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Schlumberger to buy oilfield gear maker Cameron in $14.8 billion deal

August 26, 2015 6:16 AM EDT

By Sneha Banerjee and Shubhankar Chakravorty

(Reuters) - Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB) will buy equipment maker Cameron International Corp (NYSE: CAM) for $14.8 billion, as the world's top oilfield services firm scrambles to offer a broader range of products at lower prices to oil companies slashing budgets.

The deal, which values Cameron around the market cap it had when oil prices were still $100 a barrel, marks the second big merger among energy services companies since crude prices entered a 60 percent slide last year.

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