SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Awad Mohamed A. (Last) (First) (Middle) BAHNHOFSTRASSE 1 (Street) BAAR V8 6340 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/24/2014	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Weatherford International plc [ WFT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Ordinary Shares(1)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. No securities are beneficially owned.

Remarks:

	Charity R. Kohl, by Power of Attorney	11/26/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes

and appoints each of Dianne Ralston, Charity Kohl and Safieh Campbell,

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 24th day of November, 2014.





                                               /s/ Mohamed A. Awad

                                               Name:  Mohamed A. Awad

                                               Date:  November 24, 2014