Key Energy Services
Type | Public (NYSE: KEG) |
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Industry | Oilfield Services |
Founded | 1977 |
Headquarters | Operates internationally. Incorporated in Maryland with principal offices in Houston and Midland. |
Key people |
Chairman, President & CEO: Richard J. Alario CFO: T.M. "Trey" Whichard III SVP & Chief Financial Officer: Newton W. "Trey" Wilson III SVP & Chief People Officer: Kim B. Clarke Senior Vice President of Product Development, Strategic Planning and Quality: Don Weinheimer Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary: Kimberly R. Frye |
Products | Well Services, Fishing & Rental Services, Coiled Tubing, Fluid Management |
Employees | 7,500 worldwide |
Website | www.keyenergy.com |
Key Energy Services, established in 1977, is an oilfield services company.
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Background
The company provides well services and is based in Houston, Texas with other offices in Midland, Texas and regional offices in Bakersfield, California; Farmington, New Mexico; Casper, Wyoming; El Reno, Oklahoma; Lafayette and Shreveport, Louisiana; and Arnoldsburg, West Virginia. Key has over 175 service locations (known as “districts”) in the US; seven in Argentina and one in Mexico (Poza Rica).
Business Segments
Rig Services
Rig-based well-servicing for workover or re-entries on existing wells, such as:
- New well completions
- PNA (Plug and Abandonment)
- Stimulation of existing wells with declining production
- Horizontal or directional drilling
- SmartTongsm Rod Connection Service
Fluid Management Services
Oilfield transportation services (often referred to as “Trucking”)
Fishing Services
Process to recover lost or stuck equipment in the well bore utilizing a "fishing tool” or “jar”. The FRS operations also cut windows in well sidewall casings for horizontal re-entries.
Rental Services
Ancillary equipment such as generators, drill collars as well as proprietary tools such as the Hydra-Walkr automated pipe handling system.
Coiled Tubing Services (CTS)
Provides fracing aka Hydraulic fracturing, acidizing and cementing services.
History & Notable Acquisitions
While Key Energy traces its roots to New Hope, PA, operating under the name The Yankee Companies, the company’s current name is a legacy of Yale E. Key, a West Texas oilman. Key Energy has grown through over 1002of acquisitions. The most notable ones are listed below.
Year | Company | Location |
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1993 | Odessa Exploration | TX |
1994 | Oilwell fishing tools | TX |
1995 | Clint Hurt and Associates | TX |
1996 | WellTech | OK, MI, PA and WV |
Woodward Oil Service | OK | |
Brownlee Well Service/Integrity Fishing & Rental Tools | TX | |
Energy Air Drilling Services | TX | |
Hitwell Surveys | MI and WV | |
Brooks Well Servicing | TX | |
B&L Hotshot | MI | |
1997 | Talon Trucking | OK |
Cobra Industries | NM | |
Tri-State Wellhead & Valve | TX | |
Kalkaska Construction/Elder Well Service | MI | |
T.S.T. Parafin Service | TX | |
Diamond Well Service | OK | |
Drillers | Argentina | |
Shreve Well Service | WV | |
GSI Trucking & Kahlden Trucking | various | |
Jeter Service | TX | |
1998 | Dawson Production Services | TX |
1999 | Six minor companies, adding 93 rigs to inventory | various |
2001 | Three minor acquisitions, adding 34 rigs to inventory | various |
2002 | Q Services | TX, LA, OK, NM and Gulf of Mexico |
2004 | Fleet Cementers | CA & TX |
2007 | Moncla Companies | LA, MS & TX |
Advanced Measurements Incorporated (AMI) | Canada | |
2008 | Kings Oil Tools | CA |
Hydra-Walk, Inc. | OK | |
Leader Energy (US operations) | MI, ND, WV |
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