Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: part ii , item 8 fourth quarter of 2007 : 0160 schlumberger sold certain workover rigs for $ 32 million , resulting in a pretax gain of $ 24 million ( $ 17 million after-tax ) which is classified in interest and other income , net in the consolidated statement of income . 4 . acquisitions acquisition of eastern echo holding plc on december 10 , 2007 , schlumberger completed the acquisition of eastern echo holding plc ( 201ceastern echo 201d ) for $ 838 million in cash . eastern echo was a dubai-based marine seismic company that did not have any operations at the time of acquisition , but had signed contracts for the construction of six seismic vessels . the purchase price has been allocated to the net assets acquired based upon their estimated fair values as follows : ( stated in millions ) .
|cash and short-term investments|$ 266|
|other current assets|23|
|fixed income investments held to maturity|54|
|vessels under construction|694|
|accounts payable and accrued liabilities|-17 ( 17 )|
|long-term debt|-182 ( 182 )|
|total purchase price|$ 838|
other acquisitions schlumberger has made other acquisitions and minority interest investments , none of which were significant on an individual basis , for cash payments , net of cash acquired , of $ 514 million during 2009 , $ 345 million during 2008 , and $ 281 million during 2007 . pro forma results pertaining to the above acquisitions are not presented as the impact was not significant . 5 . drilling fluids joint venture the mi-swaco drilling fluids joint venture is owned 40% ( 40 % ) by schlumberger and 60% ( 60 % ) by smith international , inc . schlumberger records income relating to this venture using the equity method of accounting . the carrying value of schlumberger 2019s investment in the joint venture on december 31 , 2009 and 2008 was $ 1.4 billion and $ 1.3 billion , respectively , and is included within investments in affiliated companies on the consolidated balance sheet . schlumberger 2019s equity income from this joint venture was $ 131 million in 2009 , $ 210 million in 2008 and $ 178 million in 2007 . schlumberger received cash distributions from the joint venture of $ 106 million in 2009 , $ 57 million in 2008 and $ 46 million in 2007 . the joint venture agreement contains a provision under which either party to the joint venture may offer to sell its entire interest in the venture to the other party at a cash purchase price per percentage interest specified in an offer notice . if the offer to sell is not accepted , the offering party will be obligated to purchase the entire interest of the other party at the same price per percentage interest as the prices specified in the offer notice. .
Question: what was the growth rate of the equity income in drilling fluids joint venture the mi-swaco from 2007 to 2007 for schlumberger


Answer: The answer is:0.17978