that could still weigh on revenue and margins.

Among the latest announcements, the Mubadala Energy awards stand out as most directly relevant. They broaden SLB’s integrated offshore work in Asia and showcase full well life cycle engagement, from drilling fluids to completions and real time monitoring. For investors focused on catalysts like more resilient international spending and longer duration offshore projects, this contract reinforces that part of the narrative even as macro and energy transition risks remain in the background.

But while these wins look positive, investors should still be aware of SLB’s exposure to structurally or politically unstable markets where...

SLB’s narrative projects $38.7 billion revenue and $4.9 billion earnings by 2028. This requires 2.9% yearly revenue growth and about an $0.8 billion earnings increase from $4.1 billion today.

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Exploring Other Perspectives

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Some of the lowest estimate analysts were expecting only about 1.5 percent annual revenue growth to roughly US$37.1 billion and earnings of US$4.7 billion by 2028, so developments like the Mubadala offshore win could eventually challenge that more pessimistic view or reinforce it, depending on how you see long term energy transition and margin pressure playing out.

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The Verdict Is Yours

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