Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a larger-than-expected drop in natural gas supplies, attributable to considerably colder-than-normal weather conditions. The Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report brought out by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) every Thursday...

Cusick's Corner The market is up (but has faded and is closer to the day's lows) in response to upside surprises from General Electric (GE) (see Bullish Flow) and Google (GOOG). Financials were the leading sector, even though Bank of America's (BAC) earnings were not as strong as expected. It is...

Schlumberger Limited (SLB) reported robust fourth-quarter earnings of 85 cents per share (excluding one-time items), substantially beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 77 cents as well as the year-earlier profit of 67 cents per share. The improvement was driven by strong activity in the liquid...

Schlumberger Limited (SLB) reported robust fourth-quarter earnings of 85 cents per share (excluding one-time items), substantially beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 77 cents as well as the year-earlier profit of 67 cents per share. The improvement was driven by strong activity in the liquid...

(TheStreet) -- Fourth-quarter results from Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) have set a positive tone for the oil service stock sector. Schlumberger shares were up more than 3% in trading early on Friday, and shares of Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Baker-Hughes (NYSE: BHI) and Weatherford International (NYSE:...

Leading oilfield service provider, Halliburton Company (HAL), is expected to report its fourth quarter and full year 2010 earnings on Monday, January 24, 2011, before the opening bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fourth quarter is 63 cents per share, while that for fiscal 2010 is $2.01...

Goldman Sachs if out with a research note this morning, where it suggest traders and investors amplify their exposure to upside in energy stocks by buying calls. The analysts said, “Call buying is our favorite strategy in the Energy sector in early 2011 as options prices are attractive and our...

Leading oilfield service provider, Halliburton Company (HAL), is expected to report its fourth quarter and full year 2010 earnings on Monday, January 24, 2011, before the opening bell. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the fourth quarter is 63 cents per share, while that for fiscal 2010 is $2.01...

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) today reported full-year 2010 revenue of $27.45 billion versus $22.70 billion in 2009. Full-year 2010 income from continuing operations attributable to Schlumberger, excluding charges and credits, was $3.60 billion, representing diluted earnings-per-share of $2.86...

Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced that its Board of Directors declared on January 20, 2011, a quarterly dividend of $.25 per share on Tidewater's approximately 51.4 million shares of common stock outstanding.

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Constant Contact (NASDAQ: CTCT) 2,515 puts, 17 calls 2. Tenaris (NYSE: TS) 2,638 puts, 24 calls 3. Savient Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SVNT) 7,127 puts, 224 calls 4. Talbots Inc. (NYSE:...