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The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 David Lee Smith	Get Ready to Guzzle Energy ExxonMobil weighed in recently with its annual Outlook for Energy. Does energy remain an attractive investment area?
The Motley Fool August 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The Push and Pull on Helmerich & Payne Finding the point of balance between a high-quality land driller and a volatile market. Investors may still have the chance to reap profits from this quality player.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2009 David Lee Smith	ExxonMobil's Latest Scores ExxonMobil wanders successfully in search of hydrocarbons.
Geotimes March 2004 Sara Pratt	A Fresh Angle on Oil Drilling Now, horizontal drilling seems more relevant than ever. With the ongoing debate about opening up more of Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration, the discussion often turns to new technologies that may have the potential to make oil extraction more efficient, more cost effective and more environmentally sound.
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.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Baker Hughes Gets Toasted Strong energy production activity continues to fuel strong earnings growth. Investors, it may not be time to sell, but caution is certainly the word of the day here -- particularly for those of you who are sitting on nice gains.
The Motley Fool May 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Pioneer Drills Down, Strikes Money In the wake of higher energy prices, the market for drilling has gotten hot. Investors, take note.
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...
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 June 10, 2011 David Lee Smith	For Exxon and Noble, the Gulf's Going Good After being held at bay for nearly a year, Exxon's found some terrific lures.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 David Lee Smith	An Energy Contract with a Message Halliburton's latest deal showcases the money to be made in oilfield services.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	Oilfield Services' Steady Flow Amid the market's frantic oscillations, energy services is displaying new-found stability.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	GlobalSantaFe: A Smarter Sector Is Good News Larger drilling companies are being smarter this time around, suggesting that prices might stay higher for longer. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2011 Paul Chi	Another Way to Play the Shales This company is benefiting from increased horizontal drilling.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	Offshore Drilling's Massive New Marriage A Transocean and GlobalSantaFe combination will be an offshore drilling behemoth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 David Lee Smith	Baker Hughes Cooking With Gas Baker Hughes has cooked up a quarter that, while not spectacular from a growth perspective, exceeded expectations.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Most Global of Businesses Investors, while it's absurd to contend that cycles have been completely wrung out of the energy sector, it's true that the changed picture in the sector has rendered the multiples currently being paid for these quality companies equally absurd.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2010 Toby Shute	A Deep Discovery in the Shallow Gulf of Mexico McMoRan's geologists think outside the box, and bring home the bacon.
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 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.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 David Lee Smith	Oilfield Services: Climb on for a Long Ride As production slows and projects are canceled, watch this sector.
BusinessWeek September 18, 2006 Mark Morrison	Plenty Of Oil--Just Drill Deeper The discovery of reserves in the Gulf of Mexico means supply isn't topping out.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Small Cap Drills Differently Gas producer Petroleum Development has a different operating structure, but it seems to be working. Investors must do their own due diligence, of course.
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The Motley Fool July 26, 2004 Rich Duprey	Schlumberger Strikes Hefty Profits Increased drilling activity leads to tripling of profits at the oil field services giant.
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The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 David Lee Smith	With New Rules, It Is Time to End the Moratorium With the spill long since halted and sensible new rules announced, it's time for logic regarding offshore drilling.
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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 June 6, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Weatherford's Precision Deal With this deal, the energy services firm will expand its drilling services business, as Precision becomes more focused on contract drilling. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Investors Put Baker Hughes on Back Burner Energy services company Baker Hughes told the truth on Friday. The company's reward was to get marked down over 3%, on a day that wasn't all that bad for other service stocks.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 David Lee Smith	Courts Now Control Gulf Moratorium Stash away some Schlumberger shares during the Gulf of Mexico deepwater action.
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The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 David Lee Smith	Chesapeake Resumes Fracking After Marcellus Mishap Scientists at Duke University have completed a Marcellus shale study that they maintain demonstrates that natural gas drilling can permit methane to migrate into a portion of the nearby water wells.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	Weatherford's Less-Than-Terrific Day Oilfield service company Weatherford International has been hit hard by the Canadian rig count decline.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	An Energy Earnings Preview Greater segment balance should make this earnings season kind to energy companies.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2011 David Lee Smith	As Crude Rises, Don't Ignore This Oilfield Powerhouse Take a look at the differing treatment received by Baker Hughes and National Oilwell Varco after the two companies released results for their first quarters of 2011.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Travis Hoium	Hold the Applause for End of Drilling Ban Ending the moratorium lifts drilling shares, but there are new rules to follow.
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The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 David Lee Smith	An Energy Services Starter Kit Here are the basic tools necessary for dipping your toe into the oil services investment water.
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The Motley Fool October 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Ignoble Treatment of Noble Despite a 15% drop over the past few weeks, the market for offshore drilling is good and getting better. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2011 Travis Hoium	Another Tragedy Hits Offshore Drilling Just as the industry began recovering from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, a rig sinks off the coast of Russia.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Is There Hope for Oilfield Services? This decimated group won't stay down for long.
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The Motley Fool April 7, 2008 Will Frankenhoff	Transocean's Profit Well Hasn't Run Dry The significant demand for Transocean's services gives the company leverage to increase pricing.