Weatherford International

The Weatherford International Ltd.. is an international manufacturer of equipment for the oil and gas extraction with roots in the United States and headquartered in train in Switzerland.

The company was founded in 1948 under the name of Weatherford Oil Tool Company in Weatherford, Texas. In 2008 the group decided to unify its head office and its head office and to move from Houston or from Bermuda to Switzerland. The relocation to train as well as the terms of office space in Geneva was completed on 26 February 2009 and completed in the first quarter of 2009. This was accompanied by a transformation into a joint stock company under Swiss law.

Weatherford International in 2010 and operates in over 100 countries and at more than 1000 oil and Gasbohrfeldern and employs approximately 53,000 people worldwide, including four staff members in Geneva. In 2009 the company generated a turnover of 8.8 billion U.S. dollars and a profit of 254 million U.S. dollars. The shares of Weatherford International are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the NYSE Euronext Paris and Euro were represented to the 25th of February 2009 at the stock index S & P 500. On 17 November 2010 Weatherford was also listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and traded there for the first time. The shares were listed on the Swiss Performance Index ( SPI).

In April 2014 Weatherford announced that it delisted on the Swiss and Paris stock exchange during the year and to relocate its headquarters from Switzerland to Ireland.