By dawn, I'd wake up to the soft gurgle of the fountain on the Place Edmond Rostand.

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"The industry needs to have a price of carbon, " says Rostand, that companies can factor into their budgets.

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As a result, says Rostand, clients are getting as much as 5% more uptime from their turbines, the equivalent of two weeks a year.

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The division, which launched in 2004, is bulking up, with Rostand announcing this week the opening of four new offices in New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

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"Our strength comes from being part of Schlumberger, " says Rostand, 46, who manages his own profit and loss line and has to land his own clients--no piggybacking on the mothership.

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