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Precision Drilling: Strengths Will Overcome Challenges

All things being equal, it’s always better to have the winds of history at your back than in your face. For the most part, history should be on the side of Precision Drilling (PDS), even in these darker days of the oil patch. The company’s reputation ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, Seeking Alpha,  27 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Nabors Industries, Inc.

Schlumberger, Core Laboratories: What's Up with Downhole Measurement?

It can be a tricky and involved question: Are there hydrocarbons down there, and if so, in what locations, quantities, forms and environments? Answering these and related questions with greater certainty, and at lower cost, has been an ongoing mission ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  27 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Schlumberger N.V.,  Core Laboratories N.V.

The Four Best Drill Bit Suppliers

When we hear claims from oilfield suppliers of outsized productivity gains associated with a new technology, process or design, we, like many in the industry, tend to be pretty agnostic about the whole thing. After all, because a concept looks good on ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  5 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Smith International, Inc.,  Baker Hughes,  National Oilwell Varco,  Halliburton

Parker Drillng: Flying Under the Radar

Quick, name a company in the oilfield that: is rich in history;works as a drilling contractor and project manager for some of the industry's largest and most high-profile operators; owns both land and offshore drilling assets, plus a profitable tool ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  6 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Transocean Inc.,  Nabors Industries, Inc.

Contrasting Patterson-UTI's and Helmerich & Payne's Recent Earnings

Some companies can't get a break. On the same day Patterson-UTI (PTEN) announced second quarter 2008 earnings that were generally in-line with analysts' expectations plus plans for 20 newbuild rigs substantially supported by expected three-year term ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  3 Aug 2008

Cameron's Got a Friend in the Trend

At EnergyPoint Research, we pay as much attention to the trends within our data as we do to the data points themselves. And it's nice when we come across a high-profile industry supplier meeting the needs of customers more effectively today than in the ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, Seeking Alpha,  1 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Cameron International,  Dril-Quip, Inc.,  Wood Group

Size Alone Won't Be Enough for Transocean

On Friday morning, Transocean (RIG) announced normalized 4th quarter 2007 earnings of $862 million on revenues of $2.1 billion (see conference call transcript). These are eye-popping figures from what is, after last year’s mega-merger between ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  24 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Transocean Inc.

Can International Growth Compensate for Nabors' Sagging U.S. Business?

With a softening North American market as a backdrop, Nabors Industries (NBR) reported 4th quarter 2007 earnings that were off compared to a year ago. The lower results were generally not a surprise as the company had duly telegraphed the slowdown in ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  11 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Nabors Industries, Inc.

Is Baker Hughes Losing Its Touch?

Baker Hughes' (BHI) fourth quarter 2007 earnings are likely to prompt some to ask whether the company is losing some of its star power as a provider of oilfield products and services. While Baker has admittedly had a little steeper hill to climb in ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  5 Feb 2008

Helmerich & Payne's Recipe for Drilling Success

Although most would not characterize the current domestic drilling market as being in a period of bust, it is certainly much looser than it was only 12–18 months ago. Yet during this softening period, Helmerich & Payne (HP) has well outperformed its ...

From DOUG SHERIDAN, ETF Investor,  5 Feb 2008

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