{"version":"1","article":{"id":"norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","slug":"norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026?lang=en","title":"Norway’s competition authority fines SLB NOK 30 million","summary":"The regulator says SLB supplied incorrect information on tender rankings and equipment in Norway’s continental shelf in its ChampionX acquisition filing.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["oil-gas"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-07","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Norwegian Competition Authority","url":"https://konkurransetilsynet.no/30-millioner-i-gebyr-til-slb/","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-10-07"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/norway-slb-misleading-merger-filing-fine-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["The Norwegian Competition Authority imposed a NOK 30 million administrative fine on SLB for incorrect information in its filing to acquire ChampionX. The authority’s 7 October notice concerns SLB’s 2025 acquisition of all ChampionX shares.","The regulator said information on the companies’ rankings in production-chemical tenders and equipment SLB uses in drilling services on the Norwegian continental shelf did not match the actual situation. SLB may appeal within six months of receiving the decision; the notice does not report an appeal outcome."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The regulator says SLB supplied incorrect information on tender rankings and equipment in Norway’s continental shelf in its ChampionX acquisition filing.\n\nThe Norwegian Competition Authority imposed a NOK 30 million administrative fine on SLB for incorrect information in its filing to acquire ChampionX. The authority’s 7 October notice concerns SLB’s 2025 acquisition of all ChampionX shares.\n\nThe regulator said information on the companies’ rankings in production-chemical tenders and equipment SLB uses in drilling services on the Norwegian continental shelf did not match the actual situation. SLB may appeal within six months of receiving the decision; the notice does not report an appeal outcome.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}