SUNYA Energy

Baker Hughes, Cactus Announce Closing of Surface Pressure Control Joint Venture

January 2, 2026
SUNYA SUMMARY
- Baker Hughes completed the final closing of its joint venture with Cactus Inc, contributing its surface pressure control product line. - The deal generated $344.5 million in cash proceeds before customary closing adjustments, strengthening Baker Hughes’ balance sheet. - Cactus, a global pressure control equipment provider, owns 65 percent of the joint venture, with Baker Hughes holding 35 percent. - The transaction supports Baker Hughes' strategy of disciplined portfolio management, operational excellence, and capital efficiency. - It boosts earnings and cash flow stability, allowing redeployment of capital towards higher-return opportunities. - The proceeds enhance Baker Hughes’ financial strength while maintaining a rigorous focus on returns-focused capital allocation. - This milestone reflects the company's ongoing commitment to optimizing its portfolio and capital structure. - Baker Hughes is a leading energy technology firm with over a century of innovation, serving global energy and industrial markets.
PRESS RELEASE
Baker Hughes, Cactus Announce Closing of Surface Pressure Control Joint Venture:
  • Transaction strengthens balance sheet and liquidity with $344.5 million of cash proceeds before customary closing adjustments

HOUSTON and LONDON, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR, “the Company”), an energy technology company, announced Friday the final closing of its previously announced joint venture with a subsidiary of Cactus, Inc., in which Baker Hughes has contributed its surface pressure control (SPC) product line.

Cactus, a global manufacturer and service provider of pressure control equipment for oil and gas drilling, completion and production, holds a 65% equity in the joint venture, with Baker Hughes retaining a 35% stake.

The completion of this transaction represents an important milestone in Baker Hughes’ value-creation strategy, reinforcing the Company’s commitment to disciplined portfolio management, operational execution and capital efficiency. This transaction enhances earnings and cash flow durability, enables the redeployment of capital toward higher-return opportunities, and provides cash proceeds to further strengthen the balance sheet, all within a rigorous, returns-focused approach to capital allocation.

About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.

For more information, please contact:

Media Relations

Adrienne M. Lynch+1 713-906-8407

adrienne.lynch@bakerhughes.com

Investor Relations

Chase Mulvehill+1 346-297-2561investor.relations@bakerhughes.com