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What is National-Oilwell?


National-Oilwell is a leading provider of products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry, an industry the company has served since 1862. With 1995 revenues of $545 million and some 1,400 employees worldwide, National-Oilwell has the financial strength and service capabilities to meet the needs of its customers, large and small, throughout the world. Customer surveys indicate National-Oilwell is the best known, most used company in its business. National-Oilwell's goal on behalf of you, its customer, is to reduce your operating costs, increase your cash flow, and improve your efficiency. If you are an operator, ask us how we can lower your cost per barrel of oil equivalent. If you are a drilling contractor, ask us how we can increase your net cash flow per rig.

How does National-Oilwell reduce operating costs, increase cash flow, and improve efficiency?

Each of the four business units of National-Oilwell has special expertise (We call it our "core competency.") that permit our employees to provide value to their customers. The four business units in which we operate are Distribution Services, Tubular Distribution, Products and Technology, and Pumping Systems. The special expertise in these areas critical to the management of operating costs and the production of cash flow in the oil and gas industry allows National-Oilwell, in partnership with its customers, to create new value through the redesign of processes and the application of information technology.

OK, so tell me more about what National-Oilwell does?

National-Oilwell creates value for its customers through the products and services offered by its business units and through the creativity and commitment of its people. To understand where the opportunities might lie for National-Oilwell to add value to your business, take a moment to look at the unique products and services offered by each business unit. More information can be found by clicking on the business-unit titles.

National-Oilwell Distribution Services is the leading source of maintenance, repair and operating supplies to the oil and gas industry. Through more than 120 Distribution Service Centers strategically located in energy producing regions throughout the world Distribution Services source and supply a broad range of products. These include consumable goods, repair items, and a selected line of capital goods to the drilling, well servicing and production segments of the oil and gas industry. Distribution Services is committed to participating with its customers and suppliers in improving the economics of the distribution process and to applying information technologies that improve efficiency and build competitive advantage for its customers.

National-Oilwell Tubular Distribution sources for its customers and partners oil country tubular goods (OCTG) manufactured by third parties. The people of Tubular Distribution are committed to building alliances that improve the distribution process, increase the efficiency of capital use and deliver timely access to the lowest cost, fit-for-purpose product. They do this through understanding the customer's requirements and specifications and becoming the link between the manufacturer and the customer through the creation of partnerships based on the achievement of mutually developed successes that provide overall best value at a competitive price.

National-Oilwell Products and Technology is the industry leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of drilling systems and machinery. National-Oilwell has manufactured the drilling equipment that can be found on more than 70 percent of the international mobile rig fleet. Where reliability is critical and down time most expensive, National-Oilwell drilling equipment is the overwhelming choice of the industry. But, National-Oilwell Products and Technology is not satisfied with its excellent track record. Its people, backed by the largest engineering staff in the industry, are committed to delivering creative solutions to the challenging physical and economic conditions facing the drilling industry today. If your business relies on drilling equipment, drillpipe, power swivels, and marine equipment you owe it to yourself to visit with National-Oilwell Products and Technology.

National-Oilwell Pumping Systems provides solutions to your hydrocarbon and industrial fluid movement challenges through a complete line of centrifugal and reciprocating pumps and fluid-end expendable pump parts. In addition, National-Oilwell provides a line of progressing cavity pumps for downhole applications. These pumps improve cash flow by lowering capital investment, reducing installation costs, lowering workover costs, and increasing efficiency by nearly 100 percent over conventional sucker-rod pumps. Pumping Systems brings its extensive knowledge of pump technology and service to bear in partnering with its customers to lower the cost and increase the reliability of their fluid movement.

That sounds great, but who are the people of National-Oilwell?