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    <periodOfReport>2010-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000087347</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SCHLUMBERGER LTD /NV/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SLB</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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            <rptOwnerName>Le Peuch Olivier</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5599 SAN FELIPE, 17TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77056</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                    <value>24492</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <value>NQ Stock Option (right to buy) w/ tandem Tax w/h right</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>27.873</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2003-04-17</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-04-17</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <expirationDate>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>NQ Stock Option (right to buy) w/ tandem Tax w/h right</value>
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                <value>68.505</value>
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                    <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
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                <value>0</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option becomes exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning April 17, 2003.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option becomes exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning April 17, 2003.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning July 21, 2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning January 19, 2006.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option becomes exercisable in four equal annual installments beginning January 18, 2007.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">This option becomes exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning January 17, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">This option becomes exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning April 17, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">This option becomes exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning January 22, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">This option becomes exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning January 21, 2011.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">This restricted stock unit is subject to a 3-year cliff and will become exercisable on February 4, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Lynda Quagliara Attorney-in-Fact For: Olivier Le Peuch</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-08-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
