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Weatherford International is one of the world s largest diversified upstream oilfield service companies. With a corporate history that began in 1941, Weatherford has nearly $4.6 billion in annual revenues, approximately 24,500 employees in nearly 100 countries and more than 85 manufacturing facilities supporting 730 service bases. In 2005, Standard & Poor s announced the addition of the company to its flagship S&P Index. Following the completion of its 2005 acquisition of Precision Drilling Corporation's energy services and international drilling divisions, Weatherford was reorganized into four distinct businesses that include completion and production systems; evaluation, drilling and intervention; pipeline and specialty services; and international contract drilling. The company provides a variety of services to its customers that include drilling, evaluation, completion, production, intervention and industrial services. Weatherford International has locations throughout the United States, such as the office in Houston.

Merichem has offered top quality specialty chemicals since 1945. The company is a privately owned holding company with experience in the specialty chemical business. It serves the worldwide refining and chemical industries by acquiring refinery phenolic caustic solutions and processing them into high purity phenol and cresylic acids in an environmentally sound manner. Its refinery sulfide solutions are purchased, processed and marketed through the caustic services business of Merichem Chemicals and Refinery Services, Merichem s wholly owned subsidiary. A recent technological advance is the production of copper naphthenate wood preservative, which is used in the treatment of utility poles, signposts, pilings and beams, as well as for remedial treatment. Merichem has headquarters in Houston, Texas.

J Ray McDermott is among the leading worldwide energy services businesses. The company s subsidiaries offer engineering, fabrication, installation, procurement, research, manufacturing, environmental systems and project management for a variety of clients in the energy and power industries. Its major operations are BWX Technologies, a provider of products and services to the United States Department of Energy and other U.S. government programs; The Babcock & Wilcox Company, a supplier of fossil-fueled steam generation systems and associated equipment, nuclear steam generators and emissions reduction equipment; and J. Ray McDermott, a firm that designs, engineers, fabricates and installs marine pipelines and offshore structures for development drilling and subsea production systems.