SLB Found Not Liable by Jury in Oil Field Sexual Harassment Case

SLB, the world’s biggest oil field services company, was found not liable by a jury for sexual harassment that a former female employee said she endured on drilling rigs.

The civil suit in federal court in Houston sought more than $1 million in damages from SLB, which last year changed its name from Schlumberger Ltd. The eight-day trial offered rare public testimony about the plight of women working in America’s oil fields.

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