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Weatherford International plc: research and development expense

Research and development expense for Weatherford International plc. Inspect selected reporting periods, original units and SEC filing links; download the financial history.

All Weatherford International plc financial histories

What this measure means

Research and development costs recognized as expense. Capitalization policies and acquired projects can make this differ from total cash invested in development.

Exact concept: us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.

Coverage of this history

Selected reporting periods run from 2012-01-01 to 2025-12-31. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-20.

Selected filing history

Research and development expense in original reported units, latest-filed observation per period
Period startPeriod endValueUnitFiledSource filing
2025-01-012025-12-31108,000,000USD2026-02-0410-K · 0001603923-26-000014
2024-01-012024-12-31123,000,000USD2026-02-0410-K · 0001603923-26-000014
2023-01-012023-12-31112,000,000USD2026-02-0410-K · 0001603923-26-000014
2022-01-012022-12-3190,000,000USD2025-02-0610-K · 0001603923-25-000050
2021-01-012021-12-3185,000,000USD2024-02-0710-K · 0001603923-24-000043
2020-01-012020-12-3197,000,000USD2023-02-0810-K · 0001603923-23-000068
2019-01-012019-12-13136,000,000USD2022-02-1710-K · 0001603923-22-000051
2018-01-012018-12-31139,000,000USD2021-02-1910-K · 0001603923-21-000013
2017-01-012017-12-31158,000,000USD2020-03-1610-K · 0001603923-20-000017
2016-01-012016-12-31159,000,000USD2019-02-1510-K · 0001603923-19-000025
2015-01-012015-12-31231,000,000USD2018-02-1410-K · 0001603923-18-000037
2014-01-012014-12-31290,000,000USD2017-02-1510-K · 0001603923-17-000050
2013-01-012013-12-31265,000,000USD2016-02-1610-K · 0001603923-16-000144
2012-01-012012-12-31257,000,000USD2015-02-1810-K · 0001603923-15-000025

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Entity
Weatherford International plc / CIK 0001603923
Captured
2026-09-20T09:25:43.288Z
SEC response SHA-256
4997b425652b14911d54020a55f1acc1084639008c3dca2f6922d79f84c76912

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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0001603923.json") as response:
    record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
    print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))