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Spotlighting two major shale plays: the Eagle Ford and Marcellus.

March 23, 2012--Newpark Drilling Fluids celebrated the official groundbreaking of its new Katy division headquarters facility, as NDF President Bruce Smith and Perry Bennett, Executive Vice President North America, turned the first golden shovels of dirt.

Harry Dearing, vice president of technology marketing at Newpark Drilling Fluids, tells American Oil & Gas Reporter that the ability to reduce operators’ drilling costs is a key factor in new water-based drilling fluid systems for horizontal drilling.

Newpark Resources achieved the #1 customer satisfaction ranking for shale wells among all oilfield service companies, as recently announced in the EnergyPoint Research customer satisfaction survey of U.S.-based shale operators for the third quarter of 2011.

E&P magazine proudly presents the winners of the prestigious 2011 Special Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation.

AVA started its activity in Kurdistan (Iraq) in 2010 to service the OMV operations for the well Bina Bawi 3 being spudded in January of 2011.

Newpark Resources achieved a #1 ranking in multiple categories in EnergyPoint Research’s comprehensive 2010 Oilfield Products and Services customer satisfaction survey, most recently.

At the 9th Annual World Oil Innovation Awards, Newpark Drilling Fluids garnered industry-wide recognition for its cutting-edge technology, winning the award for Best Drilling, Completions & Production Fluids with its Evolution™drilling fluid system. Newpark was selected over Halliburton, Baker Hughes, M-I SWACO and China National Petroleum Corp.

Newpark Drilling Fluids today unveiled its EvolutionTM water-based drilling fluids system for Haynesville Shale operators who have long sought a clean, yet robust alternative to diesel-based fluids historically required in that area’s harsh drilling environment.