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The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Schlumberger Digs In Fortunately for its shareholders, the world's major oil companies have ample need for Schlumberger's services, and this boom has been good to the company.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Toby Shute	What's Not to Love About Noble? The contract driller's annual results show why the company's close to my heart.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Schlumberger Doesn't Lumber Expect the stock of this energy services company to stay in favor as earnings growth stays strong and earnings estimates head upwards.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2011 Bryan White	Schlumberger Poised for International Growth The oilfield services company is leaps and bounds ahead of its competition.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Transocean Gets Swamped These are the trying times that come with investing in sectors like energy services. The deepwater driller's poor guidance for the first half of this year sends the stock down.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Will Baker Hughes Get Cooking Again? Investors are abandoning oil-service stocks, but companies like Baker Hughes continue to grow. Is it time to buy?
The Motley Fool December 13, 2011 Isac Simon	Schlumberger Sets the Right Tone Shedding a noncore business should be beneficial in the long run.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2009 David Lee Smith	Don't Take Schlumberger's Weak Quarter Too Seriously Bet that Schlumberger will be a leader in the energy recovery.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 David Lee Smith	Weatherford's Quarter Roils Mr. Market Like Halliburton, Weatherford brought home the bacon to a grumpy market.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Lots of Riches and Little Pain at Helmerich & Payne Exceptional demand for drilling rigs is letting H&P mint money. Investors, if you're showing up late to this party, just be careful. The market has a nasty habit of anticipating cyclical peaks before they actually happen.
The Motley Fool November 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	Sensible Stocks for an Absurd Market It makes sense to look at this pair of downtrodden oilfield service stocks. Let's review Schlumberger and Halliburton.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Toby Shute	Nuzzling Up to Nabors This driller's down, but not out. For the past several years, Nabors has pursued a major fleet overhaul, and that strategy is starting to pay dividends.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Schlumberger Is No Schlub Limited capacity and renewed demand for energy services is producing a strong tailwind for the oilfield service provider. Assuming that oil prices are going to stay firm for a few more years, Schlumberger would look to be an interesting play on the energy market.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 David Lee Smith	Don't Ignore the Brightening Oilfield Services Picture Schlumberger's first-up numbers indicate we're in for a strong year for growth.
The Motley Fool March 22, 2004 Ben McClure	Schlumberger: Top Pick? Halliburton's bad press could be good news for it's biggest rival in the cutting edge drilling, pumping, and data management technologies, Schlumberger.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	It's Not the Size of Exxon's Numbers That Matters Despite record earnings, ExxonMobil saw production slide.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The Math Behind BJ Services The equation of higher energy prices plus higher drilling activity equals strong profit growth for the pressure pumper. Though stock price has probably outstripped long-term value, a hot market could continue to propel them further.
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The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	GlobalSantaFe Keeps Drilling Skeptics Despite repeated cries of "it's over now," energy prices are firm, drilling projects are increasing, and the demand is strong. Second-quarter results were quite solid as drilling activity (especially offshore drilling activity) continued to increase.
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The Motley Fool September 2, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Way to Handle Cheap Natural Gas The average ratio of oil-to-gas market prices has hovered around nine for the past couple of decades. It's now hovering around 15, meaning that, even though they've fallen, oil prices are still lots higher on a relative basis than their gaseous counterparts.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 David Lee Smith	Halliburton Gets Ready to Head Deeper Halliburton offers $3.4 billion for Expro International Group, an oilfield services company based in Reading, U.K.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	BJ Thrives on Pressure So long as demand for drilling stays strong, so too will demand for BJ's pressure pumping services. While I wouldn't plan on holding this cyclical company for the long haul, near-term earnings power and interest in the energy markets could still make for further gains.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	HP Drills For Dollars Helmerich & Payne may have missed earnings estimates, but the land-based drilling market is still hot. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Baker Hughes a Bit Undercooked Despite a strong drilling and production environment, this energy services company missed its numbers. While this might be an interesting play for investors looking for some short-term action in the energy sector, the cash flow picture suggests a lingering engagement might be more difficult.
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The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Rising Star Buy: A Basket of Energy Stocks These industry heavyweights provide great exposure to various segments of the oil industry: Petrobras... Schlumberger... Diamond Offshore Drilling... El Paso...
BusinessWeek October 18, 2004 Robert Barker	An Oil Giant For Players With Patience Given the gravity of its transgression -- overstating its estimate of proven reserves by nearly 24% -- Royal Dutch/Shell can count on doing much more than the five months facing Martha Stewart. Meantime, the company is paying relatively rich dividends
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	Halliburton Muscles Into Strong Earnings A very solid third-quarter shows that Halliburton, the world's second-largest oilfield services company, is benefiting from opening a headquarters in Dubai.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2010 David Lee Smith	Schlumberger Is Keeping Up With the Smiths Schlumberger will fork over a healthy $11 billion of its stock to buy Smith International.
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The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Michael Olsen	Rising Stars Buy: Transocean Buying a megatrend at a bargain price.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2011 David Lee Smith	Oilfield Services Could Be Your Best Bet While the quarter may be somewhat soft, oilfield services future has brightened.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	BP Keeps Pumping Higher hydrocarbon prices continue to lead to profit growth. So, how should you evaluate this stock?
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The Motley Fool October 19, 2009 David Lee Smith	Halliburton Leads Off and Smacks a Single Halliburton's third-quarter earnings didn't exactly shoot the lights out, but the results should make oilfield service investors sit up and take notice.
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The Motley Fool July 22, 2009 David Lee Smith	Stacked Rigs Pile Up on Weatherford The oilfield services company is hurt by a record Canada slowdown.
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	A Schlumberger Surge? The spike in crude oil prices has stimulated drilling, boosting demand for its services, including seismic surveys and well completions. Trading at $64, up from $55 in May, the stock is predicted to hit $75 to $80 in a year.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2010 David Lee Smith	Don't Ignore the 800-Pound Gorilla of Oilfield Services Halliburton may have outgunned Schlumberger, but both companies' futures are bright.
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