Smith International

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Smith International, Inc.
Type Public (NYSESII)
Founded 1937
Headquarters Houston, Texas, USA
Key people John Yearwood, Chairman, CEO, & President
Industry Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Revenue $10.770 billion USD (2008)[1]
Operating income $1.64211 billion USD (2008)[2]
Net income $767 million USD (2008)[3]
Employees 19,865 (2008))[4]
Website http://www.smith.com

Smith International is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in the Greenspoint district and in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.[5][6] This company supplies products to gas and oil production and exploration companies. The company used to be easily identified by its red Sii logo. The company recently changed its logo. The current logo has green, but not red, and consists of the word "SMITH" in black capital letters with a green globe covering the top-right corner of the M, the top of the I, and the top-left corner of the T.

The company is registered on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol SII.

[edit] Company Divisions

Smith International has many separate divisions that perform various functions in drilling and the petrochemical industry. These are:

  • Sii Bits
  • Sii Technologies
  • Pathfinder Energy Services
  • Dyna-drill
  • Sii Neyrfor or just simply Neyrfor designs, manufactures, and markets turbodrills, used to drill oil and gas wells.
  • Sii Services
  • Sii Wilson
  • M-I SWACO A joint venture in drilling mud with Schlumberger

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