FMC Technologies Makes a Play in Shale
With the impending purchase of Canada’s Pure Energy Services, Houston-based FMC Technologies adds frac flowback treatment and cleanup services to its portfolio of offerings. In doing so, the company...
View ArticleGardner Denver’s Dance Card to Fill Up Fast
Late last week, Gardner Denver acknowledged it has engaged investment bankers at Goldman Sachs to help evaluate potential strategic alternatives, including sale of the company. The company’s stock...
View ArticleHalliburton Bets On Frac Innovation
When EnergyPoint published its first-ever report in 2004, Halliburton was in the midst of a high-profile juggling act. The company was grappling with asbestos-related legal issues inherited as part of...
View ArticleThe Grapevine: Halliburton
Halliburton has seen a leveling off of its customer satisfaction marks recently, bringing to a halt the downward drift it experienced last year. Its plight going forward seems to increasingly hinge on...
View ArticleMarkWest, Williams & Sunoco Logistics Garner Midstream Kudos
As customers in the hotly contested midstream services segment have demanded more reliable operations and deeper product-development capabilities from their suppliers, MarkWest Energy once again has...
View ArticleGlobal Shale: Potential Bonanza for Suppliers
Shale-oil and -gas production in the U.S. has been revered by some as the fuel, engine and vehicle driving the nation toward energy independence and economic solvency. Astronomical estimates of...
View ArticleTop Oil Companies Increasingly Defined by Shale Innovation
U.S. shale plays may be creating a novel way to measure the new breed of top oil companies. The standard yardstick of worldwide barrels produced per day still evokes names of familiar global players...
View ArticleThe Reluctant Rockstar
Until recently, if one were to side-click their way to the website of onshore drilling contractor Helmerich & Payne (H&P), they could be forgiven for assuming the company was just another...
View ArticleHydraulic Fracturing & The Nocebo Effect
Recently, residents of Denton, Texas voted to ban hydraulic fracturing within the city limits. One way to read the results from the referendum is to conclude that the verdict is in: unconventional...
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