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Superior Well Services Inc. (SWSI)On Nov 24: 13.26  Down 0.24 (1.78%)  
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Superior Well Services Inc.
1380 Rt 286 East
Suite 121
Indiana, PA 15701
United States - Map
Phone: 724-465-8904
Fax: 724-465-8907
Web Site: http://www.superiorwells.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 600 SmallCap
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Basic Materials
Industry:Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Full Time Employees:1,307

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Superior Well Services, Inc. provides well-site solutions to oil and natural gas companies. The company offers technical pumping services and down-hole surveying services. Its technical pumping services include stimulation services, such as fracturing and acidizing, which are designed to improve the flow of oil and natural gas from producing zones; nitrogen services, which use nitrogen gas to stimulate wellbores; and cementing services that comprise blending of cement and water with various solid and liquid additives to create a cement slurry. The company also provides various completion and production services consisting of plugging and abandonment, and roustabout services, as well as the sale and rental of equipment. Its down-hole surveying services comprise logging services that involve the gathering of down-hole information to identify various characteristics of the down-hole rock formations, casing cement bond, and mechanical integrity; perforating services as the initial step of stimulation by lowering specialized tools and perforating guns into a well bore by wire-line; and logistics services for fluids involved in the drilling, development, and production of hydrocarbons. In addition, the company sells casing attachments, such as baffle plates, centralizers, float shoes, guide shoes, formation packer shoes, rubber plugs, and wooden plugs. It serves regional, independent oil and natural gas companies in the Appalachian, Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountain, and southeast and southwest regions of the United States. The company operates service centers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Michigan, Arkansas, Utah, Texas, Virginia, New Mexico, Louisiana, Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota, Colorado, and Wyoming. As of December 31, 2008, Superior Well Services, Inc. owned a fleet of 1,628 commercial vehicles and 116 logging and perforating trucks and cranes. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Superior Well Services Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 13% of S&P 600 companies and 31.6% of Energy companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. David E. Wallace , 54
    Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 723.00KN/A
    Mr. Jacob B. Linaberger , 60
    Pres
    $ 605.00KN/A
    Mr. Thomas W. Stoelk , 54
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and VP
    $ 389.00KN/A
    Mr. Rhys R. Reese , 48
    Chief Operating Officer, Exec. VP and Sec.
    $ 559.00KN/A
    Mr. Daniel Arnold , 50
    VP of Sales & Marketing
    $ 436.00KN/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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