The American oilfield service concern Schlumberger has agreed to buy a control stake in one of Russia's largest drilling companies, Eurasia Drilling. In 2015, the companies already agreed on the deal, but eventually it fell through.
As Forbes found out, the largest transaction in the domestic drilling business interferes with the interests of Igor Sechin.
Vagit Alekperov was close to the purchase of a stake in the company of another Forbes list member, Alexander Japaridze (Eurasia Drilling Company). Why did $1 billion deal fail?