A new eight-page, full-color brochure now available discusses the drilling capabilities and equipment fleets of the three drilling contractors and the well servicing/workover company which make up Marathon Oilfield Service Companies, headquartered in Houston, Texas.
The new brochure covers the geographical area of operation for each company, introduces headquarters/management personnel as well as the presidents of the four operating companies and gives the histories of each company.
The brochure also discusses the combined experience, equipment and personnel available through the high degree of flexibility and mobility which make it possible for Marathon Oilfield Service Companies to undertake drilling programs of just about any scope in virtually any part of the U.S.
Marathon Oilfield Service Companies include Butler-Johnson, Inc., based in Shreveport, La., which serves the Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas area; Willis Drilling Company, operating in South Texas from headquarters in Edinburg, Texas; Cubby Drilling Inc., of Midvale, Ohio, and Western Oil Well Service Company which provides well servicing and workover in Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah.
The brochure includes rig fleet equipment lists for each of the four companies.
Marathon Oilfield Service Companies are part of Marathon Manufacturing Company, the leading manufacturer of mobile offshore jackup drilling rigs, materials-handling equipment, fabricated metal products and other energy and natural resources related products. Marathon Manufacturing Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Penn Corporation.
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doubles NGL’s current fleet of tow boats and crude barges, while the Crescent facility adds 130,000 barrels of storage capacity by Eagle Ford shale in South Texas, and 20,000 barrels per day of capacity to reach markets along the Gulf Coast. NGL has logged about $1.8 billion in acquisitions since its 2011
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