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Top offshore services companies Seadrill, Polarcus and CGG battle for survival

European drilling and geophysical services companies are seeing their activities shrink drastically under the impact of the economic crisis and Chinese competition, particularly in the onshore seismic segment. Several of them are even close to bankruptcy. [...]

Published on 26/02/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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