Engineering, consulting, service and other services including project management, planning, design, construction and creation, development, investigation, expert opinions, studies, training and research in the fields of drilling and extraction technology, raw material exploration and extraction and applied earth sciences; trade in equipment and materials in these fields; may hold, acquire, manage and exploit or sell its own and third-party industrial property rights, real estate and securities, and establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies and take over the operation of related business activities.