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Crude oil prices lift Schlumberger’s profit by 13 percent

July 21st, 2008
Crude oil prices lift Schlumberger’s profit by 13 percent

Oilfield services provider Schlumberger Ltd. reporting a nearly 13 percent jump in profit driven by robust spending among customers searching for new sources of crude and natural gas. Unless the global economy goes into the tank, Schlumberger said it expects continued brisk spending on exploration and production as energy companies try to benefit from high [...]

Eclipsys added to SmallCap 600

July 21st, 2008
Eclipsys added to SmallCap 600

It is reported that Shares of Eclipsys Corp. rose Friday after Standard & Poor’s said it will add the health care software maker’s stock to its S&P SmallCap 600 index. The Atlanta-based company will replace W-H Energy Services Inc. on the index as W-H Energy is being purchased by oilfield services provider Smith International Inc., [...]

Oilfield services provider Superior Well Services Inc. bought Nuex Wireline for $6 million

July 21st, 2008
Oilfield services provider Superior Well Services Inc. bought Nuex Wireline for $6 million

Oilfield services provider Superior Well Services Inc told the press on friday that the company has bought Nuex Wireline Inc. for about $6 million in cash.
Nuex specializes in cased-hole completion, which involves preparing a path for oil to flow from surrounding rock into production tubing for extraction.
The assets include 5 cased hole trucks, various tools [...]

Superior Well Services, Inc to Expand Presence in Rocky Mountain Region

July 21st, 2008
Superior Well Services, Inc to Expand Presence in Rocky Mountain Region

Superior Well Services, Inc told the press about the latest news saying that it purchased substantially all of the operating assets of Nuex Wireline, Inc. (”Nuex”) for approximately $6.0 million in cash. Nuex provides cased hole completion services. The operating assets include 5 cased hole trucks and various tools and logging systems that are compatible [...]

Shares of Schlumberger Ltd profit rises 13 percent

July 21st, 2008
Shares of Schlumberger Ltd profit rises 13 percent

Schlumberger Ltd announced that its shares jumped Friday after the oilfield services provider said its second-quarter profit rose 13 percent and issued a bullish outlook. Analysts praised the results. The stock rose $4.72, or 4.9 percent, to $101.50 in late-morning trading.
The Houston-based company said high oil and natural gas prices led to heavier spending [...]

Schlumberger Ltd; oil and gas exploration helped push its shares up 4 percent.

July 21st, 2008
Schlumberger Ltd; oil and gas exploration helped push its shares up 4 percent.

Schlumberger Ltd told the press that a better-than-expected jump in quarterly profit on Friday and the world’s largest oilfield services company gave an upbeat outlook for energy companies’ spending on oil and gas exploration that helped push its shares up 4 percent. Schlumberger Chief Executive, Andrew Gould, Citing customer response to higher prices, he repeated [...]

EnerCom, Inc. Announces Presenting Companies for The Oil & Gas Conference(R) August 10-14, 2008

July 11th, 2008
EnerCom, Inc. Announces Presenting Companies for The Oil & Gas Conference(R) August 10-14, 2008

EnerCom, Inc., announced today the lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference®, http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference, held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $500 billion. This premier forum [...]

WSP Holdings Receives Purchase Orders from the United States and Thailand

July 10th, 2008
WSP Holdings Receives Purchase Orders from the United States and Thailand

WSP Holdings Limited, a leading Chinese manufacturer of API (American Petroleum Institute) and non-API seamless casing, tubing and drill pipes used in oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and extraction (”Oil Country Tubular Goods” or “OCTG”), and other pipes and connectors, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipes Company, Limited (”WSP China”), [...]

Oceaneering Announces Shell Perdido Contract

July 9th, 2008
Oceaneering Announces Shell Perdido Contract

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced it has recently been awarded a contract by Shell for the fabrication and installation of subsea hardware on Shell’s ultra-deepwater Perdido Regional Development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Engineering and fabrication of the hardware to be provided under the contract has commenced. This hardware includes 29 flowline and well [...]

Sonterra Resources Announces New Management Team

June 25th, 2008
Sonterra Resources Announces New Management Team

Sonterra Resources, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOTR) announced today that Donald Vandenberg has been named as Chief Executive Officer and President of Sonterra effective as of June 23, 2008. Gary Lancaster has been named as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Sonterra as of June 23, 2008.
Michael Pawelek, Sonterra’s current Chairman of the Board [...]