POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Charity Kohl, Christi Morrison and Safieh Nemazee,
or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:

       1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

       2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of Weatherford
International plc (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
successor forms thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;

       3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such forms, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

       4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed effective as of this 4th day of March, 2016.


                                                  /s/ Mario Ruscev
                                                  Name:     Mario Ruscev
                                                  Date:     March 4, 2016