The historical stock prices of these companies were obtained from the following two excellent internet resources.... Google Finance and MarketWatch Big Charts.
These 34 US Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Companies had their average stock prices drop by a massive 67% from December 31, 2007 during President Bush's second Presidential term, to March 6, 2009, very early in President Obama's first term, which was the very lowest point for the overall stock market due to the spillover effects resulting from the disastrous 2008 Financial Meltdown.
But since March 6, 2009, the average stock prices of these same 34 US Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Companies have increased by a very respectable 251% through January 27, 2014.
Clearly, the investors in and employees of a clear majority of these 34 US Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Companies must be pleased with the impact of actions taken by both the Obama Administration and the US Fed to successfully rescue the US economy from its extremely weakened state caused by the 2008 US financial meltdown.
Below here are the market prices of each of these 34 US Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Companies on January 27, 2014, on March 6, 2009, and on December 31, 2007, sorted by Percentage Increase from March 6, 2009 to January 27, 2014:
| Market | Market | ||||||
| Price | Price | ||||||
| % | % | ||||||
| Change | Change | ||||||
| Market | Market | Market | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | |||
| Price | Price | Price | to | to | |||
| Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Companies | 1-27-14 | 3-6-09 | 12-31-07 | 1-27-14 | 3-6-09 | ||
| Oil States Intl | 94.54 | 11.67 | 34.12 | 710% | -66% | ||
| RPC Inc | 18.40 | 2.41 | 5.20 | 664% | -54% | ||
| Helix Energy Solutions Group | 20.77 | 3.66 | 41.50 | 467% | -91% | ||
| Parker Drilling | 7.61 | 1.40 | 7.55 | 444% | -81% | ||
| Core Laboratories NV | 182.50 | 35.33 | 62.36 | 417% | -43% | ||
| Oceaneering Intl | 69.23 | 14.60 | 33.68 | 374% | -57% | ||
| TETRA Technologies | 10.69 | 2.33 | 15.57 | 359% | -85% | ||
| Newpark Resources | 11.48 | 2.52 | 5.45 | 356% | -54% | ||
| Dril-Quip | 99.55 | 21.98 | 55.66 | 353% | -61% | ||
| TGC Industries | 6.64 | 1.49 | 7.56 | 346% | -80% | ||
| Precision Drilling | 8.64 | 2.14 | 15.17 | 304% | -86% | ||
| FMC Technologies | 48.93 | 12.17 | 26.91 | 302% | -55% | ||
| Hornbeck Offshore Services | 42.67 | 10.73 | 44.95 | 298% | -76% | ||
| Natural Gas Services Group | 27.73 | 7.31 | 19.61 | 279% | -63% | ||
| Bolt Technology | 20.82 | 5.88 | 25.32 | 254% | -77% | ||
| Carbo Ceramics | 106.75 | 32.84 | 37.20 | 225% | -12% | ||
| Halliburton | 48.49 | 15.12 | 37.91 | 221% | -60% | ||
| Dawson Geophysical | 33.35 | 10.40 | 71.46 | 221% | -85% | ||
| Cameron Intl | 57.77 | 18.36 | 48.13 | 215% | -62% | ||
| Basic Energy Services | 16.87 | 5.49 | 21.95 | 207% | -75% | ||
| Tesco Corp | 20.01 | 6.52 | 28.67 | 207% | -77% | ||
| National Oilwell Varco | 73.31 | 24.96 | 73.46 | 194% | -66% | ||
| PVR Partners LP | 27.26 | 9.55 | 24.57 | 185% | -61% | ||
| Exterran Partners LP | 29.62 | 11.00 | 32.00 | 169% | -66% | ||
| Gulfmark Offshore | 42.66 | 16.33 | 46.79 | 161% | -65% | ||
| Schlumberger | 87.91 | 36.73 | 98.37 | 139% | -63% | ||
| Exterran Holdings | 35.16 | 14.91 | 81.80 | 136% | -82% | ||
| Baker Hughes | 56.25 | 26.58 | 81.10 | 112% | -67% | ||
| Superior Energy Services | 24.20 | 11.70 | 34.42 | 107% | -66% | ||
| Tidewater | 50.84 | 32.07 | 54.86 | 59% | -42% | ||
| McDermott Intl | 8.30 | 5.58 | 30.46 | 49% | -82% | ||
| Weatherford Intl Ltd | 14.06 | 10.31 | 34.30 | 36% | -70% | ||
| Willbros Group | 8.39 | 7.31 | 38.29 | 15% | -81% | ||
| Cal Dive Intl | 1.72 | 4.88 | 13.24 | -65% | -63% | ||
| Average % Change all 34 | 251% | -67% |
