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Oil States International supplies equipment that customers use to build, connect and maintain offshore oil and gas facilities. Offshore Manufactured Products brings in most of its revenue, selling products such as FlexJoint technology and connector systems, alongside installation, inspection and repair services. Much of this work comes from customer project orders. The business also serves military and industrial customers.
Its other businesses help oil and gas producers establish and maintain well flow. Under the Oil States Energy Services and Tempress brands, crews set up and operate equipment at customers’ well sites, charging daily rates. Downhole Technologies sells consumable perforation systems and downhole tools to oilfield service companies and oil and gas producers for completing, servicing and abandoning wells. The company no longer provides U.S. land drilling services, having sold its remaining rigs.
Demand depends heavily on oil and gas customers’ development spending. Offshore projects depend more on the longer-term oil-price outlook, while U.S. well-site activity responds more quickly to current oil and gas prices. Downhole Technologies must also maintain licenses to store and handle explosives under U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rules and comparable regulations elsewhere.
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Oil States increasingly depends on long-cycle offshore development spending, where OneSubsea is another important competitor named in its filings.
NOV competes with Oil States for offshore equipment spending and also sells drilling, completion and production tools to energy producers, contractors and service companies. Watch NOV's offshore capital-equipment business for a read on the investment supporting Oil States' offshore products.
TechnipFMC and Oil States both depend on offshore developers buying equipment and services for subsea production infrastructure. TechnipFMC's Subsea business, which covers field design, equipment, installation and ongoing services, is the part to watch for that spending.
Baker Hughes competes with Oil States in offshore equipment and sells products for preparing wells for production and working on existing wells to the same oilfield buyers. Watch its oilfield equipment and services business—especially subsea projects and completion products—rather than its broader industrial business.
Innovex and Oil States both sell engineered offshore and downhole equipment to oil and gas operators and service companies. Watch Innovex's work with international and national oil companies on new deepwater and offshore products for changes in the competing offerings those buyers can choose.
Oceaneering's underwater robots and offshore services support the same deepwater energy projects that drive Oil States' equipment orders. Its robot services for floating drilling rigs offer a concrete view of activity in that shared market, without implying that Oceaneering buys Oil States equipment.
DMC Global's DynaEnergetics directly competes with Oil States' Downhole Technologies in perforating systems sold into the oilfield market. Watch DynaEnergetics' manufactured systems and sales, not DMC's building-products business, for the relevant competition.
Forum Energy Technologies and Oil States both manufacture equipment and consumables for operators and service companies developing offshore fields and completing or working on wells. Forum's consumable and activity-based equipment sales are the more useful comparison for Oil States' completion demand than its capital products.
HMH and Oil States both supply offshore rig equipment, including systems that control pressure during drilling, so rig investment and upgrades matter to both. Watch HMH's equipment packages for new or reactivated rigs and fleet upgrades separately from repairs and spare parts for installed equipment.
Transocean and Oil States are exposed to the same deepwater investment: operators pay Transocean for rigs and crews to drill wells, while Oil States supplies equipment for offshore drilling and development. Watch Transocean's ultra-deepwater drilling contracts for evidence of activity in that shared market.
Valaris' rig utilization and Oil States' offshore equipment orders both depend on operators' offshore drilling and development programs. Operators mainly pay Valaris a daily rate for rigs and crews, making rig utilization the relevant activity measure to watch alongside Oil States' orders.
Core Laboratories' Production Enhancement business overlaps with Oil States' Downhole Technologies in perforation and completion products and services for oilfield customers. Watch that business's completion offerings rather than Core's reservoir rock and fluid analysis for a read on Oil States' downhole market.
Weatherford and Oil States both earn revenue from operators preparing wells for production, working on existing wells and abandoning wells. Weatherford's completion and intervention equipment and services are the relevant comparison for Oil States' well-flow services and downhole products.
Halliburton and Oil States both sell completion products, services for existing wells and equipment that supports well flow to oil and gas producers. Halliburton's Completion and Production business is the part to watch for producer spending that also supports Oil States' completion services and downhole products.
Nine Energy Service and Oil States both sell downhole tools and wellsite services to producers preparing horizontal, multistage wells for production. Watch Nine's completion-tool business alongside U.S. completion activity, since more frac stages and perforation clusters drive Oil States' consumable demand.
Cactus and Oil States both sell or rent pressure-control and completion equipment, with field services, to oil and gas operators. Watch Cactus' completion-equipment rentals: their demand mainly follows completions, whereas its wellhead sales mainly follow new wells drilled.
Ranger Energy Services names Oil States as a competitor for U.S. wellsite work, with overlapping completion support, equipment rentals and services that lower tools into wells on wireline. Its completion support for U.S. horizontal-well operators is the relevant business to watch, rather than its natural-gas processing equipment.
OMS Energy Technologies identifies Oil States Industries as a competitor for operators buying its wellhead systems and oilfield tubular products. Watch OMS's sales to operators principally in Asia Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa for competition in that international customer market.
Halliburton Company earningsHAL
Halliburton’s Completion and Production business shows what producers are spending on well completions and existing wells, work that also supports demand for Oil States’ completion services and downhole products.
Compare Halliburton’s Completion and Production results with Oil States’ Completion and Production Services and Downhole Technologies revenue. If Halliburton’s business strengthens and Oil States’ related revenue holds or grows, producer spending is supporting Oil States’ work; if both weaken, the customer-spending pullback is reaching Oil States too.
EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change (Oct/16)
Oil States sells completion equipment and services and downhole tools to oilfield customers, so U.S. crude and fuel stock levels—which signal how tight oil supply is—can affect oil prices, customer spending and demand for its work.
Read the stock change as a signal of oil-market tightness: a build may weigh on prices and U.S. customer spending, while a draw may support prices and spending, affecting demand for Oil States’ completion services and downhole tools.
DMC Global Inc. earningsBOOM
DMC Global’s DynaEnergetics competes directly with Oil States’ Downhole Technologies in perforating systems, so its report shows how the rival is selling in that market.
Compare DynaEnergetics’ perforating-system sales with Oil States’ Downhole Technologies revenue. If the rival strengthens while Oil States weakens, competition may be part of the explanation, though changes in customer activity could also produce that pattern; if DynaEnergetics weakens while Oil States holds steady, there is less sign of the rival gaining ground. The gap can point to competitive pressure, but cannot by itself prove a change in market share.
NOV Inc. earningsNOV
NOV’s offshore capital-equipment business competes with Oil States for offshore equipment budgets, showing both whether buyers are investing and how a rival is faring for those orders.
Compare NOV’s offshore capital-equipment orders and revenue with Oil States’ Offshore Manufactured Products bookings and revenue. Strength in both points to ongoing offshore investment; if NOV strengthens while Oil States’ orders or revenue weaken, NOV may be winning more work, although project mix and delivery timing can also create a gap. If both weaken, the clearer conclusion is a softer market, not a shift in competitive advantage.
TechnipFMC plc earningsFTI
TechnipFMC’s Subsea business designs, equips, and installs subsea fields, so its results show whether offshore developers are still funding projects that also generate orders for Oil States’ offshore products.
Compare TechnipFMC Subsea orders and revenue with Oil States’ Offshore Manufactured Products bookings, backlog, and revenue trends. Stronger Subsea results alongside more Oil States bookings would show that offshore development is generating demand for its products; if TechnipFMC weakens and Oil States orders later soften, tighter project spending is a more likely concern. Orders and backlog indicate potential work, not guaranteed delivery on schedule or profit.
OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL, INC. earningsThis company
Offshore Manufactured Products is Oil States’ largest business, and this report will show whether project work can earn enough to offset weakness in completion and downhole operations.
Read Offshore Manufactured Products revenue and operating income against revenue and operating results in Completion and Production Services and Downhole Technologies. Stronger offshore revenue and profit, alongside narrowing losses elsewhere, would show project work is earning enough to ease the drag from short-cycle businesses; weaker offshore results with continued losses would show that offset has not arrived and earnings remain exposed to U.S. land activity. New bookings and backlog add context on future work, but backlog can be delayed or cancelled and is not revenue already earned.
