Charles Jones

Cameron International Corp. designs, manufactures, markets and services equipment used by the oil and gas industry and industrial manufacturing companies. It provides flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries. The company was founded by Harry Cameron and James Abercrombie in 1920 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Dresser Industries, Inc. was a supplier of products and services to industries involved in oil and gas production and transmission, petroleum refining and marketing and power generation. The petroleum products and services segment used to provide services and project management for oil and gas exploration, drilling, completion, production and transmission activities. In 1998, the company merged with its main rival, Halliburton, and is now known as Halliburton Co. On 10th April, 2001 the Dresser division (excluding the former Kellogg division) entered an agreement to separate itself once again from Halliburton by management purchasing its equity, the new company to be called Dresser, Inc. The company is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Hydril Co. designs, manufactures, and markets connections for oil and gas drilling and production activities. The company was founded in 1933, and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Forum was founded when eleven companies came together to do a better job for the drilling and production industries. They design, manufacture and supply hardworking tools to serve and support these hardworking people including major onshore and offshore drilling contractors, orilling equipment rental companies, oilfield service companies, and assemblers of drilling and well servicing equipment. Flow control products include expendable fluid end-components for mud and centrifugal pumps, valves, chokes, kill manifolds and pressure control equipment. In addition, the company offers tubular handling products, including hydraulic catwalks, rotary and drill collar slips, safety clamps, casing slips and scrapers, elevators, stabbing guides, mouse hole tools, iron roughnecks, and tongs; and well invented products, including high pressure blowout preventers, lubricators, wellhead adapter flanges, and accessories.