- Business
- Cameron International Corporation, operating as Cameron, an SLB company, provides pressure control, production, processing, and flow control systems as well as project management and aftermarket services to the worldwide oil, gas, and process industries; its core product lines encompass drilling systems including blowout preventers, rig equipment such as top drives, drawworks, rotary tables, and mud pumps; surface systems featuring wellheads, fracturing trees, and related onshore and offshore production products; valves and process systems for flow control in production, pipeline, and subsea operations; and subsea production solutions through the OneSubsea joint venture with SLB, covering integrated systems, processing, controls, and marine hardware. The company serves upstream, midstream, and downstream segments with target customers among oil and gas producers, refineries, and industrial operators globally across onshore, offshore, platform, and subsea environments in regions including North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. Founded in 1920 as Cameron Iron Works by Harry Cameron and James Abercrombie in Houston, Texas, where it maintains its headquarters, the company pioneered the world's first blowout preventer in 1922 and has since expanded through acquisitions such as Ingram Cactus, Tundra, McEvoy, LeTourneau Technologies' drilling divisions, and others integrated into its portfolio. In 2016, Schlumberger Limited completes its $14.8 billion acquisition of Cameron, integrating its technologies into SLB's pore-to-pipeline offerings and establishing Cameron as a key SLB division focused on well construction, pressure control, and production systems; subsequent developments include the 2025 launch of advanced wellhead platforms like the Cameron Fontus configurable compact system for critical onshore and offshore services, SOLIDrill modular systems for complex drilling up to 10,000 psi, Adapt and AdaptCompact systems for unconventional pad drilling with off-the-shelf availability and multi-casing flexibility, and single-trip systems for high-pressure gas wells, alongside SLB's broader production enhancements via the ChampionX acquisition to bolster chemicals, artificial lift, and emissions technologies.