Ruffin Energy

Founded in 1919, Halliburton Energy Services is one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the oil and gas industries. The company adds value through the entire lifecycle of oil and gas reservoirs. It provides and integrates products and services, starting with exploration and development, moving through production, operations, maintenance, conversion and refining, to infrastructure and abandonment. Halliburton employs more than 100,000 people in over 120 countries working in five major operating groups. These segments offer a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide, ranging from the manufacturing of drill bits and other downhole and completion tools to pressure pumping services. Halliburton Energy Services has locations throughout the world, including one in Lafayette, La.

PetroQuest Energy is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, acquisition and production of oil and natural gas reserves in East Texas, Arkoma Basin, South Louisiana and the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Headquartered in Lafayette, La., PetroQuest Energy is a publicly owned company that employs nearly 50 people. It is also traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PQUE.