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Baker Hughes to Retain Process and Pipeline Services Business

HOUSTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) announced today that it will retain its Process and Pipeline Services business. Going forward, this business will be reclassified as continuing operations within the Industrial Services segment. 

Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. The company's 58,000-plus employees today work in more than 80 countries helping customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources. For more information on Baker Hughes' century-long history, visit: www.bakerhughes.com.

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