Ensco, Vallourec, Newpark and H&P Grab Top Spots

Each of the major segment winners in EnergyPoint Research’s 2013 survey garnered high praise from oilfield customers for their long-standing commitment to quality, performance and customer satisfaction. The annual Oilfield Products & Services Customer Satisfaction Survey, conducted for the last decade, tracks the performance of oilfield suppliers in meeting the needs of the industry. The …

For Oilfield Suppliers, It’s Adapt or Die

This post was updated on June 26, 2019.  Oil prices have rebounded from their 2014 collapse. Yet for upstream suppliers, it’s hard to tell. It’s going to take more than crude in the $60s to rebalance the oilfield. The problem remains structural. In short, there are too many players chasing too little demand.

Top 10 Highest Rated Industry Suppliers

EnergyPoint publishes its independent customer satisfaction ratings and rankings of oilfield suppliers on an annual basis. These announcements reflect the best and most current information available for tracking the performance of oil and gas industry suppliers. While each year offers its own surprises as companies move up and down ranks, there is a small group …

EnergyPoint Marks 10-yr Milestone with New Award

Next month it will be 10 years since EnergyPoint Research published its first-ever survey results. The 2004 Wellsite Contractors Survey, now referred to as the Oilfield Services Survey, made quite a stir when it was released. Not only was it unique to the industry in its content, it was ground-breaking in concept as well: autonomously …

Global Shale: Potential Bonanza for Suppliers

Shale-oil and -gas production in the U.S. has been revered by some as the fuel, engine and vehicle driving the nation toward energy independence and economic solvency. Astronomical estimates of reserves, millions of high-paying new oilfield jobs, enhanced competitiveness for American industry, greater tax inflows for state and federal governments, and incremental export revenues certainly …

Customers & Investors – The Ties That Bind

The evidence that customer satisfaction is an important metric for understanding, managing and anticipating the performance of today’s global oilfield suppliers continues to mount. Recently completed analysis indicates the strongest tie yet (statistical significance levels are now well over 95%) between publicly traded oilfield suppliers’ customer satisfaction levels—as measured in EnergyPoint Research’s independent surveys—and the …

The Grapevine – Weatherford Int’l

Weatherford International recently reported 1st Quarter 2013 earnings after adjustments that were generally in line with consensus estimates. The following day, the company’s stock price rose more than seven percent. Investors seemed relieved that no additional shoes dropped in the earnings release or conference call. The fact that such rise in stock price occurred on …