"There's several who seem to think switching to SLB or elsewhere...

"There's several who seem to think switching to SLB or elsewhere is a silver bullet that will make things easy and straightforward - perhaps they've never worked in oil and gas."

LOL......someone who's obviously worked in the industry

When I started in the industry I always wondered why Company Men all hated Schlumberger with a vengeance. I even got myself into trouble on more than one occasion going to bat for a Slb crew copping the wrath of a Company Man. 35 years down the track and after more than one job where Slb underperformed I got to thinking maybe some of those Company Men werent certifiably mad after all