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• Varel Announces Agreement with ReedHycalog

  - 2009-03-16

  CARROLLTON, Texas -- Varel International Energy Services, Inc. announced today that it, including its affiliates, reached a patent cross license agreement with National Oilwell...

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• National Oilwell Varco Announces ReedHycalog Settlement

  - 2009-03-16

  HOUSTON -- National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) announced today that it has reached a patent cross license agreement with Varel International Energy Services, Inc....

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• National Oilwell Varco Announces ReedHycalog Settlement

  - 2009-03-09

  HOUSTON -- National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) announced today that it has reached a license agreement with NorthBasin Energy Services, Inc. in Canada regarding...

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• ReedHycalog Settlement

  - 2008-12-08

  HOUSTON -- National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) announced today that it has reached a license agreement with Dowdco Bits, LLC. As part of the settlement, NOV and Dowdco Bits, LLC have agreed to a license regarding the use of shallow leaching diamond cutter technology belonging to its ReedHycalog division. The...

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• ReedHycalog Settlement

  - 2008-10-31

  HOUSTON -- National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) announced today that it has reached a license agreement with Encore Bits regarding the use of shallow leaching diamond cutter technology belonging to its ReedHycalog division. The shallow leaching diamond cutter technology is a part of the broader portfolio of diamond technologies which...

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• ReedHycalog Litigation Settlement

  - 2008-09-05

  HOUSTON -- In May 2008, ReedHycalog LP, a wholly owned affiliate of National Oilwell Varco, settled its patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas with US Synthetic Corporation regarding ReedHycalog's patented leaching technologies. Pursuant to the confidential agreement between the parties, US Synthetic Corporation is not a licensee...

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• ReedHycalog

  - 2006-04-01

  ReedHycalog said it will construct a new, purpose-built headquarters and technology center near Conroe, Texas. This center will consolidate three other Houston area facilities into one location to enhance operational efficiencies. The facility will be in the Conroe Park North, with construction estimated to take 18 to 24 months.

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• ReedHycalog

  - 2006-03-01

  Craig Ivie was named director of Roller Cone Engineering at ReedHycalog. Ivie has been with ReedHycalog for more than 19 years. In his new position, he will be responsible for the design and manufacturing of Roller Cone drill bits on a worldwide basis.

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• ReedHycalog

  - 2004-07-01

  Cody Scace was named VP, operations, and Robin Macmillan is VP, sales and marketing, at ReedHycalog, the drill bit unit of Grant Prideco, Inc. Previously, Scace was VP, sales and marketing, at ReedHycalog. He succeeds David Black, who was named president of Grant Prideco's Tubular Technology and Services business unit...

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• 50th annual ReedHycalog rig census: U.S. rig fleet remains strong, buoyed by higher commodity prices

  - 2003-10-01

  The ReedHycalog rig census has been an industry standard for half a century. When Grant Prideco acquired ReedHycalog last December, it was felt that the industry valued having an annual barometer of the drilling fleet, so the census was reactivated. Because the census was not taken in 2002, an estimate...

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