UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(MARK ONE)

þQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED September 30, 2010

2011

¨
oTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                     ___TO ___.

TO                     .

Commission File Number: 1-32858

Complete Production Services, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 
Delaware72-1503959

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Incorporation or Organization)

11700 Katy Freeway,

Suite 300

Houston, Texas

 Identification No.)77079
11700 Katy Freeway,
Suite 300
Houston, Texas77079
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(281) 372-2300

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yesþ    Noo¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yesþ    Noo¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer 
Large accelerated filerþ  Accelerated filero ¨
Non-accelerated filero Smaller reporting companyo¨
(Do  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yeso¨    Noþ

Number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the registrant outstanding as of October 25, 2010: 77,901,427

November 3, 2011:79,283,178.

 


INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Complete Production Services, Inc.

     
Page 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  
Item 1. 

  
 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 20102011 and December 31, 20092010

   3  

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20102011 and 20092010

   4  

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 20102011

   5  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 20102011 and 20092010

   6  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   7  
Item 2. 

   2327  
Item 3. 

   3640  
Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

   41  

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.1.

Legal Proceedings.

   3642  
Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

   42  
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2.
 
37
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
37
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

   3843  
Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

   44  
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.5.

Other Information.

   3844  
Item 6.

Exhibits.

   44  
Item 5. Other Information.
 38

Signatures

  
Item 6. Exhibits.
38
Signatures
39

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

September 30, 20102011 (unaudited) and December 31, 2009

         
  2010  2009 
  (In thousands, except 
  share data) 
ASSETS
        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $143,265  $77,360 
Accounts receivable, net  281,480   171,284 
Inventory, net  32,101   37,464 
Prepaid expenses  20,839   17,943 
Income tax receivable  6,815   57,606 
Current deferred tax assets  908   8,158 
Other current assets  163   111 
       
Total current assets  485,571   369,926 
Property, plant and equipment, net  913,307   941,133 
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $19,775 and $15,476, respectively  8,664   13,243 
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $8,554 and $6,266, respectively  10,457   12,744 
Goodwill  249,751   243,823 
Restricted cash  17,000    
Other long-term assets  6,122   7,985 
       
Total assets $1,690,872  $1,588,854 
       
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
        
Current liabilities:        
Current maturities of long-term debt $89  $228 
Accounts payable  49,268   31,745 
Accrued liabilities  42,653   41,102 
Accrued payroll and payroll burdens  27,340   13,559 
Accrued interest  15,655   3,206 
Notes payable     1,069 
Income taxes payable  589   813 
       
Total current liabilities  135,594   91,722 
Long-term debt  650,000   650,002 
Deferred income taxes  148,210   148,240 
       
Total liabilities  933,804   889,964 
Commitments and contingencies        
Stockholders’ equity:        
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 76,180,549 (2009 — 75,278,406) issued and outstanding  762   752 
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding      
Additional paid-in capital  649,183   636,904 
Retained earnings  87,946   42,007 
Treasury stock, 167,207 (2009 — 54,313) shares at cost  (1,752)  (334)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  20,929   19,561 
       
Total stockholders’ equity  757,068   698,890 
       
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $1,690,872  $1,588,854 
       
2010

   2011  2010 
   (In thousands, except 
   share data) 

ASSETS

   

Current assets:

   

Cash and cash equivalents

  $208,281   $119,135  

Accounts receivable, net

   435,595    341,984  

Inventory, net

   36,286    28,389  

Prepaid expenses

   33,378    18,357  

Income tax receivable

   22,724    23,462  

Current deferred tax assets

   15,462    2,499  

Other current assets

   —      1,384  

Current assets of discontinued operations

   —      16,700  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current assets

   751,726    551,910  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   1,073,825    950,932  

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $25,180 and $21,293, respectively

   9,802    9,209  

Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $11,242 and $9,316, respectively

   10,246    9,694  

Goodwill

   252,137    247,675  

Restricted cash

   17,000    17,000  

Other long-term assets

   6,226    5,259  

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

   —      8,897  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets

  $2,120,962   $1,800,576  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

   

Current liabilities:

   

Accounts payable

  $104,262   $74,502  

Accrued liabilities

   51,878    42,047  

Accrued payroll and payroll burdens

   36,113    26,568  

Accrued interest

   15,668    2,446  

Income taxes payable

   2,200    —    

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

   —      2,841  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   210,121    148,404  

Long-term debt

   650,000    650,000  

Deferred income taxes

   275,784    190,389  

Other long-term liabilities

   4,512    5,916  

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations

   —      33  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   1,140,417    994,742  

Commitments and contingencies

   

Stockholders’ equity:

   

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 78,012,457 (2010 — 76,443,926) issued

   780    764  

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

   —      —    

Additional paid-in capital

   688,709    657,993  

Retained earnings

   278,790    126,165  

Treasury stock, 372,341 (2010 — 167,643) shares at cost

   (7,408  (1,765

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   19,674    22,677  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

   980,545    805,834  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $2,120,962   $1,800,576  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 (unaudited)

                 
  Quarter Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In thousands, except per share data) 
Revenue:                
Service $410,057  $223,429  $1,062,354  $767,496 
Product  8,552   6,484   26,204   37,496 
             
   418,609   229,913   1,088,558   804,992 
Service expenses  257,487   157,708   687,872   519,694 
Product expenses  6,346   4,596   19,793   28,583 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  41,790   45,204   126,658   140,115 
Depreciation and amortization  44,805   50,379   135,596   153,470 
Impairment loss     36,158      36,158 
             
Income (loss) before interest and taxes  68,181   (64,132)  118,639   (73,028)
Interest expense  14,152   13,987   43,653   42,344 
Interest income  (57)  (13)  (200)  (43)
             
Income (loss) before taxes  54,086   (78,106)  75,186   (115,329)
Taxes  21,056   (26,081)  29,247   (37,136)
             
Net income (loss) $33,030  $(52,025) $45,939  $(78,193)
             
                 
Earnings (loss) per share information:                
Basic earnings (loss) per share $0.43  $(0.69) $0.60  $(1.04)
             
                 
Diluted earnings (loss) per share $0.42  $(0.69) $0.59  $(1.04)
             
                 
Weighted average shares:                
Basic  76,130   75,200   75,957   75,045 
Diluted  77,792   75,200   77,395   75,045 

   Quarter Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2011  2010  2011  2010 
   (In thousands, except per share data) 

Revenues

  $590,289   $410,270   $1,623,707   $1,064,489  

Service expenses

   379,192    257,776    1,042,269    690,023  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   53,830    41,448    152,453    125,128  

Depreciation and amortization

   48,695    44,563    146,832    134,798  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before interest and taxes

   108,572    66,483    282,153    114,540  

Interest expense

   12,917    14,151    40,709    43,653  

Interest income

   (180  (73  (407  (249
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before taxes

   95,835    52,405    241,851    71,136  

Taxes

   36,513    20,814    91,420    28,609  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

   59,322    31,591    150,431    42,527  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations (net of tax expense of $707, $242, $1,149 and $638, respectively)

   (136  1,439    2,194    3,412  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income

  $59,186   $33,030   $152,625   $45,939  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share information:

     

Continuing operations

  $0.76   $0.41   $1.94   $0.56  

Discontinued operations

   (0.00  0.02    0.03    0.04  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

  $0.76   $0.43   $1.97   $0.60  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Continuing operations

  $0.75   $0.41   $1.90   $0.55  

Discontinued operations

   (0.01  0.01    0.03    0.04  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

  $0.74   $0.42   $1.93   $0.59  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Weighted average shares:

     

Basic

   78,004    76,130    77,578    75,957  

Diluted

   79,445    77,792    79,080    77,395  

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009
2010

(unaudited)

                 
  Quarter Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In thousands)  (In thousands) 
Net income (loss) $33,030  $(52,025) $45,939  $(78,193)
Change in cumulative translation adjustment  1,309   3,002   1,368   5,346 
             
Comprehensive income (loss) $34,339  $(49,023) $47,307  $(72,847)
             

   Quarter Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2011  2010   2011  2010 
   (In thousands) 

Net income

  $59,186   $33,030    $152,625   $45,939  

Change in cumulative translation adjustment

   (4,647  1,309     (3,003  1,368  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

  $54,539   $34,339    $149,622   $47,307  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

Nine Months Ended September 30, 20102011 (unaudited)

                             
                      Accumulated    
          Additional          Other    
  Number  Common  Paid-in  Retained  Treasury  Comprehensive    
  of Shares  Stock  Capital  Earnings  Stock  Income  Total 
  (In thousands, except share data) 
Balance at December 31, 2009  75,278,406  $752  $636,904  $42,007  $(334) $19,561  $698,890 
Net income           45,939         45,939 
Cumulative translation adjustment                 1,368   1,368 
Issuance of common stock:                            
Exercise of stock options  336,747   3   3,103            3,106 
Expense related to employee stock options        1,831            1,831 
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation        612            612 
Purchase of treasury shares  (112,894)           (1,418)     (1,418)
Vested restricted stock  678,290   7   (7)            
Amortization of non-vested restricted stock        6,740            6,740 
                      
Balance at September 30, 2010  76,180,549  $762  $649,183  $87,946  $(1,752) $20,929  $757,068 
                      

   Number
of Shares
  Common
Stock
  Additional
Paid-in
Capital
  Retained
Earnings
   Treasury
Stock
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
  Total 
   (In thousands, except share data) 

Balance at December 31, 2010

   76,443,926   $764   $657,993   $126,165    $(1,765 $22,677   $805,834  

Net income

   —      —      —      152,625     —      —      152,625  

Cumulative translation adjustment

   —      —      —      —       —      (3,003  (3,003

Issuance of common stock:

         

Exercise of stock options

   929,852    9    15,943    —       —      —      15,952  

Expense related to employee stock options

   —      —      1,734    —       —      —      1,734  

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

   —      —      4,990    —       —      —      4,990  

Purchase of treasury shares

   (204,698  (2  2    —       (5,643  —      (5,643

Vested restricted stock

   843,377    9    (9  —       —      —      —    

Amortization of non-vested restricted stock

   —      —      8,056    —       —      —      8,056  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2011

   78,012,457   $780   $688,709   $278,790    $(7,408 $19,674   $980,545  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and 2009 (unaudited)

         
  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2010  2009 
  (In thousands) 
Cash provided by:        
Operating activities:        
Net income (loss) $45,939  $(78,193)
Items not affecting cash:        
Depreciation and amortization  135,596   153,470 
Impairment loss     36,158 
Deferred income taxes  7,575   2,491 
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation  (612)  (106)
Non-cash compensation expense  8,571   9,571 
(Gain) loss on non-monetary asset exchange  (458)  4,868 
(Recoveries of) provision for bad debt expense  (158)  9,311 
Provision for write-off of note receivable  1,926    
(Gain) loss on the disposal of assets  (94)  7,637 
Other  2,288   1,412 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  (109,824)  173,370 
Inventory  5,606   1,666 
Prepaid expense and other current assets  (2,935)  14,536 
Accounts payable  17,480   (33,702)
Income taxes  50,410   (27,672)
Restricted cash  (17,000)   
Accrued liabilities and other  27,130   (4,754)
       
Net cash provided by operating activities  171,440   270,063 
         
Investing activities:        
Additions to property, plant and equipment  (89,855)  (29,094)
Acquisitions  (21,332)   
Proceeds from disposal of capital assets  4,436   20,155 
       
Net cash used in investing activities  (106,751)  (8,939)
         
Financing activities:        
Issuances of long-term debt     3,204 
Repayments of long-term debt  (141)  (200,454)
Repayment of notes payable  (1,069)  (6,241)
Proceeds from issuances of common stock  3,106   197 
Purchase of treasury shares  (1,418)  (126)
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation  612   106 
       
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  1,090   (203,314)
         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  126   (167)
       
Change in cash and cash equivalents  65,905   57,643 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  77,360   18,500 
       
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $143,265  $76,143 
       
         
Supplemental cash flow information:        
Cash paid for interest, net of interest capitalized $28,489  $26,744 
Cash paid (refund received) for income taxes $(29,033) $(17,064)
Note issued to finance insurance premiums $  $7,960 

   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2011  2010 
   (In thousands) 

Cash provided by:

  

Operating activities:

   

Net income

  $152,625   $45,939  

Items not affecting cash:

   

Depreciation and amortization

   147,308    135,596  

Deferred income taxes

   72,441    7,575  

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

   (4,990  (612

Non-cash compensation expense

   9,790    8,571  

Gain on non-monetary asset exchange

   —      (458

Provision for bad debt expense

   844    (158

Provision for write-off of note receivable

   —      1,926  

(Gain) loss on retirement of assets

   1,667    (94

Loss on discontinued operations

   136    —    

Other

   1,756    2,288  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

   

Accounts receivable

   (90,532  (110,494

Inventory

   (8,509  5,606  

Prepaid expense and other current assets

   (13,108  (2,935

Accounts payable

   20,625    17,480  

Income taxes

   5,833    50,410  

Accrued liabilities and other

   30,817    10,130  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   326,703    170,770  

Investing activities:

   

Additions to property, plant and equipment

   (259,925  (89,855

Acquisitions

   (15,576  (21,332

Proceeds from the sale of disposal group

   19,300    —    

Proceeds from disposal of capital assets

   6,333    4,436  

Other

   169    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (249,699  (106,751

Financing activities:

   

Repayments of long-term debt

   —      (141

Repayment of notes payable

   —      (1,069

Proceeds from issuances of common stock

   15,952    3,106  

Purchase of treasury shares

   (5,643  (1,418

Deferred financing fees

   (2,477  —    

Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation

   4,990    612  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   12,822    1,090  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

   (680  126  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

   89,146    65,235  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

   119,135    71,770  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $208,281   $137,005  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

   

Cash paid for interest, net of interest capitalized

  $25,825   $28,489  

Cash paid (refund received) for income taxes

  $10,616   $(29,033

Significant non-cash investing activities:

   

Non-cash capital expenditures

  $28,665   $—    

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)

1. General:

1.General:

(a) Nature of operations:

Complete Production Services, Inc. is a provider of specialized services and products focused on developing hydrocarbon reserves, reducing operating costs and enhancing production for oil and gas companies. Complete Production Services, Inc. focuses its operations on basins within North America and manages its operations from regional field service facilities located throughout the U.S. Rocky Mountain region, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, western Canada Mexico and Mexico. We also had operations in Southeast Asia.

References to “Complete,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and similar phrases used throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate collectively to Complete Production Services, Inc. and its consolidated affiliates.

On April 21, 2006, our common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CPX”.

(b) Basis of presentation:

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position of Complete as of September 30, 20102011 and the statements of operations and the statements of comprehensive income for the quarters and nine-month periods ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009,2010, as well as the statement of stockholders’ equity for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and the statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009.2010. Certain information and disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20092010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2010.18, 2011. We believe that these financial statements contain all adjustments necessary so that they are not misleading.

In preparing financial statements, we make informed judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We review our estimates on an on-going basis, including those related to impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, contingencies and income taxes. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates and actual results may differ from these estimates.

The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that could be expected for the full year.

2. Business combinations:

(c) Discontinued operations:

On July 6, 2011, we sold our Southeast Asian products business, through which we provided oilfield equipment sales, rentals and refurbishment services, to MTQ Corporation Limited (“MTQ”), a Singapore firm which provides engineering services to oilfield and industrial equipment users and manufacturers. Proceeds from the sale of this business totaled $21,913, of which $2,613 represented cash on hand at July 6, 2011 which was transferred to us in October 2011 pursuant to the final settlement. We recorded a loss on the sale of this business of $136 as of September 30, 2011. See Note 10, “Discontinued operations.”

2.Business acquisition:

On May 11, 2010, we acquired certain assets of a provider of gas lift services based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for $1,365 in cash, subject to an additional $75 holdback. We recorded goodwill totaling $1,017 in conjunction with this acquisition which has been allocated entirely to the completion and production services business segment. We believe this acquisition supplements our plunger lift service offering for the completion and production services business segment.

     On September 3, 2010,2011, we completed the purchase of the hydraulic snubbing and production testing assets associatedof a business with operations in the well serviceMarcellus, Eagle Ford and fluid handling operationsBarnett Shales. We paid a total of DHW Well Service, Inc, a well service and fluid handling service provider based$15,576 in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The total purchase pricecash for thethese assets, was $19,967, subject to an

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additional $1,000 holdback, andwhich included goodwill of $4,911, all of which$4,433. The entire purchase price was allocated to the completion and production services business segment. We believe this acquisition enhanceswill supplement our positionhydraulic snubbing and production testing service offerings in the Eagle Ford Shale in southPennsylvania and Texas.
     We accounted for each of these acquisitions using the purchase method of accounting, whereby the purchase price was allocated to the fair value of net assets acquired, including intangibles and property, plant and equipment at depreciated replacement costs, with the excess recorded as goodwill. Results for these acquired businesses were included in our accounts and results of operations since the date of acquisition. The following table summarizes our preliminary purchase price allocationsallocation for these acquisitionsthis acquisition as of September 30, 2010:
     
Net assets acquired: ��  
Property, plant and equipment $15,538 
Inventory  322 
Accrued liabilities  (956)
Intangible assets  500 
Goodwill  5,928 
    
Net assets acquired $21,332 
    
Consideration:    
Cash, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired $21,332 
    
2011:

Net assets acquired:

  

Other current assets

  $725  

Property, plant and equipment

   5,868  

Current liabilities

   (10

Intangible assets

   4,560  

Goodwill

   4,433  
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

  $15,576  
  

 

 

 

Consideration:

  

Cash, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

  $15,576 
  

 

 

 

The purchase price of thesethis acquired businessesbusiness was negotiated as an arm’s length transaction with the seller. We use various valuation techniques, including an earnings multiple approach, to evaluate acquisition targets. We also consider precedent transactions which we have undertaken and similar transactions of others in our industry. ToWe determine the fair value of assets acquired, we generally retain third-party consultants to assist with the valuation ofincluding identifiable intangible assets, and to evaluate property, plant and equipment acquired based upon, at minimum, the replacement cost of the assets. Working capital items areassets, by applying valuation techniques and by obtaining other supporting documentation from third-party consultants.

This acquisition was not deemed to be acquired at fair market value.

3. Accounts receivable:
         
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2010  2009 
Trade accounts receivable $215,229  $155,871 
Related party receivables  26,156   6,593 
Unbilled revenue  45,380   19,409 
Other receivables  961   1,975 
       
   287,726   183,848 
Allowance for doubtful accounts  6,246   12,564 
       
  $281,480  $171,284 
       
significant to our overall results for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, therefore no pro forma disclosure of the impact of this acquisition has been provided.

3.Accounts receivable:

   September 30,
2011
   December 31,
2010
 

Trade accounts receivable

  $332,169    $249,998  

Related party receivables

   38,285     51,046  

Unbilled revenue

   65,257     42,747  

Other receivables

   3,749     2,353  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   439,460     346,144  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   3,865     4,160  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $435,595    $341,984  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Of the related party receivables at September 30, 20102011 and December 31, 2009, $24,6092010, $37,722 and $5,968,$50,048, respectively, related to amounts due from a company for which one of our directors has an ownership interest and serves as chief executive officer and chairman of the board.

4. Inventory:
         
  September 30,  December 31, 
  2010  2009 
Finished goods $21,100  $23,435 
Manufacturing parts, materials and other  13,046   14,486 
Work in process  465   431 
       
   34,611   38,352 
Inventory reserves  2,510   888 
       
  $32,101  $37,464 
       

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4.Inventory:

   September 30,
2011
   December 31,
2010
 

Finished goods

  $15,565    $13,497  

Manufacturing parts, materials and other

   20,167     16,063  

Work in process

   1,663     1,282  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   37,395     30,842  

Inventory reserves

   1,109     2,453  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $36,286    $28,389  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5.Property, plant and equipment:

   Cost   Accumulated
Depreciation
   Net Book
Value
 

September 30, 2011

      

Land

  $11,357    $—      $11,357  

Buildings

   36,310     5,385     30,925  

Field equipment

   1,575,633     748,501     827,132  

Vehicles

   126,227     67,577     58,650  

Office furniture and computers

   21,995     13,603     8,392  

Leasehold improvements

   22,749     7,609     15,140  

Construction in progress

   122,229     —       122,229  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1,916,500    $842,675    $1,073,825  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5. Property, plant and equipment:
             
      Accumulated    
September 30, 2010 Cost  Depreciation  Net Book Value 
Land $9,963  $  $9,963 
Buildings  30,963   4,034   26,929 
Field equipment  1,352,426   601,081   751,345 
Vehicles  128,877   63,784   65,093 
Office furniture and computers  17,427   10,858   6,569 
Leasehold improvements  25,760   6,299   19,461 
Construction in progress  33,947      33,947 
          
  $1,599,363  $686,056  $913,307 
          
             
      Accumulated    
December 31, 2009 Cost  Depreciation  Net Book Value 
Land $8,884  $  $8,884 
Buildings  30,200   3,168   27,032 
Field equipment  1,293,292   497,632   795,660 
Vehicles  126,256   55,035   71,221 
Office furniture and computers  17,087   9,108   7,979 
Leasehold improvements  25,006   4,771   20,235 
Construction in progress  10,122      10,122 
          
  $1,510,847  $569,714  $941,133 
          

   Cost   Accumulated
Depreciation
   Net Book
Value
 

December 31, 2010

      

Land

  $8,475    $—      $8,475  

Buildings

   32,083     4,456     27,627  

Field equipment

   1,437,343     639,282     798,061  

Vehicles

   128,098     57,930     70,168  

Office furniture and computers

   17,938     11,712     6,226  

Leasehold improvements

   22,503     6,007     16,496  

Construction in progress

   23,879     —       23,879  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1,670,319    $719,387    $950,932  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Construction in progress at September 30, 20102011 and December 31, 20092010 primarily included progress payments to vendors for equipment to be delivered in future periods and component parts to be used in the final assembly of operating equipment, which in all cases were not yet placed into service at the time. Significant assets included in construction in progress at September 30, 2011 included a Marcellus Frac fleet, two drilling rigs and coiled tubing assets. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010,2011, we recorded capitalized interest of $583$922 and $773,$1,978, respectively, related to assets that we are constructing for internal use and amounts paid to vendors under progress payments for assets that are being constructed on our behalf.

6. Long-term notes receivable:
     On October 31, 2006,

In August 2011, we completedsold a water evaporation facility located in Wyoming. The net book value of this asset totaled $1,174. Proceeds received from the sale totaled $620, resulting in a loss of a disposal group which included certain manufacturing and production enhancement product operations of a subsidiary located in Alberta, Canada, as well as operations in south Texas. We sold this disposal group to an oilfield service company located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. $554 on the transaction.

In conjunction with this asset disposal, the buyer issued a note to us for $2,000 denominated in Canadian dollars. During the second quarterour impairment testing of long-term assets at December 31, 2010, we were notifiednoted approximately $5,814 of salvage value assigned to various coiled tubing and wireline assets at one of our operating divisions. Although we evaluated these assets and the assets of the overall reporting unit for recoverability and noted no significant impairment based on an undiscounted cash flow projection, we believe that the buyersalvage value assigned to these assets was no longer appropriate. These assets were acquired several years ago, and we believe the estimate for salvage value used at that time was appropriate. However, increasingly, our business is focusing on larger-diameter coiled tubing units and more technologically-advanced equipment. As such, effective January 1, 2011, we changed our estimate of salvage value to zero and are depreciating these assets over their remaining useful lives, which we determined to be an average of 1.3 years. This change in default on a term loanestimate has been applied prospectively and security agreement which was senioris expected to increase our note. Therefore, management recorded a provision of $1,926 for bad debt associated with this note during June 2010, but we will continue to pursue our interest in this note todepreciation expense over the extent a portion may be recoverable in a future period.

7. Notes payable:
next five years as follows: 2011—$4,867; 2012—$789; 2013—$134 and 2014—$24.

6.Notes payable:

We entered into a note arrangement to finance certain of our annual insurance premiums for the policy term from December 1, 2007 to April 30, 2009. Effective May 1, 2009 we renewed our insurance policies and entered into a similar financing arrangement for the twelve-month policy term which extended throughto April 2010. Concurrently, we renewed our workers’ compensation, general liability and auto insurance policies through our insurance broker for the same policy term. Our accounting policy has been to record a prepaid asset associated with certain of these policies which is amortized over the term and which takes into account actual premium payments and deposits made to date, to record an accrued liability for premiums which are contractually committed for the policy term and to make monthly premium payments in accordance with our premium commitments and monthly note payments for amounts financed. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we paid $1,069 under this note payable arrangement. Effective May 1, 2011 and 2010, we renewed our annual insurance premiums for the policy term May 1, 2010 through April 30, 2011,respective twelve-month terms, but chose to prepay our premiums which had been financed through a note arrangementfor certain insurance coverages rather than finance such premiums as in prior renewals. As a result, we recorded a prepaid asset of $4,267 in May 2010 associated with these renewals. We will continue to make monthly premium payments through our broker for our workers’ compensation, general liability and auto insurance policies during this twelve-month policy term.

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7.Long-term debt:

8. Long-term debt:
The following table summarizes long-term debt as of September 30, 20102011 and December 31, 2009:
         
  2010  2009 
U.S. revolving credit facility (a) $  $ 
Canadian revolving credit facility (a)      
8.0% senior notes (b)  650,000   650,000 
Capital leases and other  89   230 
       
   650,089   650,230 
Less: current maturities of long-term debt and capital leases  89   228 
       
  $650,000  $650,002 
       
2010:

   2011   2010 

Revolving credit facility (a)

  $—      $—    

8.0% senior notes (b)

   650,000     650,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $650,000    $650,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)We maintainPrior to June 13, 2011, we maintained a senior secured facility (the “Credit“Amended Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as U.S. Administrative Agent, HSBC Bank Canada, as Canadian Administrative Agent, and certain other financial institutions. On October 13, 2009, we entered into the Third Amendment (the Credit Agreement after giving effect to the Third Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) and modified the structure of our existing credit facility toinstitutions which was structured as an asset-based facility subject to borrowing base restrictions. In connection with the Third Amendment,facility, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC (formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC) replaced Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,served as U.S. Administrative Agent and also servesserved as U.S. Issuing Lender and U.S. Swingline Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement.Lender. The Amended Credit Agreement providesprovided for a U.S. revolving credit facility of up to $225,000 that matureswas to mature in December 2011 and a Canadian revolving credit facility of up to $15,000 (with Integrated Production Services Ltd., one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, as the borrower thereof (“Canadian Borrower”)) that matureswas to mature in December 2011. The Amended Credit Agreement includesincluded a provision for a “commitment increase”, as defined therein, which permitspermitted us to effect up to two separate increases in the aggregate commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement by designating one or more existing lenders or other banks or financial institutions, subject to the bank’s sole discretion as to participation, to provide additional aggregate financing up to $75,000, with each committed increase equal to at least $25,000 in the U.S., or $5,000 in Canada, and in accordance with other provisions as stipulated in the Amended Credit Agreement. Certain portions of the credit facilities arewere available to be borrowed in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars and other currencies approved by the lenders.

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement, we had the ability to elect how interest under the Amended Credit Agreement would be computed. Interest under the Amended Credit Agreement could be determined by reference to (1) the London Inter-bank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus an applicable margin between 3.75% and 4.25% per annum (with the applicable margin depending upon our Excess Availability Amount, as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) or (2) the Base Rate (which means the higher of the Prime Rate, Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, 3 month LIBOR plus 1.00% and 3.50%), plus the applicable margin, as described above. If an event of default existed or continued under the Amended Credit Agreement, advances would bear interest as described above with an applicable margin rate of 4.25% plus 2.00%. Interest was payable monthly.

We incurred unused commitment fees under the Amended Credit Agreement ranging from 0.50% to 1.00% based on the average daily balance of amounts outstanding.

Letters of credit outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement incurred fees equal to the applicable margin, as described above. If an event of default existed or continued, such fee would have been equal to the applicable margin plus 2.00%.

Under the Amended Credit Agreement, the only financial covenant to which we were subject was a “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” covenant, which must have exceeded 1.10 to 1.00. This covenant became effective only if our Excess Availability Amount, as defined under the Amended Credit Agreement, plus certain qualified cash and cash equivalents is less than $50,000.

For a further description of the terms of our Amended Credit Agreement, including the provisions to calculate our U.S. and Canadian borrowing base, financial covenants requirements and events of default, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

New Credit Agreement, effective June 13, 2011:

On June 13, 2011, we entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among us, a subsidiary of the Company that is designated as a borrower under the Canadian facility, if any (the “Canadian Borrower”), the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the U.S. administrative agent, U.S. issuing lender and U.S. swingline lender, and the other persons from time to time party thereto (the “New Credit Agreement”), which amends and restates the Amended Credit Agreement. Defined terms not otherwise described herein shall have the meanings given to them in the New Credit Agreement.

The New Credit Agreement modifies the Amended Credit Agreement by, among other things:

changing the structure of the credit facility from an asset-based facility to a cash flow facility;

substituting Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, for Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC (f/k/a Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC), as U.S. administrative agent, and appointing Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as U.S. issuing lender and U.S. swingline lender; and

increasing our U.S. revolving credit facility from $225,000 to $300,000 and terminating the existing Canadian revolving credit facility (subject to our option to convert and reallocate any portion of the U.S. revolving credit facility then held by HSBC Bank USA, N.A., into a Canadian revolving credit facility upon satisfaction of certain conditions, including obtaining the consent of HSBC Bank USA, N.A., to such conversion and reallocation)

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the New Credit Agreement, we have the option to determine how interest is computed by reference to either (i) the London Inter-bank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus an applicable margin between 2.25% and 3.00% based on the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), or (ii) the “Base Rate” (which means the higher of the Prime Rate, Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, or the daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%), plus an applicable margin between 1.25% and 2.00% based on the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement). Advances under the Canadian revolving credit facility, if any, will bear interest as described in the New Credit Agreement. If an event of default exists or continues under the New Credit Agreement, advances may bear interest at the rates described above, plus 2.00%. Interest is payable in arrears on a quarterly basis.

Additionally, the New Credit Agreement, among other things:

permits us to effect up to two separate increases in the aggregate commitments under the credit facility, of at least $50,000 per commitment increase, and of up to $150,000 in the aggregate;

requires us to comply with a “Total Debt Leverage Ratio” covenant, which prohibits us from permitting the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), at the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00;

requires us to comply with a “Senior Debt Leverage Ratio” covenant, which prohibits us from permitting the Senior Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), at the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 2.50 to 1.00 and

requires us to comply with a “Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” covenant, which prohibits us from permitting the ratio of, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, (i) the consolidated EBITDA of Complete and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), calculated for the four fiscal quarters then ended, to (ii) the consolidated interest expense of Complete and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarters then ended, to be less than 2.75 to 1.00.

We were in compliance with these debt covenant requirements as of September 30, 2011.

The term of the credit facilities provided for under the New Credit Agreement will continue until the earlier of (i) June 13, 2016 or (ii) the earlier termination in whole of the U.S. lending commitments (or Canadian lending commitments, if any) as further described in the New Credit Agreement. Events of default under the New Credit Agreement remain substantially the same as under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The obligations under the U.S. portion of the New Credit Agreement are secured by first priority security interests on substantially all of the assets (other than certain excluded assets) of Complete and any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), whether now owned or hereafter acquired including, without limitation: (i) all equity interests issued by any domestic subsidiary, (ii) 100% of equity interests issued by first tier foreign subsidiaries but, in any event, no more than 66% of the outstanding voting securities issued by any first tier foreign subsidiary, and (iii) the Existing Mortgaged Properties (as defined in the New Credit Agreement). Additionally, all of the obligations under the U.S. portion of the New Credit Agreement will be guaranteed by Complete and each existing and subsequently acquired or formed Domestic Restricted Subsidiary. The obligations under the Canadian portion of the New Credit Agreement, if any, will be secured by substantially all of the assets (other than certain excluded assets) of Complete and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than our Mexican subsidiary), as further described in the New Credit Agreement. Additionally, all of the obligations under the Canadian portion of the New Credit Agreement, if any, will be guaranteed by Complete as well as certain of our subsidiaries. Subject to certain limitations, we will have the right to designate certain newly acquired and existing subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries under the New Credit Agreement, and the assets of such unrestricted subsidiaries will not serve as security for either the U.S. portion or the Canadian portion, if any, of the New Credit Agreement.

There were no borrowings outstanding under the New Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2011. There were letters of credit outstanding under the U.S. revolving portion of the facility totaling $22,278, which reduced the available borrowing capacity as of September 30, 2011. We incurred fees related to our letters of credit as of September 30, 2011 at 1.50% per annum. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, fees related to our letters of credit were calculated using a 360-day provision, at 3.75% per annum prior to the amendment on June 13, 2011, and ranged from 1.50% per annum to 1.66% thereafter resulting in a weighted average interest rate of 2.14 % per annum for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011. Our available borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility at September 30, 2011 was $277,722.

We will incur unused commitment fees under the New Credit Agreement ranging from 0.375% to 0.50% based on the average daily balance of amounts outstanding. The unused commitment fees were calculated at 0.375% as of September 30, 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the weighted average interest rate associated with unused commitments was 0.57% per annum.

We recorded deferred financing fees associated with the New Credit Agreement totaling $2,477. These fees will be amortized to expense, along with the remaining balance of deferred financing fees associated with the prior amendments to this facility, over the term of the facility which matures in June 2016.

 We were not subject to the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant in the Amended Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2010 since the Excess Availability Amount plus Qualified Cash Amount (each as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) exceeded $50,000. If we had been subject to the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant at September 30, 2010, we would have been in compliance. For a discussion of the methodology to calculate the borrowing base for the U.S. and Canadian portions of the facility, as well as our debt covenant requirements, prepayment options and potential exposure in the event of a default under the Amended Credit Agreement, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2009.
All of the obligations under the U.S. portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of our assets and the assets of our U.S. subsidiaries as well as a pledge of approximately 66% of the stock of our first-tier foreign subsidiaries. Additionally, all of the obligations under the U.S. portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of our U.S. subsidiaries. The obligations under the Canadian portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries (other than our Mexican subsidiary). Additionally, all of the obligations under the Canadian portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by us as well as certain of our subsidiaries.
Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement, we have the ability to elect how interest under the Amended Credit Agreement will be computed. Interest under the Amended Credit Agreement may be determined by reference to (1) the London Inter-bank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus an applicable margin between 3.75% and 4.25% per annum (with the

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applicable margin depending upon our “excess availability amount”, as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) or (2) the “Base Rate” (which means the higher of the Prime Rate, Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, 3-month LIBOR plus 1.00% and 3.50%), plus the applicable margin, as described above. For the period from the effective date of the Third Amendment until the six month anniversary of the effective date of the Third Amendment, interest was computed with an applicable margin rate of 4.00%. If an event of default exists or continues under the Amended Credit Agreement, advances will bear interest as described above with an applicable margin rate of 4.25% plus 2.00%. Additionally, if an event of default exists under the Amended Credit Agreement, as defined therein, the lenders could accelerate the maturity of the obligations outstanding thereunder and exercise other rights and remedies. Interest is payable monthly.
There were no borrowings outstanding under our U.S. or Canadian revolving credit facilities as of September 30, 2010. There were letters of credit outstanding under the U.S. revolving portion of the facility totaling $26,381, which reduced the available borrowing capacity as of September 30, 2010. We incurred fees related to our letters of credit as of September 30, 2010 at 4.0% per annum. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, fees related to our letters of credit were calculated using a 360-day provision, at 4.1% per annum. The availability of the U.S. and Canadian revolving credit facilities is determined by our borrowing base less any borrowings and letters of credit outstanding. The net excess availability under our borrowing base calculations for the U.S. and Canadian revolving facilities at September 30, 2010 was $183,898 and $6,965, respectively.
The primary purpose of our letters of credit is to secure potential future claim liability which may be incurred by our insurance providers. During the quarter ended September 30, 2010, we negotiated a reduction in our letter of credit requirements of $5,569. In addition, we placed $17,000 in escrow as a compensating balance, effectively cash collateralizing a portion of our letters of credit, in order to better utilize excess cash and reduce interest expense. This compensating balance has been recorded as a long-term asset called “Restricted Cash” on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010.
We incur unused commitment fees under the Amended Credit Agreement ranging from 0.50% to 1.00% based on the average daily balance of amounts outstanding. The unused commitment fees were calculated at 1.00% as of September 30, 2010.
(b)

On December 6, 2006, we issued 8.0% senior notes with a face value of $650,000 through a private placement of debt. These notes mature in 10 years, on December 15, 2016, and require semi-annual interest payments, paid in arrears and calculated based on an annual rate of 8.0%, on June 15 and December 15, of each year, which commenced on June 15, 2007. There was no

discount or premium associated with the issuance of these notes. The senior notes are guaranteed by all of our current domestic subsidiaries. The senior notes have covenants which, among other things: (1) limit the amount of additional indebtedness we can incur; (2) limit restricted payments such as a dividend; (3) limit our ability to incur liens or encumbrances; (4) limit our ability to purchase, transfer or dispose of significant assets; (5) limit our ability to purchase or redeem stock or subordinated debt; (6) limit our ability to enter into transactions with affiliates; (7) limit our ability to merge with or into other companies or transfer all or substantially all of our assets; and (8) limit our ability to enter into sale and leaseback transactions. We have the option to redeem all or part of these notes on or after December 15, 2011. Additionally, we may redeem some or all of the notes prior to December 15, 2011 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus a make-whole premium.

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement with the holders of our 8.0% senior notes, on June 1, 2007, we filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC which enabled these holders to exchange their notes for publicly registered notes with substantially identical terms. These holders exchanged 100% of the notes for publicly traded notes on July 25, 2007. On August 28, 2007, we entered into a supplement to the indenture governing the 8.0% senior notes, whereby additional domestic subsidiaries became guarantors under the indenture. Effective April 1, 2009, we entered into a second supplement to this indenture whereby additional domestic subsidiaries became guarantors under the indenture.

8.Stockholders’ equity:

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9. Stockholders’ equity:
(a) Stock-based Compensation—Stock Options:

We maintain option plans under which we grant stock-based compensation to employees, officers and directors to purchase our common stock. The exercise price of each option is based on the fair value of the company’s stock at the date of grant. Options may be exercised over a five or ten-year period and generally a third of the options vest on each of the first three anniversaries from the grant date. Upon exercise of stock options, we issue our common stock.

We calculate stock compensation expense for our stock-based compensation awards by measuring the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award, with limited exceptions, by using an option pricing model to determine fair value. A further description can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2009.

     Effective2010.

On January 29, 2010,31, 2011, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the annual grant of stock options and non-vested restricted stock to certain employees, officers and directors. Pursuant to this authorization, we issued 790,396428,960 shares of non-vested restricted stock on January 29, 2010 at a grant price of $12.53 per share.$27.94. We expect to recognize compensation expense associated with this grant of non-vested restricted stock totaling $11,982 ratably over the three-year vesting period. We granted an additional 23,500 shares of non-vested restricted stock in May 2011 and expect to recognize compensation expense associated with these grants of non-vested restricted stock totaling $9,904. Subsequent to the annual grant on January 29, 2010, we have granted an additional 18,700 shares of non-vested restricted stock at an average price of $16.45 and expect to recognize compensation expense of $308 associated with these grants$718 ratably over the three-year vesting periods.

     On January 29, 2010,period. In addition, we granted 510,300231,300 stock options to purchase shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $12.53 per share.$27.94. These stock options vest ratably over a three-year period. We will recognize compensation expense associated with these stock option grants ratably over the three-year vesting period. The fair value of the stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 was determined by applying a Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions:

Assumptions:

  Nine Months Ended
September  30,
2011

Risk-free rate

  0.96% to 1.92%
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2010
Assumptions:
Risk-free rate1.38% to 2.34%

Expected term (in years)

  3.7 to 5.1

Volatility

  50.4%54.1%

Calculated fair value per option

  $4.8311.32 to $5.81$13.53

We calculated an averagethe expected volatility factor forof our common stock based on our historical volatility, adjusted for certain qualitative factors, over the three-year period just prior to the grant dateexpected term of the award.options. This volatility calculationfactor was used to computecalculate the fair market value of stock option grants made during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

2011.

We projected a rate of stock option forfeitures based upon historical experience and management assumptions related to the expected term of the options. After adjusting for these forfeitures, we expect to recognize expense totaling $2,635$2,782 over the vesting period of these 20102011 stock option grants. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010,2011, we have recognized expense related to these stock option grants totaling $220$232 and $588,$618, respectively, which represents a reduction of net income before taxes. The impact on net income for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 was a decrease of $134$144 and $359,$384, respectively, with a $0.01 reduction inno impact on diluted earnings per share for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010.as reported. The unrecognized compensation costs related to the non-vested portion of these awards was $2,047$2,164 as of September 30, 20102011 and will be recognized over the applicable remaining vesting periods.

For the quarters ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009,2010, we recognized compensation expense associated with all stock option awards totaling $488$578 and $869,$488, respectively, resulting in a decrease in net income of $298$360 and an increase in net loss of $579,$298, respectively. The impact of this compensation expense on earnings per share was a $0.01 reduction in diluted earnings per share for each of the quarterquarters ended September 30, 20102011 and a $0.01 increase in loss per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.2010. For the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009,2010, we recognized compensation expense associated with all stock option awards totaling $1,831$1,734 and $3,259,$1,831, respectively, resulting in a

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decrease in net income of $1,118$1,079 and an increase in net loss of $2,210,$1,118, respectively. This resulted in a $0.02 reduction in earnings per share for each of the nine monthsnine-month periods ended September 30, 20102011 and a $0.03 reduction in earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.2010. Total unrecognized compensation expense associated with outstanding stock option awards at September 30, 20102011 was $2,837$3,503 or $1,733,$2,179, net of tax.

The following tables provide a roll forward of stock options from December 31, 20092010 to September 30, 20102011 and a summary of stock options outstanding by exercise price range at September 30, 2010:

         
  Options Outstanding
      Weighted
      Average
      Exercise
  Number Price
Balance at December 31, 2009  3,383,620  $13.09 
Granted  510,300  $12.53 
Exercised  (336,747) $9.23 
Cancelled  (151,805) $18.41 
         
Balance at September 30, 2010  3,405,368  $13.15 
         
                         
  Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
      Weighted Weighted     Weighted Weighted
  Outstanding at Average Average Exercisable at Average Average
  September 30, Remaining Exercise September 30, Remaining Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices 2010 Life (months) Price 2010 Life (months) Price
$5.00  68,500   32  $5.00   68,500   32  $5.00 
$6.41 – $8.16  1,409,932   81  $6.54   814,979   67  $6.62 
$11.66 – $12.53  582,836   32  $12.42   72,536   60  $11.66 
$15.90  296,267   88  $15.90   197,511   76  $15.90 
$17.60 – $19.87  554,089   76  $19.83   554,088   76  $19.83 
$22.55 – $24.07  397,244   67  $23.96   397,244   67  $23.96 
$26.26 – $27.11  45,000   80  $26.35   45,000   80  $26.35 
$29.88  40,000   92  $29.88   26,667   92  $29.88 
$34.19  11,500   93  $34.19   7,667   93  $34.19 
                         
   3,405,368   70  $13.15   2,184,192   69  $14.87 
                         
2011:

   Options Outstanding 
   Number  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Balance at December 31, 2010

   3,141,580   $12.68  

Granted

   231,300   $27.94  

Exercised

   (929,852 $17.16  

Cancelled

   —     $—    
  

 

 

  

Balance at September 30, 2011

   2,443,028   $12.42  
  

 

 

  

   Options Outstanding   Options Exercisable 

Range of Exercise Price

  Outstanding at
September  30,
2011
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (months)
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Exercisable at
September 30,
2011
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (months)
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

$5.00

   60,000     20    $5.00     60,000     20    $5.00  

$6.41 – $8.16

   1,251,134     66    $6.55     953,657     60    $6.59  

$11.66 - $12.53

   483,964     96    $12.47     143,765     87    $12.32  

$15.90

   61,900     76    $15.90     61,900     64    $15.90  

$17.67 – $19.87

   137,863     64    $19.73     137,863     64    $19.73  

$23.27 – $24.00

   122,367     55    $23.97     122,367     55    $23.97  

$26.26 – $27.94

   276,300     105    $27.68     45,000     68    $26.35  

$29.88

   40,000     80    $29.88     40,000     80    $29.88  

$34.19

   9,500     81    $34.19     9,500     81    $34.19  
  

 

 

       

 

 

     
   2,443,028     75    $12.42     1,574,052     62    $11.25  
  

 

 

       

 

 

     

The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 was $842$865 and $2,914,$15,952, respectively. The total intrinsic value of all in-the-money vested outstanding stock options at September 30, 20102011 was $12,329.$13,644. Assuming all stock options outstanding at September 30, 20102011 were vested, the total intrinsic value of all in-the-money outstanding stock options would have been $20,558.

$19,513.

(b) Non-vested Restricted Stock:

We present the amortization of non-vested restricted stock as an increase in additional paid-in capital. At September 30, 2010,2011, amounts not yet recognized related to non-vested restricted stock totaled $12,201,$14,106, which represented the unamortized expense associated with awards of non-vested stock granted to

employees, officers and directors under our compensation plans, including $2,379$12,531 related to grants during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.2011. We recognized compensation expense associated with non-vested restricted stock totaling $2,428$2,869 and $1,998$2,428 for the quarters ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009,2010, respectively, and $6,740$8,056 and $6,312$6,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively.

The following table summarizes the change in non-vested restricted stock from December 31, 20092010 to September 30, 2010:

         
  Non-vested
  Restricted Stock
      Weighted
      Average
  Number Grant Price
Balance at December 31, 2009  1,635,565  $10.27 
Granted  809,096  $12.62 
Vested  (678,290) $10.88 
Forfeited  (91,992) $10.89 
         
Balance at September 30, 2010  1,674,379  $11.12 
         

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2011:


   Non-vested
Restricted Stock
 
   Number  Weighted
Average
Grant Price
 

Balance at December 31, 2010

   1,672,854   $11.12  

Granted

   452,460   $28.08  

Vested

   (843,377 $10.79  

Forfeited

   (11,216 $21.49  
  

 

 

  

Balance at September 30, 2011

   1,270,721   $17.29  
  

 

 

  

(c) Treasury Shares:

In accordance with the provisions of the 2008 Incentive Award Plan, as amended, holders of non-vested restricted stock were given the option to either remit to us the required withholding taxes associated with the vesting of restricted stock, or to authorize us to purchase shares equivalent to the cost of the withholding tax and to remit the withholding taxes on behalf of the holder. Pursuant to this provision, we purchased the following shares of our common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2010:

             
  Shares  Average Price  Extended 
Period Purchased  Paid per Share  Amount 
January 1 – 31, 2010  109,360  $12.53  $1,370 
March 1 – 31, 2010  902   14.06   13 
April 1 – 30, 2010  426   11.84   5 
May 1 – 31, 2010  1,260   14.48   18 
June 1– 30, 2010  355   14.83   4 
July 1 – 31, 2010  591   14.38   8 
           
   112,894      $1,418 
           
10.2011:

Period

  Shares
Purchased
   Average Price
Paid per  Share
   Extended
Amount
 

January 1 – 31, 2011

   199,510    $27.45    $5,476  

February 1 – 28, 2011

   —       —       —    

March 1 – 31, 2011

   1,374    $28.22     39  

April 1 – 30, 2011

   426    $29.72     13  

May 1 – 31, 2011

   1,065    $30.80     33  

June 1 – 30, 2011

   644    $30.90     20  

July 1 – 31, 2011

   1,326    $37.11     49  

August 1 – 31, 2011

   353    $37.33     13  

September 1 - 30, 2011

   —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   204,698      $5,643  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

9. Earnings per share:

We compute basic earnings per share by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per common and potential common share includes the weighted average of additional shares associated with the incremental effect of dilutive employee stock options and non-vested restricted stock, as determined using the treasury stock method prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance on earnings per share. The following table reconciles basic and diluted weighted average shares used in the computation of earnings (loss) per share for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009:

                 
  Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended
  September 30, September 30,
  2010 2009 2010 2009
  (In thousands)
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding  76,130   75,200   75,957   75,045 
Effect of dilutive securities:                
Employee stock options  751      628    
Non-vested restricted stock  914      812    
                 
Weighted average diluted common and potential common shares outstanding  77,795   75,200   77,397   75,045 
                 
     For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we incurred a net loss and thus all potential common shares were deemed to be anti-dilutive. 2010:

   Quarter Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months  Ended
September 30,
 
   2011   2010   2011   2010 
   (In thousands) 

Weighted average basic common shares outstanding

   78,004     76,130     77,578     75,957  

Effect of dilutive securities:

        

Employee stock options

   998     751     1,052     628  

Non-vested restricted stock

   443     911     450     810  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average diluted common and potential common shares outstanding

   79,445     77,792     79,080     77,395  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

We excluded the impact of anti-dilutive potential common shares from the calculation of diluted weighted average shares for the quartersquarter and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009.2010. If these potential common shares were included in the calculation, the impact would have been a decrease in diluted weighted average shares outstanding of 47,89034,563 shares and 1,253,92047,870 shares for the quarters ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009,2010, respectively, and 257,78135,156 shares and 3,060,105257,781 shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

10.Discontinued operations:

On July 6, 2011, we sold our Southeast Asian products business, through which we provided oilfield equipment sales, rentals and 2009, respectively.

11. Segment information:
refurbishment services, to MTQ Corporation Limited (“MTQ”), a Singapore firm which provides engineering services to oilfield and industrial equipment users and manufacturers. Proceeds from the sale of this business totaled $21,913, of which $2,613 represented cash on hand at July 6, 2011 which was transferred to us in October 2011 pursuant to the final settlement. We recorded a loss on the sale of this business of $136 as of September 30, 2011.

Although this sale did not represent a material disposition of assets relative to our total assets as presented in the accompanying balance sheets, the Southeast Asia products business did represent a significant portion of the assets and operations which were attributable to our product sales business segment for the periods presented, and therefore, we accounted for it as discontinued operations. We revised our financial statements and reclassified the assets and liabilities of the Southeast Asia products business as discontinued operations as of the date of each balance sheet presented and removed the results of operations of the Southeast Asia products business from net income from continuing operations, and presented these separately as income from discontinued operations, net of tax, for each of the accompanying statements of operations.

Additionally, because our Southeast Asian products business represented over 85% of the Product Sales segment revenue, we have restructured our reportable segments to better reflect our current operations. Our remaining product sales business has been combined with our Drilling Services segment. A reconciliation of the original presentation of our reportable segments for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 to the current reportable segments is presented below in Note 11, “Segment information.”

The following table summarizes the operating results for this disposal group for the quarters and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

   Pro Forma Results 
   Quarter Ended
September 30,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2011  2010   2011   2010 

Revenue

  $—     $8,339    $13,766    $24,069  

Income before taxes

  $571   $1,681    $3,343    $4,050  

Taxes

  $707   $242    $1,149    $638  

Net income (loss)

  $(136 $1,439    $2,194    $3,412  

Earnings per share information:

       

Basic

  $(0.00 $0.02    $0.03    $0.04  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

  $(0.01 $0.01    $0.03    $0.04  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table presents the assets and liabilities of this disposal group as of July 6, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

   July 6, 2011   December 31, 2010 

Current assets:

    

Cash

  $2,613    $7,546  

Accounts receivable

  $6,805    $3,664  

Inventory, net

  $5,264    $5,147  

Prepaid expenses

  $455    $343  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current assets of discontinued operations

  $15,137    $16,700  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term assets:

    

Property, plant and equipment, net

  $4,963    $5,096  

Goodwill

  $ 2,858    $ 2,858  

Other long-term assets

  $941    $943  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

  $8,762    $8,897  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

    

Accounts payable

  $2,774    $597  

Accrued liabilities

  $781    $2,244  

Income taxes payable

  $431    $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

  $3,986    $2,841  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations:

    

Deferred income taxes

  $42    $33  

We have included cash held by the disposal group as a component of current assets of discontinued operations for the accompanying balance sheet at December 31, 2010, rather than including this amount as cash and cash equivalents of the consolidated entity at December 31, 2010. For cash flow statement presentation, the sources and uses of cash for this disposal group are presented as operating, investing and financing cash flows, as applicable, combined with such cash flows for continuing operations, as permitted by US GAAP.

11.Segment information:

We report segment information based on how our management organizes the operating segments to make operational decisions and to assess financial performance. We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on net income (loss) from continuing operations before net interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-controlling interest and impairment loss (“Adjusted EBITDA”). The calculation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be viewed as a substitute for calculations under U.S. GAAP, in

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particular net income. Adjusted EBITDA is included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q because our management considers it an important supplemental measure of our performance and believes that it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry, some of which present EBITDA when reporting their results. We regularly evaluate our performance as compared to other companies in our industry that have different financing and capital structures and/or tax rates by using Adjusted EBITDA. In addition, we use Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating acquisition targets. Management also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful tool for measuring our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures and working capital requirements, and Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used by us and our investors to measure our ability to service indebtedness. Adjusted EBITDA is not a substitute for the U.S. GAAP measures of earnings or cash flow and is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. In addition, itIt should be noted that companies calculate EBITDA (including Adjusted EBITDA) differently and, therefore, EBITDA has material limitations as a performance measure because it excludes interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA calculated by us may not be comparable to the EBITDA (or Adjusted EBITDA) calculation of another company and also differs from the calculation of EBITDA as defined and used under our credit facilities (see Note 7, Long-term“Long-term debt, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 for a description of the calculation of EBITDA under our existing credit facility, as amended). See also the table below for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating income (loss) by segment.
     We have

Prior to July 1, 2011, we had three reportable operating segments: completion and production services (“C&PS”), drilling services and product sales. During July 2011, as a result of the sale of our Southeast Asian business, we restructured our reportable segments to better reflect our current operations. Our Southeast Asian business is accounted for as discontinued operations and we have combined the remaining product sales business with our drilling services segment.

The accounting policies of our reporting segments are the same as those used to prepare our consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2010.2011. Inter-segment transactions are accounted for on a cost recovery basis.

                     
      Drilling  Product       
  C&PS  Services  Sales  Corporate  Total 
Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
                    
Revenue from external customers $361,457  $48,600  $8,552  $  $418,609 
Inter-segment revenues $33  $(10) $3,177  $(3,200) $ 
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $108,104  $12,936  $1,689  $(9,743) $112,986 
Depreciation and amortization $39,078  $4,673  $539  $515  $44,805 
                
Operating income (loss) $69,026  $8,263  $1,150  $(10,258) $68,181 
Capital expenditures $46,479  $1,036  $116  $330  $47,961 
                     
Quarter Ended September 30, 2009
                    
Revenue from external customers $198,014  $25,415  $6,484  $  $229,913 
Inter-segment revenues $1,211  $122  $1,295  $(2,628) $ 
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $31,396  $(3,757) $1,791  $(7,025) $22,405 
Depreciation and amortization $43,744  $5,466  $603  $566  $50,379 
Impairment charge $  $36,158  $  $  $36,158 
                
Operating income (loss) $(12,348) $(45,381) $1,188  $(7,591) $(64,132)
Capital expenditures $3,844  $1,912  $18  $561  $6,335 
                     
As of September 30, 2010
                    
Segment assets $1,380,903  $173,149  $29,470  $107,350  $1,690,872 
                     
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
                    
Revenue from external customers $938,205  $124,149  $26,204  $  $1,088,558 
Inter-segment revenues $225  $231  $4,567  $(5,023) $ 
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $250,609  $27,018  $4,501  $(27,893) $254,235 
Depreciation and amortization $118,641  $13,775  $1,676  $1,504  $135,596 
                
Operating income (loss) $131,968  $13,243  $2,825  $(29,397) $118,639 
Capital expenditures $80,194  $8,400  $220  $1,041  $89,855 
                     
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
                    
Revenue from external customers $681,981  $85,515  $37,496  $  $804,992 
Inter-segment revenues $4,460  $734  $3,581  $(8,775) $ 
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $129,044  $6,698  $6,427  $(25,569) $116,600 
Depreciation and amortization $133,393  $16,502  $1,861  $1,714  $153,470 
Impairment charge $  $36,158  $  $  $36,158 
                
Operating income (loss) $(4,349) $(45,962) $4,566  $(27,283) $(73,028)
Capital expenditures $25,267  $3,004  $175  $648  $29,094 
                     
As of December 31, 2009
                    
Segment assets $1,292,199  $172,605  $37,270  $86,780  $1,588,854 

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   C&PS   Drilling
Services
   Corporate  Total 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2011

       

Revenue from external customers

  $535,625    $54,664    $—     $590,289  

Inter-segment revenues

  $1    $7,474    $(7,475 $—    

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $154,249    $14,388    $(11,370 $157,267  

Depreciation and amortization

  $43,147    $4,972    $576   $48,695  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $111,102    $9,416    $(11,946 $108,572  

Capital expenditures(1)

  $109,960    $19,792    $88   $129,840  

Quarter Ended September 30, 2010

       

Revenue from external customers

  $361,457    $48,813    $—     $410,270  

Inter-segment revenues

  $33    $2,666    $(2,699 $—    

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $108,104    $12,685    $(9,743 $111,046  

Depreciation and amortization

  $39,078    $4,970    $515   $44,563  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $69,026    $7,715    $(10,258 $66,483  

Capital expenditures

  $46,479    $1,072    $410   $47,961  

As of September 30, 2011

       

Segment assets

  $1,681,007    $199,623    $240,332   $2,120,962  

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

       

Revenue from external customers

  $1,464,593    $159,114    $—     $1,623,707  

Inter-segment revenues

  $31    $13,863    $(13,894 $—    

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $420,694    $40,561    $(32,270 $428,985  

Depreciation and amortization

  $129,988    $15,063    $1,781   $146,832  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $290,706    $25,498    $(34,051 $282,153  

Capital expenditures(2)

  $244,696    $23,322    $555   $268,573  

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

       

Revenue from external customers

  $938,205    $126,284    $—     $1,064,489  

Inter-segment revenues

  $225    $4,147    $(4,372 $—    

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $250,609    $26,622    $(27,893 $249,338  

Depreciation and amortization

  $118,641    $14,653    $1,504   $134,798  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $131,968    $11,969    $(29,397 $114,540  

Capital expenditures

  $80,194    $8,436    $1,225   $89,855  

As of December 31, 2010

       

Segment assets

  $1,485,897    $183,220    $131,459   $1,800,576  

(1)For the quarter ended September 30, 2011, capital expenditures of $129,840 represents actual cash invested of $110,853, less amounts accrued but not paid at June 30, 2011 of $9,678, plus amounts accrued but not paid at September 30, 2011 of $28,665.

(2)For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, capital expenditures of $268,573 represents actual cash invested of $259,925, less amounts accrued but not paid at December 31, 2010 of $20,017, plus amounts accrued but not paid at September 30, 2011 of $28,665.

The following table reconciles the original presentation of the three operating segments to the current presentation for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2010.

Quarter Ended September 30, 2010

  Original
Presentation
   Discontinued
Operations
  Reclassification  Current
Presentation
 

Drilling services:

     

Revenue from external customers

  $48,600    $—     $213   $48,813  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $12,936    $—     $(251 $12,685  

Depreciation and amortization

   4,673     —      297    4,970  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income

  $8,263    $—     $(548 $7,715  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

  $1,036    $—     $36   $1,072  

Product Sales:

     

Revenue from external customers

  $8,552    $(8,339 $(213 $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $1,689    $(1,940 $251   $—    

Depreciation and amortization

   539     (242  (297  —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income

  $1,150    $(1,698 $548   $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

  $116    $(80 $(36 $—    

Corporate:

  

Capital expenditures

  $330    $   $80   $410  

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

      

Drilling services:

      

Revenue from external customers

  $124,149    $—     $2,135   $126,284  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $27,018    $—     $(396 $26,622  

Depreciation and amortization

   13,775     —      878    14,653  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income

  $13,243    $—     $(1,274 $11,969  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

  $8,400    $—     $36   $8,436  

Product Sales:

      
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from external customers

  $26,204    $(24,069 $(2,135 $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $4,501    $(4,897 $396   $—    

Depreciation and amortization

   1,676     (798  (878  —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income

  $2,825    $(4,099 $1,274   $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

  $220    $(184 $(36 $—    

Corporate:

      

Capital expenditures

  $1,041    $—     $184   $1,225  

Reconciliation of segment assets as of December 31, 2010

      

C&PS(1)

  $1,488,755    $—     $(2,858 $1,485,897  

Drilling services

  $170,944    $—     $12,276   $183,220  

Product sales

  $35,015    $(25,597 $(9,418 $—    

Corporate

  $105,862    $25,597   $—     $131,459  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment assets

  $1,800,576    $—     $—     $1,800,576  

(1)The $2,858 represents goodwill associated with Southeast Asia.

We do not allocate net interest expense or tax expense to ourthe operating segments. The following table reconciles operating income (loss) as reported above to net income (loss)from continuing operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009:

                 
  Quarters Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009 
Segment operating income (loss) $68,181  $(64,132) $118,639  $(73,028)
Interest expense  14,152   13,987   43,653   42,344 
Interest income  (57)  (13)  (200)  (43)
Income taxes  21,056   (26,081)  29,247   (37,136)
             
Net income (loss) $33,030  $(52,025) $45,939  $(78,193)
             
2010:

   

Quarters Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
   2011  2010  2011  2010 

Segment operating income

  $108,572   $66,483   $282,153   $114,540  

Interest expense

   12,917    14,151    40,709    43,653  

Interest income

   (180  (73  (407  (249

Income taxes

   36,513    20,814    91,420    28,609  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income from continuing operations

  $59,322   $31,591   $150,431   $42,527  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the change in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2010:

                 
      Drilling  Product    
  C&PS  Services  Sales  Total 
Balance at December 31, 2009
 $235,859  $5,563  $2,401  $243,823 
Acquisitions (a)  5,928         5,928 
             
Balance at September 30, 2010
 $241,787  $5,563  $2,401  $249,751 
             
2011:

   C&PS   Drilling
Services
   Product
Sales
  Total 

Balance at December 31, 2010

  $244,138    $3,537    $2,858   $250,533  

Less: goodwill associated with discontinued operations

   —       —       (2,858  (2,858
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Adjusted balance at December 31, 2010

   244,138     3,537     —      247,675  

Acquisition (a) and other

   4,462     —       —      4,462  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2011

  $248,600    $3,537    $—     $252,137  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

(a)For a description of our business acquisitionsacquisition as of September 30, 2010,2011, see Note 2, Business Combinations.“Business acquisition.”
12. Financial instruments:

12.Financial instruments:

The financial instruments recognized in the balance sheet consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, long-term debt and senior notes. The fair value of all financial instruments approximates their carrying amounts due to their current maturities or market rates of interest, except the senior notes which were issued in December 2006 with a fixed 8% coupon rate. At September 30, 2010,2011, the fair value of these notes was $673,563$650,000 based on the published closing price.

A significant portion of our trade accounts receivable is from companies in the oil and gas industry, and as such, we are exposed to normal industry credit risks. We evaluate the credit-worthiness of our major new and existing customers’customers based on their financial condition and generally do not require collateral. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010, one customer2011, we had two customers who provided 11.4%approximately 18% and 8% of our sales and another customer provided 11.3% of our sales.

     We have entered into contracts with major customers, including the customer that provided 11.4% of our consolidated sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, to provide pressure pumping services. These contracts generally extend for up to three years from the date each fleet is placed into service and contain provisions which establish minimum price and utilization requirements and include provisions to account for certain inflationary market changes. We accrue revenue under these contracts as stages are completed, but typically bill our customers at the completion of the well or once per month. Unbilled receivables pursuant to these long-term contracts totaled $6,969 and $632 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
13. Legal matters and contingencies:
total revenue.

13.Legal matters and contingencies:

In the normal course of our business, we are a party to various pending or threatened claims, lawsuits and administrative proceedings seeking damages or other remedies concerning our commercial operations, products, employees and other matters, including warranty and product liability claims and occasional claims by individuals alleging exposure to hazardous materials, on the job injuries and fatalities as a result of our products or operations. Many of the claims filed against us relate to motor vehicle accidents which can result in the loss of life or serious bodily injury. Some of these claims relate to matters occurring prior

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to our acquisition of businesses. In certain cases, we are entitled to indemnification from the sellers of such businesses.

Although we cannot know or predict with certainty the outcome of any claim or proceeding or the effect such outcomes may have on us, we believe that any liability resulting from the resolution of any of these matters, individually, or in the aggregate, to the extent not otherwise provided for or covered by insurance, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

We have historically incurred additional insurance premiumpremiums related to a cost-sharing provision of our general liability insurance policy, and we cannot be certain that we will not incur additional costs until either existing claims become further developed or until the limitation periods expire for each respective policy year. Any such additional premiums should not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

14. Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements:

See Note 16, “Subsequent events,” for disclosure of two lawsuits that were filed against us after September 30, 2011.

14.Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements:

The following tables present the financial data required pursuant to SEC Regulation S-X Rule 3-10(f), which includes: (1) unaudited condensed consolidating balance sheets as of September 30, 20102011 and December 31, 2009;2010; (2) unaudited condensed consolidating statements of operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 20092010 and (3) unaudited condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009.

2010.

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

September 30, 2010

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Current assets                    
Cash and cash equivalents $132,830  $969  $21,384  $(11,918) $143,265 
Accounts receivable, net  389   250,515   30,576      281,480 
Inventory, net     20,082   12,019      32,101 
Prepaid expenses  7,561   11,992   1,286      20,839 
Income tax receivable  (10,448)  13,678   3,585      6,815 
Current deferred tax assets  908            908 
Other current assets     163         163 
                
Total current assets  131,240   297,399   68,850   (11,918)  485,571 
Property, plant and equipment, net  4,253   853,523   55,531      913,307 
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries  847,251   114,301      (961,552)   
Inter-company receivable  559,052      642   (559,694)   
Goodwill  15,531   231,362   2,858      249,751 
Other long-term assets, net  30,726   9,627   1,890      42,243 
                
Total assets $1,588,053  $1,506,212  $129,771  $(1,533,164) $1,690,872 
                
Current liabilities                    
Current maturities of long-term debt $  $89  $  $  $89 
Accounts payable  831   54,226   6,129   (11,918)  49,268 
Accrued liabilities  17,418   20,814   4,421      42,653 
Accrued payroll and payroll burdens  3,364   21,331   2,645      27,340 
Accrued interest  15,644   3   8      15,655 
Accrued taxes payable        589      589 
                
Total current liabilities  37,257   96,463   13,792   (11,918)  135,594 
Long-term debt  650,000            650,000 
Inter-company payable     558,704   990   (559,694)   
Deferred income taxes  143,728   3,794   688      148,210 
                
Total liabilities  830,985   658,961   15,470   (571,612)  933,804 
Stockholders’ equity                    
Total stockholders’ equity  757,068   847,251   114,301   (961,552)  757,068 
                
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $1,588,053  $1,506,212  $129,771  $(1,533,164) $1,690,872 
                

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2011


    Parent   Guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Current assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

  $177,411    $2,777    $42,927   $(14,834 $208,281  

Accounts receivable, net

   238     390,433     44,924    —      435,595  

Inventory, net

   —       29,060     7,226    —      36,286  

Prepaid expenses

   7,885     21,573     3,920    —      33,378  

Income tax receivable

   22,723     —       1    —      22,724  

Current deferred tax assets

   15,462     —       —      —      15,462  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current assets

   223,719     443,843     98,998    (14,834  751,726  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   4,166     1,024,307     45,352    —      1,073,825  

Investment in consolidated subsidiaries

   1,125,091     122,003     —      (1,247,094  —    

Inter-company receivable

   568,641     —       (80  (568,561  —    

Goodwill

   15,531     236,606     —      —      252,137  

Other long-term assets, net

   31,569     10,886     819    —      43,274  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets

  $1,968,717    $1,837,645    $145,089   $(1,830,489 $2,120,962  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Current liabilities

        

Accounts payable

  $22,436    $88,404    $8,256   $(14,834 $104,262  

Accrued liabilities

   23,274     19,206     9,398    —      51,878  

Accrued payroll and payroll burdens

   3,193     30,809     2,111    —      36,113  

Accrued interest

   15,661     —       7    —      15,668  

Income taxes payable

   —       —       2,200    —      2,200  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   64,564     138,419     21,972    (14,834  210,121  

Long-term debt

   650,000     —       —      —      650,000  

Inter-company payable

   —       566,882     1,679    (568,561  —    

Deferred income taxes

   272,557     3,803     (576  —      275,784  

Other long-term liabilities

   1,051     3,450     11    —      4,512  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   988,172     712,554     23,086    (583,395  1,140,417  

Stockholders’ equity

        

Total stockholders’ equity

   980,545     1,125,091     122,003    (1,247,094  980,545  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $1,968,717    $1,837,645    $145,089   $(1,830,489 $2,120,962  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

December 31, 2009

                     
      Guarantor  Non-
guarantor
  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Current assets                    
Cash and cash equivalents $64,871  $519  $17,001  $(5,031) $77,360 
Accounts receivable, net  610   143,135   27,539      171,284 
Inventory, net     23,001   14,463      37,464 
Prepaid expenses  3,897   13,052   994      17,943 
Income tax receivable  35,404   20,201   2,001      57,606 
Current deferred tax assets  8,158            8,158 
Other current assets     111         111 
                
Total current assets  112,940   200,019   61,998   (5,031)  369,926 
Property, plant and equipment, net  4,222   876,304   60,607      941,133 
Investment in consolidated subsidiaries  755,435   104,974      (860,409)   
Inter-company receivable  607,325         (607,325)   
Goodwill  15,531   225,434   2,858      243,823 
Other long-term assets, net  16,026   13,803   4,143      33,972 
                
Total assets $1,511,479  $1,420,534  $129,606  $(1,472,765) $1,588,854 
                
Current liabilities                    
Current maturities of long-term debt $  $228  $  $  $228 
Accounts payable  445   30,028   6,303   (5,031)  31,745 
Accrued liabilities  14,064   18,257   8,781      41,102 
Accrued payroll and payroll burdens  388   10,847   2,324      13,559 
Accrued interest  3,198      8      3,206 
Notes payable  1,068   1         1,069 
Income taxes payable        813      813 
                
Total current liabilities  19,163   59,361   18,229   (5,031)  91,722 
Long-term debt  650,000      2      650,002 
Inter-company payable     601,947   5,378   (607,325)   
Deferred income taxes  143,427   3,793   1,020      148,240 
                
Total liabilities  812,590   665,101   24,629   (612,356)  889,964 
Stockholders’ equity                    
Total stockholders’ equity  698,889   755,433   104,977   (860,409)  698,890 
                
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $1,511,479  $1,420,534  $129,606  $(1,472,765) $1,588,854 
                
2010

    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
   Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Current assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

  $111,834   $569    $23,500   $(16,768 $119,135  

Accounts receivable, net

   696    313,936     27,352    —      341,984  

Inventory, net

   —      21,935     6,454    —      28,389  

Prepaid expenses

   6,388    10,980     989    —      18,357  

Income tax receivable

   10,164    13,298     —      —      23,462  

Current deferred tax assets

   2,499    —       —      —      2,499  

Other current assets

   882    502     —      —      1,384  

Current assets of discontinued operations

   —      —       16,700    —      16,700  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current assets

   132,463    361,220     74,995    (16,768  551,910  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   4,730    898,013     48,189    —      950,932  

Investment in consolidated subsidiaries

   930,631    115,449     —      (1,046,080  —    

Inter-company receivable

   554,482    —       445    (554,927  —    

Goodwill

   15,531    232,144     —      —      247,675  

Other long-term assets, net

   29,966    10,161     1,035    —      41,162  

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

   —      —       8,897    —      8,897  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets

  $1,667,803   $1,616,987    $133,561   $(1,617,775 $1,800,576  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Current liabilities

       

Accounts payable

  $376   $82,952    $7,942   $(16,768 $74,502  

Accrued liabilities

   18,269    21,355     2,423    —      42,047  

Accrued payroll and payroll burdens

   4,353    19,325     2,890    —      26,568  

Accrued interest

   2,439    1     6    —      2,446  

Income taxes payable

   (1,043  —       1,043    —      —    

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

   —      —       2,841    —      2,841  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   24,394    123,633     17,145    (16,768  148,404  

Long-term debt

   650,000    —       —      —      650,000  

Inter-company payable

   —      553,907     1,020    (554,927  — ��  

Deferred income taxes

   186,693    3,794     (98  —      190,389  

Other long-term liabilities

   882    5,022     12    —      5,916  

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations

   —      —       33    —      33  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   861,969    686,356     18,112    (571,695  994,742  

Stockholders’ equity

       

Total stockholders’ equity

   805,834    930,631     115,449    (1,046,080  805,834  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $1,667,803   $1,616,987    $133,561   $(1,617,775 $1,800,576  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

Quarter Ended September 30, 2011

    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Revenues

  $—     $545,547   $45,856   $(1,114 $590,289  

Service expenses

   —      345,915    34,391    (1,114  379,192  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   11,370    37,801    4,659    —      53,830  

Depreciation and amortization

   396    45,652    2,647    —      48,695  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before interest and taxes

   (11,766  116,179    4,159    —      108,572  

Interest expense

   12,243    1,429    12    (767  12,917  

Interest income

   (850  (4  (93  767    (180

Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates

   (72,036  (4,429  —      76,465    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes

   48,877    119,183    4,240    (76,465  95,835  

Taxes

   (10,308  44,816    2,005    —      36,513  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

  $59,185   $74,367   $2,235   $(76,465 $59,322  

Loss from discontinued operations

   —      —      (136  —      (136
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $59,185   $74,367   $2,099   $(76,465 $59,186  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

Quarter Ended September 30, 2010

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Revenue:                    
Service $  $380,985  $30,804  $(1,732) $410,057 
Product     209   8,343      8,552 
                
      381,194   39,147   (1,732)  418,609 
Service expenses     235,375   23,844   (1,732)  257,487 
Product expenses     122   6,224      6,346 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  9,743   29,492   2,555      41,790 
Depreciation and amortization  345   41,570   2,890      44,805 
                
Income (loss) before interest and taxes  (10,088)  74,635   3,634      68,181 
Interest expense  14,478   1,188   18   (1,532)  14,152 
Interest income  (1,580)  (1)  (8)  1,532   (57)
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates  (49,101)  (2,864)     51,965    
                
Income (loss) before taxes  26,115   76,312   3,624   (51,965)  54,086 
Taxes  (6,915)  27,211   760      21,056 
                
Net income (loss) $33,030  $49,101  $2,864  $(51,965) $33,030 
                

18


    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Revenues

  $—     $381,194   $30,808   $(1,732 $410,270  

Service expenses

   —      235,497    24,011    (1,732  257,776  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   9,743    29,492    2,213    —      41,448  

Depreciation and amortization

   345    41,570    2,648    —      44,563  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before interest and taxes

   (10,088  74,635    1,936    —      66,483  

Interest expense

   14,478    1,188    17    (1,532  14,151  

Interest income

   (1,580  (1  (24  1,532    (73

Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates

   (49,101  (2,864  —      51,965    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes

   26,115    76,312    1,943    (51,965  52,405  

Taxes

   (6,915  27,211    518    —      20,814  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

  $33,030   $49,101   $1,425   $(51,965 $31,591  

Income from discontinued operations

   —      —      1,439    —      1,439  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $33,030   $49,101   $2,864   $(51,965 $33,030  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Quarter

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Revenue:                    
Service $  $197,004  $28,019  $(1,594) $223,429 
Product     (194)  6,678      6,484 
                
      196,810   34,697   (1,594)  229,913 
Service expenses     139,093   20,209   (1,594)  157,708 
Product expenses     224   4,372      4,596 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  7,030   35,925   2,249      45,204 
Depreciation and amortization  414   46,884   3,081      50,379 
Impairment charge     36,158         36,158 
                
Income (loss) before interest and taxes  (7,444)  (61,474)  4,786      (64,132)
Interest expense  13,894   1,809   52   (1,768)  13,987 
Interest income  (1,777)  (2)  (2)  1,768   (13)
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates  47,359   (3,740)     (43,619)   
                
Income (loss) before taxes  (66,920)  (59,541)  4,736   43,619   (78,106)
Taxes  (14,895)  (12,182)  996      (26,081)
                
Net income (loss) $(52,025) $(47,359) $3,740  $43,619  $(52,025)
                
2011

    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Revenues

  $—     $1,508,919   $119,164   $(4,376 $1,623,707  

Service expenses

   —      955,931    90,714    (4,376  1,042,269  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   32,270    110,670    9,513    —      152,453  

Depreciation and amortization

   1,254    137,147    8,431    —      146,832  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before interest and taxes

   (33,524  305,171    10,506    —      282,153  

Interest expense

   40,844    2,670    60    (2,865  40,709  

Interest income

   (3,082  (6  (184  2,865    (407

Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates

   (197,463  (9,567  —      207,030    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes

   126,177    312,074    10,630    (207,030  241,851  

Taxes

   (26,448  114,611    3,257    —      91,420  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

  $152,625   $197,463   $7,373   $(207,030 $150,431  

Income from discontinued operations

   —      —      2,194    —      2,194  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $152,625   $197,463   $9,567   $(207,030 $152,625  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Revenue:                    
Service $  $973,389  $94,159  $(5,194) $1,062,354 
Product     2,135   24,069      26,204 
                
      975,524   118,228   (5,194)  1,088,558 
Service expenses     621,371   71,695   (5,194)  687,872 
Product expenses     1,654   18,139      19,793 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  27,893   88,393   10,372      126,658 
Depreciation and amortization  1,011   125,186   9,399      135,596 
                
Income (loss) before interest and taxes  (28,904)  138,920   8,623      118,639 
Interest expense  43,923   4,627   50   (4,947)  43,653 
Interest income  (5,142)  (5)     4,947   (200)
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates  (90,456)  (7,948)     98,404    
                
Income (loss) before taxes  22,771   142,246   8,573   (98,404)  75,186 
Taxes  (23,168)  51,790   625      29,247 
                
Net income (loss) $45,939  $90,456  $7,948  $(98,404) $45,939 
                
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Revenue:                    
Service $  $686,237  $85,273  $(4,014) $767,496 
Product     13,639   23,857      37,496 
                
      699,876   109,130   (4,014)  804,992 
Service expenses     462,332   61,376   (4,014)  519,694 
Product expenses     12,979   15,604      28,583 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  25,569   98,888   15,658      140,115 
Depreciation and amortization  1,190   142,524   9,756      153,470 
Impairment charge     36,158         36,158 
                
Income (loss) before interest and taxes  (26,759)  (53,005)  6,736      (73,028)
Interest expense  42,373   5,243   146   (5,418)  42,344 
Interest income  (5,452)  (5)  (4)  5,418   (43)

19


    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Revenues

  $—     $975,524   $94,159   $(5,194 $1,064,489  

Service expenses

   —      623,025    72,192    (5,194  690,023  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   27,893    88,393    8,842    —      125,128  

Depreciation and amortization

   1,011    125,186    8,601    —      134,798  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before interest and taxes

   (28,904  138,920    4,524    —      114,540  

Interest expense

   43,923    4,627    50    (4,947  43,653  

Interest income

   (5,142  (5  (49  4,947    (249

Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates

   (90,456  (7,948  —      98,404    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes

   22,771    142,246    4,523    (98,404  71,136  

Taxes

   (23,168  51,790    (13  —      28,609  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

  $45,939   $90,456   $4,536   $(98,404 $42,527  

Income from discontinued operations

   —      —      3,412    —      3,412  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $45,939   $90,456   $7,948   $(98,404 $45,939  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates  44,998   (5,778)     (39,220)   
                
Income (loss) before taxes  (108,678)  (52,465)  6,594   39,220   (115,329)
Taxes  (30,485)  (7,467)  816      (37,136)
                
Net income (loss) $(78,193) $(44,998) $5,778  $39,220  $(78,193)
                
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Cash provided by:

     

Net income (loss)

  $152,625   $197,463   $9,567   $(207,030 $152,625  

Items not affecting cash:

      

Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates

   (197,463  (9,567  —      207,030    —    

Depreciation and amortization

   1,254    137,147    8,907    —      147,308  

Other

   6,556    75,074    14    —      81,644  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

   103,877    (147,727  (12,958  1,934    (54,874
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   66,849    252,390    5,530    1,934    326,703  

Investing activities:

      

Additions to property, plant and equipment

   (104  (253,671  (6,150  —      (259,925

Inter-company receipts

   (14,159  —      525    13,634    —    

Acquisitions

   —      (15,576  —      —      (15,576

Proceeds from the sale of disposal group

   —      —      19,300    —      19,300  

Proceeds from the disposal of capital assets

   —      6,090    243    —      6,333  

Other

   169    —      —      —      169  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

   (14,094  (263,157  13,918    13,634    (249,699

Financing activities:

      

Inter-company borrowings

   —      12,975    659    (13,634  —    

Proceeds from issuances of common stock

   15,952    —      —      —      15,952  

Purchase of treasury shares

   (5,643  —      —      —      (5,643

Other

   2,513    —      —      —      2,513  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   12,822    12,975    659    (13,634  12,822  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

   —      —      (680  —      (680
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

   65,577    2,208    19,427    1,934    89,146  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

   111,834    569    23,500    (16,768  119,135  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $177,411   $2,777   $42,927   $(14,834 $208,281  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Cash provided by:                    
Net income (loss) $45,939  $90,456  $7,948  $(98,404) $45,939 
Items not affecting cash:                    
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates  (90,456)  (7,948)     98,404    
Depreciation and amortization  1,011   125,186   9,399      135,596 
Other  12,173   7,316   (451)     19,038 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities  50,829   (68,475)  (5,242)  (6,245)  (29,133)
                
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  19,496   146,535   11,654   (6,245)  171,440 
                     
Investing activities:                    
Additions to property, plant and equipment  (1,041)  (85,682)  (3,132)     (89,855)
Inter-company receipts  48,273         (48,273)   
Acquisitions     (21,332)        (21,332)
Proceeds from the disposal of capital assets     4,311   125      4,436 
                
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities  47,232   (102,703)  (3,007)  (48,273)  (106,751)
                     
Financing activities:                    
Repayments of long-term debt     (139)  (2)     (141)
Repayments of notes payable  (1,069)           (1,069)
Inter-company borrowings     (43,243)  (4,388)  47,631    
Proceeds from issuances of common stock  3,106            3,106 
Purchase of treasury shares  (1,418)           (1,418)
Other  612            612 
                
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  1,231   (43,382)  (4,390)  47,631   1,090 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash        126      126 
                
Change in cash and cash equivalents  67,959   450   4,383   (6,887)  65,905 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  64,871   519   17,001   (5,031)  77,360 
                
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $132,830  $969  $21,384  $(11,918) $143,265 
                
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Cash provided by:                    
Net income (loss) $(78,193) $(44,998) $5,778  $39,220  $(78,193)
Items not affecting cash:                    
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates  44,998   (5,778)     (39,220)   
Depreciation and amortization  1,190   142,524   9,756   ��  153,470 
Impairment charge     36,158         36,158 
Other  10,877   20,520   3,787      35,184 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions  65,708   54,019   (4,836)  8,553   123,444 
                
Net cash provided by operating activities  44,580   202,445   14,485   8,553   270,063 

20


    Parent  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-
guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations/
Reclassifications
  Consolidated 

Cash provided by:

      

Net income (loss)

  $45,939   $90,456   $7,948   $(98,404 $45,939  

Items not affecting cash:

      

Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates

   (90,456  (7,948  —      98,404    —    

Depreciation and amortization

   1,011    125,186    9,399    —      135,596  

Other

   12,173    7,316    (451  —      19,038  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

   50,829    (68,475  (5,912  (6,245  (29,803
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   19,496    146,535    10,984    (6,245  170,770  

Investing activities:

      

Additions to property, plant and equipment

   (1,041  (85,682  (3,132  —      (89,855

Inter-company receipts

   48,273    —      —      (48,273  —    

Acquisitions

   —      (21,332  —      —      (21,332

Proceeds from the disposal of capital assets

   —      4,311    125    —      4,436  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

   47,232    (102,703  (3,007  (48,273  (106,751

Financing activities:

      

Repayments of long-term debt

   —      (139  (2  —      (141

Repayments of notes payable

   (1,069  —      —      —      (1,069

Inter-company borrowings

   —      (43,243  (4,388  47,631    —    

Proceeds from issuances of common stock

   3,106    —      —      —      3,106  

Purchase of treasury shares

   (1,418  —      —      —      (1,418

Other

   612    —      —      —      612  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   1,231    (43,382  (4,390  47,631    1,090  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

   —      —      126    —      126  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

   67,959    450    3,713    (6,887  65,235  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

   64,871    519    11,411    (5,031  71,770  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $132,830   $969   $15,124   $(11,918 $137,005  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

15.Recent accounting pronouncements and authoritative literature:

                     
          Non-       
      Guarantor  guarantor  Eliminations/    
  Parent  Subsidiaries  Subsidiaries  Reclassifications  Consolidated 
Investing activities:                    
Additions to property, plant and equipment  (649)  (25,016)  (3,429)     (29,094)
Inter-company receipts  187,949   (502)     (187,447)   
Proceeds from the disposal of capital assets     19,860   295      20,155 
                
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities  187,300   (5,658)  (3,134)  (187,447)  (8,939)
                     
Financing activities:                    
Issuances of long-term debt  1,645      1,559      3,204 
Repayments of long-term debt  (187,638)  (3,759)  (9,057)     (200,454)
Repayments of notes payable  (6,241)           (6,241)
Inter-company borrowings     (192,501)  5,054   187,447    
Proceeds from issuances of common stock  197            197 
Other  (20)           (20)
                
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  (192,057)  (196,260)  (2,444)  187,447   (203,314)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash        (167)     (167)
                
Change in cash and cash equivalents  39,823   527   8,740   8,553   57,643 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period  25,399   346   5,078   (12,323)  18,500 
                
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $65,222  $873  $13,818  $(3,770) $76,143 
                
15. Recent accounting pronouncements and authoritative literature:
     In May 2009, the FASB issued a standard regarding subsequent events that provides guidance as to when an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after a balance sheet date in its financial statements and the necessary disclosures related to these events. Specifically, the entity should recognize subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date, including significant estimates used to prepare financial statements. Originally, this standard required entities to disclose the date through which subsequent events had been evaluated and whether that date was the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. We adopted this accounting standard effective June 30, 2009 and applied its provisions prospectively. In February 2010, the FASB modified this standard to eliminate the requirement for publicly-traded entities to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. Therefore, we omitted the disclosure in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of September 30, 2010.
     In January 2010, the FASB issued “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure (Topic 820)” which clarified the disclosure requirements of existing U.S. GAAP related to fair value measurements. This standard requires additional disclosures about recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements as follows: (1) for transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements, as those terms are currently defined in existing authoritative literature, a reporting entity is required to disclose the amount of the movement between levels and an explanation for the movement; (2) for activity at Level 3, primarily fair value measurements based on unobservable inputs, a reporting entity is required to present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, as opposed to presenting such transactions on a net basis; (3) in the event of a disaggregation, a reporting entity is required to provide fair value measurement disclosure for each class of assets and liabilities; and (4) a reporting entity is required to provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements for items that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. These disclosure requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements for which disclosure becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. This standard did not impact our financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.
On March 30, 2010, the President of the United States signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which is a reconciliation bill that amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed by the President on March 23, 2010. Certain provisions of this law became effective during the quarter ended September 30, 2010. We have reviewed our health insurance plan provisions with third-party consultants and continue to evaluate our position relative to the changes in the law. We do not believe that the provisions which have taken effect during the quarter will have a

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significant impact on the operation of our existing health insurance plan. However, future provisions under the law which become effective in subsequent periods may impact our health insurance plan and our overall financial position. We are evaluating these provisions as they become effective and continue to seek guidance from the FASB and SEC related to the implications of this new legislation on accounting and disclosure requirements. We expect that this legislation will have an impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but we cannot determine the extent of the impact at this time.

In JulyDecember 2010, the FASB issued “Receivables (Topic 310): Disclosure aboutprovided additional guidance related to business combinations to require each public entity that presents comparative financial statements to disclose the Credit Qualityrevenue and earnings of Financing Receivablesthe combined entity as if the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. In addition, this amendment expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures related to such a business combination to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the Allowance for Credit Losses.”business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. This guidance will require companies to provide more information aboutshould be applied prospectively for business combinations for which the credit quality of their financing receivables in financial statements including, but not limited to, significant purchases and sales of financing receivables, aging information and credit quality indicators. We do not currently factor our receivables. We will adopt this accounting standard upon its effectiveacquisition date for periods endingis on or after December 15, 2010, and we do not anticipate thatJanuary 1, 2011, for calendar-year reporting entities. We adopted this adoption will have a significantstandard on January 1, 2011 with no material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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In December 2010, the FASB issued additional guidance related to accounting for intangible assets and goodwill. The amendments in this update modify Step One of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step Two of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. In determining whether it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists, an entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating that an impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance and examples, which require that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual test dates if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. This update is effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and interim periods within those years. We adopted this standard effective January 1, 2011. We do not expect this guidance to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance pertaining to fair value measurement that included a common definition of fair value and information to assist reporting entities to measure and disclose fair value with regards to U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) convergence issues. This guidance becomes effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. We are currently evaluating the impact that this accounting guidance may have on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance pertaining to the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance, which is effective retrospectively for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011 with early adoption permitted, requires the presentation of total comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an update to existing guidance on the assessment of goodwill impairment. This update simplifies the assessment of goodwill for impairment by allowing companies to consider qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount before performing the two-step impairment test required under the existing standards. This guidance also clarifies the examples of events or circumstances that would be considered in a goodwill impairment evaluation. We have elected to early adopt this update to be effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2011. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

16.Subsequent events:

On October 9, 2011, we became party to a merger agreement between Superior Energy Services, Inc. (“SPN”), a Delaware corporation, SPN Fairway Acquisition, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SPN, and us. Pursuant to this agreement, each share of our common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger will be converted automatically into the right to receive 0.945 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of SPN and $7.00 in cash. Pursuant to the agreement, we will merge with and into SPN Fairway Acquisition, Inc., which will be the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SPN. The completion of the merger is expected as early as December 2011, subject to

approvals of SPN’s and our stockholders. On November 2, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission informed both us and SPN that the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Act waiting period was terminated effective November 2, 2011. For terms of the agreement, including circumstances under which the merger agreement can be terminated and the ramifications of such a termination, as well as other terms and conditions, refer to the agreement and plan of merger filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2011.

On October 14, 2011 and October 26, 2011, putative class action complaints captioned Hetherington v. Winkler, et al., C.A. No. 6935-VCP (“Hetherington Complaint”), and Walsh v. Winkler, et al., C.A. No. 6984-VCP (“Walsh Complaint”), respectively, were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on behalf of an alleged class of Complete stockholders. On November 1, 2011, a putative class action complaint captioned City of Monroe Employees’ Retirement System v. Complete Production Services, Inc. et al., 2011-66385 (“City of Monroe Complaint”) was filed in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, on behalf of an alleged class of Complete Stockholders. The complaints name as defendants all members of our board of directors, our company, SPN and SPN Fairway Acquisition, Inc. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to our stockholders in connection with the proposed merger, or aided and abetted the other defendants’ breaches of their fiduciary duties. The complaints allege that the proposed merger between us and SPN involves an unfair price, an inadequate sales process and unreasonable deal protection devices. The Hetherington Complaint claims that defendants agreed to the transaction to benefit SPN and that neither our company, nor our board of directors, have adequately explained the reason for the proposed merger. The Walsh Complaint claims that defendants acted for their personal interests rather than the interests of our stockholders. The City of Monroe complaint claims that defendants engaged in self-dealing and failed to seek maximum value for stockholders. All three complaints seek injunctive relief including to enjoin the merger, rescissory damages in the event the merger is completed, and an award of attorneys’ and other fees and costs, in addition to other relief. We and our board of directors believe that the plaintiffs’ allegations lack merit and intend to contest them vigorously.

On October 25, 2011, we purchased all the issued and outstanding equity interests of Rising Star Services, L.P., a company based in Odessa, Texas which provides hydraulic fracturing, cementing and acidizing services throughout the Permian Basin. Total consideration paid at closing was $77,817, net of cash acquired and subject to a final working capital adjustment. The agreement includes additional contingent consideration up to $6,500, which, if earned, would be payable within two years of the transaction date. We are currently evaluating the preliminary purchase price allocation associated with this transaction, but expect to record goodwill of approximately $37,500 in October 2011, all of which would be allocated to our completion and production services business segment. We believe that this acquisition expands our geographic reach into the Permian Basin and enhances our pressure pumping service offerings.

On October 31, 2011, we acquired substantially all of the assets of two fluid handling businesses based in northern Wyoming, for a total of $16,522 in cash. We are currently evaluating the preliminary purchase price allocation associated with this transaction, but expect to record goodwill of approximately $8,500 in October 2011, all of which would be allocated to our completion and production services business segment. We believe that this acquisition expands our fluid handling position and supplements our trucking business in the northern Niobrara Basin.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements and information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about us and the oil and gas industry. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may be outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: market prices for oil and gas, the level of oil and gas drilling, economic and competitive conditions, capital expenditures, regulatory changes and other uncertainties. Other factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results are described in: (1) Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this report, (2) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,2010, (3) our reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the SEC and (4) other announcements we make from time to time. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed below may not occur. Unless otherwise required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

The words “believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements.

Reference to “Complete,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and similar phrases used throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate collectively to Complete Production Services, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes as of September 30, 20102011 and for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009,2010, included elsewhere herein.

Overview

We are a leading provider of specialized services and products focused on helping oil and gas companies develop hydrocarbon reserves, reduce operating costs and enhance production. We focus on basins within North America that we believe have attractive long-term potential for growth, and we deliver targeted, value-added services and products required by our customers within each specific basin. We believe our range of services and products positions us to meet the many needs of our customers at the wellsite, from drilling and completion through production and eventual abandonment. We manage our operations from regional field service facilities located throughout the U.S. Rocky Mountain region, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, western Canada Mexico and Southeast Asia.

Mexico.

We operatepreviously operated in three business segments:

segments, Completion and Production services, Drilling Services, and Product sales. In July 2011, we sold our Southeast Asian products business which represented over 85% of the Product Sales segment revenue. Therefore, we have restructured our reportable segments to better reflect our current operations. We are accounting for our Southeast Asian business as discontinued operations. The remainder of the Product sales business has been combined into our Drilling Services segment.

Completion and Production Services.Through our completion and production services segment, we establish, maintain and enhance the flow of oil and gas throughout the life of a well. This segment is divided into the following primary service lines:

  

Intervention Services.Well intervention requires the use of specialized equipment to perform an array of wellbore services. Our fleet of intervention service equipment includes coiled tubing units, pressure pumping units, nitrogen units, well service rigs, snubbing units and a variety of support equipment. Our intervention services provide customers with innovative solutions to increase production of oil and gas.

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Downhole and Wellsite Services.Our downhole and wellsite services include electric-line, slickline, production optimization, production testing, rental and fishing services.

  

Fluid Handling.We provide a variety of services to help our customers obtain, move, store and dispose of fluids that are involved in the development and production of their reservoirs. Through our fleet of specialized trucks, frac tanks and other assets, we provide fluid transportation, heating, pumping and disposal services for our customers.

Drilling Services.Through our drilling services segment, we provide contractservices and equipment that initiate or stimulate oil and gas production by providing land drilling and specialized rig relocation and logistics services.

Product Sales. We provide oilfield service equipment and refurbishment of used equipment through our Southeast Asian business, and wealso provide repair work and fabrication services for our customers at a business located in Gainesville, Texas.
     Substantially all service and rental revenue we earn is based upon a charge for a period of time (an hour, a day, a week) for the actual period of time the service or rental is provided to our customer or on a fixed per-stage-completed fee. Product sales are recorded when the actual sale occurs and title or ownership passes to the customer.

General

The primary factors influencing demand for our services and products are the level of drilling and workover activity of our customers and the complexity of such activity, which in turn, depends on current and anticipated future oil and gas prices, production depletion rates and the resultant levels of cash flows generated and allocated by our customers to their drilling and workover budgets. As a result, demand for our services and products is cyclical, substantially depends on activity levels in the North American oil and gas industry and is highly sensitive to current and expected oil and natural gas prices.

We consider the drilling and well service rig counts to be an indication of spending by our customers in the oil and gas industry for exploration and development of new and existing hydrocarbon reserves. These spending levels are a primary driver of our business, and we believe that our customers tend to invest more in these activities when oil and gas prices are at higher levels, are increasing, or are expected to increase. The following tables summarize average North American drilling and well service rig activity, as measured by Baker Hughes Incorporated (“BHI”) and the Cameron International Corporation/Guiberson /AESC Service Rig Count for “Active Rigs”:

AVERAGE RIG COUNTS

                 
  Quarter Quarter Nine Months Nine Months
  Ended Ended Ended Ended
  9/30/10 9/30/09 9/30/10 9/30/09
BHI Rotary Rig Count:
                
U.S. Land  1,601   936   1,459   1,036 
U.S. Offshore  18   34   35   47 
                 
Total U.S.  1,619   970   1,494   1,083 
Canada  360   186   327   203 
                 
Total North America  1,979   1,156   1,821   1,286 
                 

   Quarter
Ended
9/30/11
   Quarter
Ended
9/30/10
   Nine Months
Ended
9/30/11
   Nine Months
Ended
9/30/10
 

BHI Rotary Rig Count:

        

U.S. Land

   1,911     1,601     1,805     1,459  

U.S. Offshore

   34     18     30     35  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total U.S.

   1,945     1,619     1,835     1,494  

Canada

   441     360     401     327  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total North America

   2,386     1,979     2,236     1,821  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Source:
Source: BHI(www.BakerHughes.com)
                 
  Quarter Quarter Nine Months Nine Months
  Ended Ended Ended Ended
  9/30/10 9/30/09 9/30/10 9/30/09
Cameron International Corporation/Guiberson/AESC Well Service Rig Count (Active Rigs):
                
United States  1,890   1,620   1,816   1,755 
Canada  553   428   479   452 
                 
Total North America  2,443   2,048   2,295   2,207 
                 

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   Quarter
Ended
9/30/11
   Quarter
Ended
9/30/10
   Nine Months
Ended
9/30/11
   Nine
Months

Ended
9/30/10
 

Cameron International Corporation/Guiberson/AESC Well Service Rig Count (Active Rigs):

        

United States

   2,122     1,890     2,064     1,816  

Canada

   731     553     705     479  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total North America

   2,853     2,443     2,769     2,295  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Source:Cameron International Corporation/Guiberson/AESC Well Service Rig Count for “Active Rigs,” formerly the Weatherford/AESC Service Rig Count for “Active Rigs.”

Outlook

     We

Oilfield market conditions improved throughout 2010 and through the first nine months of 2011 due to higher oil prices, which are positive about the outlook for our businessencouraging increased investments in 2010. Despite relatively lowoil plays and in gas fields that have meaningful natural gas liquids content. At current commodity prices, we have experienced anoverall activity levels are anticipated to increase near-term. Oil and natural gas liquid focused activity is expected to continue increasing in utilizationthe service intensive unconventional resource plays while dry natural gas directed activity is expected to remain subdued as a result of ample supplies.

We believe our assets and more favorable pricing for many of our service lines during 2010 compared to 2009. Although we cannot be certain that these improvementscustomers will continue we believe the sustainability of current oil prices, due to economic indicators of an improved global economy relativerely upon service providers with local knowledge and a proven ability to 2009, and the need for our customers to hold recently acquired acreage, will create incentives to maintain, if not expand, activityeffectively execute complex services on more service intensive, longer-lateral horizontal wells, particularly in oil and liquid-rich fields and emerging basins such as the Bakken Shale in North Dakota, the Eagle Ford Shale in south Texas and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. Activity levels in the more mature gas marketswhere our customers are less certain and may experience declines dueshifting a greater portion of their activities. Our business has transitioned from a predominantly gas-oriented business, to lower natural gas prices, however we remain optimistic regarding the long-term outlook for natural gas. We continue to believe that growth ina majority oil and gas activityliquids-oriented business. We believe we are well positioned in North America will be largely related to multi-stage, horizontalhigh-growth basins and that our core services, which include pressure pumping, coiled tubing, well completions,servicing and we believe that customersfluid handling, will continue to seek relationships withdirectly benefit from an increasing level of service providers who offer quality reliable service.

intensity.

Our long-term growth strategy has not changed. We seekbeen to maximizeadd like-kind equipment, expand our equipment utilizationservice offerings through internal capital investment and grow through organic investments in like equipment andaccelerate our growth by acquiring complementary businesses towhich expand our service offerings in a current operating area or to extend our geographical footprint into targeted basins. In 2009,Furthermore, we reducedcontinue to evaluate our overall capital investmentexisting service and product offerings and seek to $38.5 million,dispose of businesses which are deemed to be non-core services, when market conditions and we did not complete any business acquisitions.the terms for such transactions are deemed favorable. For 2010,2011, we expect to spend between $170.0 million and $180.0approximately $425 million for capital investment and we invested $21.3 million to acquire two businesses. We continue to evaluate additional business acquisition opportunities.

Recent Transactions
     In March 2009,seek strategic acquisitions.

On October 9, 2011, we became party to a merger agreement between Superior Energy Services, Inc. (“SPN”), a Delaware corporation, SPN Fairway Acquisition, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of SPN, and us. Pursuant to this agreement, each share of our Canadiancommon stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective date of the merger will be converted automatically into the right to receive 0.945 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of SPN and $7.00 in cash. Pursuant to the agreement, we will merge with and into SPN Fairway Acquisition, Inc., which will be the surviving corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary exchanged certain non-monetary assets withof SPN. The completion of the merger is expected as early as December 2011, subject to approvals of SPN’s and our stockholders. On November 2, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission informed both us and SPN that the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Act waiting period was terminated effective November 2, 2011. For terms of the agreement, including circumstances under which the merger agreement can be terminated and the ramifications of such a net book valuetermination, as well as other terms and conditions, refer to the agreement and plan of $9.3 million relatedmerger filed as Exhibit 2.1 to our production testing business for certain e-line assets of a competitor. We recorded a non-cash lossCurrent Report on Form 8-K with the transaction of $4.9 million, which represented the difference between the carrying valueSecurities and the fair market value of the assets surrendered. We believe the e-line assets will generate incremental future cash flows compared to the production testing assets exchanged.

Exchange Commission on October 11, 2011.

Acquisitions

On May 11, 2010, we acquired certain assets of a provider of gas lift services based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for $1.4 million in cash, subject to an additional $0.1 million holdback. We recorded goodwill totaling $1.0 million in conjunction with this acquisition which has been allocated entirely to the completion and production services business segment. We believe this acquisition supplements our plunger lift service offering for the completion and production services business segment.

     Effective June 30, 2010, we exchanged certain property, plant and equipment used in our fluid handling business for other equipment. This exchange was determined to have commercial substance for us and therefore we recorded the new assets at the fair market value of the assets received, which was more readily determinable than the fair market value of the assets surrendered. The fair market value of the assets received was $0.8 million, resulting in a gain on the non-monetary exchange of $0.5 million.
     On September 3, 2010,2011, we completed the purchase of the hydraulic snubbing and production testing assets associatedof a business with operations in the Marcellus, Eagle Ford and Barnett Shales. We paid a well service and fluid handling service provider basedtotal of $15.6 million in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The total purchase pricecash for thethese assets, was $19.9 million, subject to an additional $1.0 million holdback, andwhich included goodwill of $4.9 million, all of which$4.4 million. The entire purchase price was allocated to the completion and production services business segment. We believe this acquisition will supplement our hydraulic snubbing and production testing service offerings in Pennsylvania and Texas.

On October 25, 2011, we purchased all the issued and outstanding equity interests of Rising Star Services, L.P., a company based in Odessa, Texas which provides hydraulic fracturing, cementing and acidizing services throughout the Permian Basin. Total consideration paid at closing was $77.8 million, net of cash acquired and subject to a final working capital adjustment. The agreement includes additional contingent consideration up to $6.5 million, which, if earned, would be payable within two years of the transaction date. We are currently evaluating the preliminary purchase price allocation associated with this transaction, but expect to record goodwill of approximately $37.5 million in October 2011, all of which would be allocated to our completion and production services business segment. We believe that this acquisition expands our geographic reach into the Permian Basin and enhances our pressure pumping service offerings.

On October 31, 2011, we acquired substantially all of the assets of two fluid handling businesses based in northern Wyoming, for a total of $16.5 million in cash. We are currently evaluating the preliminary purchase price allocation associated with this transaction, but expect to record goodwill of approximately $8.5 million in October 2011, all of which would be allocated to our completion and production services business segment. We believe that this acquisition expands our fluid handling position and supplements our trucking business in the Eagle Ford Shalenorthern Niobrara Basin.

Discontinued Operations

On July 6, 2011, we sold our Southeast Asian products business, through which we provided oilfield equipment sales, rentals and refurbishment services, to MTQ Corporation Limited (“MTQ”), a Singapore firm which provides engineering services to oilfield and industrial equipment users and manufacturers. Proceeds from the sale of this business totaled $21.9 million, of which $2.6 million represented cash on hand at July 6, 2011 which was transferred to us in south Texas.

October 2011 pursuant to the final settlement. We recorded a loss on the sale of this business of $0.1 million as of September 30, 2011.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and

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liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and provide a basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily available through open market quotes. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically, and actual results may differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We must use our judgment related to uncertainties in order to make these estimates and assumptions.

For a description of our critical accounting policies and estimates as well as certain sensitivity disclosures related to those estimates, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.2010. Our critical accounting policies and estimates have not changed materially during the nine months ended September 30, 2010.

2011.

As mentioned above, in July 2011, we sold our Southeast Asian products business and are accounting for this disposal group as discontinued operations. The remainder of the Product Sales business has been combined into our Drilling Services segment. A reconciliation of the original presentation of our reportable segments for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2010 to the current reportable segments is presented in Note 11, “Segment information,” in our notes to consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.

Results of Operations

                 
              Percent 
  Quarter  Quarter  Change  Change 
  Ended  Ended  2010/  2010/ 
  9/30/10  9/30/09  2009  2009 
  (unaudited, in thousands) 
Revenue:
                
Completion and production services $361,457  $198,014  $163,443   83%
Drilling services  48,600   25,415   23,185   91%
Product sales  8,552   6,484   2,068   32%
              
Total $418,609  $229,913  $188,696   82%
              
                 
Adjusted EBITDA:
                
Completion and production services $108,104  $31,396  $76,708   244%
Drilling services  12,936   (3,757)  16,693   444%
Product sales  1,689   1,791   (102)  (6%)
Corporate  (9,743)  (7,025)  (2,718)  (39%)
              
Total $112,986  $22,405  $90,581   404%
              
                 
              Percent 
  Nine Months  Nine Months  Change  Change 
  Ended  Ended  2010/  2010/ 
  9/30/10  9/30/09  2009  2009 
  (unaudited, in thousands) 
Revenue:
                
Completion and production services $938,205  $681,981  $256,224   38%
Drilling services  124,149   85,515   38,634   45%
Product sales  26,204   37,496   (11,292)  (30%)
              
Total $1,088,558  $804,992  $283,566   35%
              
                 
Adjusted EBITDA:
                
Completion and production services $250,609  $129,044  $121,565   94%
Drilling services  27,018   6,698   20,320   303%
Product sales  4,501   6,427   (1,926)  (30%)
Corporate  (27,893)  (25,569)  (2,324)  (9%)
              
Total $254,235  $116,600  $137,635   118%
              

   Quarter
Ended
9/30/11
  Quarter
Ended
9/30/10
  Change
2011/
2010
  Percent
Change
2011/
2010
 
   (unaudited, in thousands) 

Revenue:

     

Completion and production services

  $535,625   $361,457   $174,168    48

Drilling services

   54,664    48,813    5,851    12
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Total

  $590,289   $410,270   $180,019    44
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Adjusted EBITDA:

     

Completion and production services

  $154,249   $108,104   $46,145    43

Drilling services

   14,388    12,685    1,703    13

Corporate

   (11,370  (9,743  (1,627  17
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Total

  $157,267   $111,046   $46,221    42
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

   Nine Months
Ended
9/30/11
   Nine Months
Ended
9/30/10
   Change
2011/
2010
   Percent
Change
2011/
2010
 
   (unaudited, in thousands) 

Revenue:

        

Completion and production services

  $1,464,593    $938,205    $526,388     56

Drilling services

   159,114     126,284     32,830     26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

  $1,623,707    $1,064,489    $559,218     53
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA:

     

Completion and production services

  $420,694   $250,609   $170,085    68

Drilling services

   40,561    26,622    13,939    52

Corporate

   (32,270  (27,893  (4,377  16
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Total

  $428,985   $249,338   $179,647    72
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

“Corporate”includes amounts related to corporate personnel costs, other general expenses and stock-based compensation charges.
“Adjusted EBITDA” consists of net income (loss) from continuing operations before net interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-controlling interest and impairment loss. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of performance. We use Adjusted EBITDA as the primary internal management measure for evaluating performance and allocating additional resources because our management considers it an important supplemental measure of our performance and believes that it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry, some of which present EBITDA when reporting their results. We regularly evaluate our performance as compared to other companies in our industry that have different financing and capital structures and/or tax rates by using Adjusted EBITDA. In addition, we use Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating acquisition targets.

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“Adjusted EBITDA” consists of net income (loss) from continuing operations before net interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, non-controlling interest and impairment loss. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of performance. We use Adjusted EBITDA as the primary internal management measure for evaluating performance and allocating additional resources. The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measure, operating income (loss). The calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is different from the calculation of “EBITDA,” as defined and used in our credit facilities. For a discussion of the calculation of “EBITDA” as defined under our existing credit facilities, see Note 7, “Long-term debt” included in the notes to consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.


Management also believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful tool for measuring our ability to meet our future debt service, capital expenditures and working capital requirements, and Adjusted EBITDA is commonly used by us and our investors to measure our ability to service indebtedness. Adjusted EBITDA is not a substitute for the GAAP measures of earnings or cash flow and is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. In addition, it should be noted that companies calculate EBITDA differently and, therefore, EBITDA has material limitations as a performance measure because it excludes interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is different from the calculation of “EBITDA,” as defined and used in our credit facilities. For a discussion of the definition of “EBITDA” under our existing credit facilities, as recently amended, see Note 7, Long-term debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the quarters and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measure, operating income (loss).
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Most Comparable U.S. GAAP Measure—Operating Income (Loss)
                     
  Completion
and
             
  Production  Drilling  Product       
  Services  Services  Sales  Corporate  Total 
  (unaudited, in thousands) 
Quarter Ended September 30, 2010
                    
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $108,104  $12,936  $1,689  $(9,743) $112,986 
Depreciation and amortization $39,078  $4,673  $539  $515  $44,805 
                
Operating income (loss) $69,026  $8,263  $1,150  $(10,258) $68,181 
                
                     
Quarter Ended September 30, 2009
                    
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $31,396  $(3,757) $1,791  $(7,025) $22,405 
Depreciation and amortization $43,744  $5,466  $603  $566  $50,379 
Impairment charge $  $36,158  $  $  $36,158 
                
Operating income (loss) $(12,348) $(45,381) $1,188  $(7,591) $(64,132)
                
                     
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
                    
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $250,609  $27,018  $4,501  $(27,893) $254,235 
Depreciation and amortization $118,641  $13,775  $1,676  $1,504  $135,596 
                
Operating income (loss) $131,968  $13,243  $2,825  $(29,397) $118,639 
                
                     
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
                    
Adjusted EBITDA, as defined $129,044  $6,698  $6,427  $(25,569) $116,600 
Depreciation and amortization $133,393  $16,502  $1,861  $1,714  $153,470 
Impairment charge $  $36,158  $  $  $36,158 
                
Operating income (loss) $(4,349) $(45,962) $4,566  $(27,283) $(73,028)
                

   Completion
and
Production
Services
   Drilling
Services
   Corporate  Total 
   (unaudited, in thousands) 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2011

  

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $154,249    $14,388    $(11,370 $157,267  

Depreciation and amortization

  $43,147    $4,972    $576   $48,695  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $111,102    $9,416    $(11,946 $108,572  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2010

       

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $108,104    $12,685    $(9,743 $111,046  

Depreciation and amortization

  $39,078    $4,970    $515   $44,563  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $69,026    $7,715    $(10,258 $66,483  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

       

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $420,694    $40,561    $(32,270 $428,985  

Depreciation and amortization

  $129,988    $15,063    $1,781   $146,832  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $290,706    $25,498    $(34,051 $282,153  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

       

Adjusted EBITDA, as defined

  $250,609    $26,622    $(27,893 $249,338  

Depreciation and amortization

  $118,641    $14,653    $1,504   $134,798  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

  $131,968    $11,969    $(29,397 $114,540  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

We do not allocate net interest expense or tax expense to our operating segments. The following table reconciles operating income (loss) as reported above to net income (loss)from continuing operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009:

                 
  Quarters Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009 
Segment operating income (loss) $68,181  $(64,132) $118,639  $(73,028)
Interest expense  14,152   13,987   43,653   42,344 
Interest income  (57)  (13)  (200)  (43)
Income taxes  21,056   (26,081)  29,247   (37,136)
             
Net income (loss) $33,030  $(52,025) $45,939  $(78,193)
             
2010:

   

Quarters Ended

September 30,

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
   2011  2010  2011  2010 

Segment operating income

  $108,572   $66,483   $282,153   $114,540  

Interest expense

   12,917    14,151    40,709    43,653  

Interest income

   (180  (73  (407  (249

Income taxes

   36,513    20,814    91,420    28,609  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income from continuing operations

  $59,322   $31,591   $150,431   $42,527  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Below is a discussion of our operating results by segment for these periods.

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Quarter Ended September 30, 20102011 Compared to the Quarter Ended September 30, 20092010 (Unaudited)

Revenue

Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 increased by $188.7$180.0 million, or 82%44%, to $418.6$590.3 million from $229.9$410.3 million for the same period in 2009.2010. The changes by segment were as follows:

  

Completion and Production Services.Segment revenue increased $163.4$174.2 million, or 83%48%, for the third quarter of 2010 primarily due to a substantialan increase in investment by our customersactivity levels in the oil and gas exploration and development activities resulting in higher utilizationindustry. We experienced favorable year-over-year improvements for most of our equipment. Activity levelsbusiness lines, especially our pressure pumping, coiled tubing and fluid handling businesses as higher demand for our services, resulted in better utilization and pricing of our existing equipment. We invested in someadditional operating equipment, including pressure pumping frac fleets, coiled tubing units and fluid handling assets, which we placed into service lines and select geographic areas began to improve during the latter part ofpast twelve months. We completed several small acquisitions in 2010 and one acquisition in May 2011, which also contributed to the fourth quarter of 2009 and continued improving throughout the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The segment continued to benefit from increased horizontal drilling and completion related activity within resource plays and also benefitted from the deployment of approximately 40,000 hydraulic horse power of new pressure pumping equipment into the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales during the latter part of the third quarter of 2010.revenue growth for this segment.

  

Drilling Services.Segment revenue increased $23.2$5.9 million, or 91%12%, forduring the third quarter of 2010 primarily due to increased activity levels in the oil and gas industry and improved utilization and pricing infor our rig relocation and contract drilling businesses. The drilling services segment continues to benefit from long rig moves as customers reposition assets into emerging markets such as the Bakken and Eagle Ford Shales.

Product Sales.Segment revenue increased $2.1 million, or 32%, for the third quarter of 2010 due to an increase in product sales from our Asian operations and an improvement in third-party sales at our fabrication and repair business in Texas over the third quarter of 2009.

Service and Product Expenses

Service and product expenses include labor costs associated with the execution and support of our services, materials used in the performance of those services and other costs directly related to the support and maintenance of equipment. These expenses increased $101.5$121.4 million, or 63%47%, to $263.8$379.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 from $162.3$257.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.2010. The following table summarizes service and product expenses as a percentage of revenues for the quarters ended September 30, 20102011 and 2009:

Service and Product Expenses as a Percentage of Revenue
             
  Quarter Ended
  9/30/10 9/30/09 Change
Segment:
 
Completion and production services  62%  69%  (7%)
Drilling services  69%  83%  (14%)
Product sales  74%  71%  3%
Total  63%  71%  (8%)
     Service and product2010:

Service Expenses as a Percentage of Revenue

 
   Quarter Ended 
Segment:  9/30/11  9/30/10  Change 

Completion and production services

   64  62  2

Drilling services

   67  69  (2%) 

Total

   64  63  1

Total service expenses as a percentage of overall revenue decreased for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to increased asset utilization and pricing improvements. Service and product expenses as a percentage of revenue for the completion and production and drilling services business segments decreasedslightly when comparing the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 to the same period in 2009 due to an increase2010, as improvements in overall oilfield activity,asset utilization and pricing were offset by higher labor and service mix, particularly a shift to historically higher-margin service lines. Service and product expenses as a percentage of revenue for the products segments increased 3% for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 compared to the quarter ended September 2009 primarily due to changes in product mix. Our products business is generally project-specific and margins can fluctuate between periods depending upon the type of products sold and repair work being performed.

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fuel costs.


Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses include salaries and other related expenses for our selling, administrative, finance, information technology and human resource functions. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $3.4increased $12.4 million, or 8%30%, for the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 to $41.8$53.8 million from $45.2$41.4 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The2010. This increase was primarily related to higher payroll related costs resulting from increased headcount, higher incentive compensation costs based on favorable operating results for 2009 include charges for bad debt associated with specifically-identified uncollectible accounts, losses onand the retirementreinstatement of fixed assetsmatching contributions to our 401(k) and inventory adjustments. Excluding these items, selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2010 compared to 2009deferred compensation plans, as well as a foreign exchange loss due to an increase in payrollthe devaluation of the Mexican Peso against the U.S. dollar and higher outside service costs associated with increased headcountrelating to the impending merger and an increase in incentive compensation based upon earnings.other matters. The quarter ended September 30, 2010 also benefited from the recovery of bad debt. As a percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expense was 10%9% and 20%10% for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $5.6increased $4.1 million, or 11%9%, to $44.8$48.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 from $50.4$44.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.2010. The decreaseincrease in depreciation and amortization expense was attributableprimarily related to the normal run-off of depreciation associated with existing assets while relatively few assets have beencapital investment in equipment which was placed ininto service during the current year. In addition, there were significant asset retirements in 2009 including an impairment of our drilling rigs totaling $36.2 milliontwelve-month period from October 2010 through September 2011 as of September 30, 2009well as additional depreciation and an impairment charge in late 2009 related to certainamortization expense associated with equipment and identifiable intangible assets acquiredassociated with two acquisitions during the fourth quarter of 2010 and one in 2008.May 2011. As a percentage of revenue, depreciation and amortization wasexpense decreased to 8% from 11% and 22% for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Impairment lossInterest expense

     We recorded

Interest expense decreased 9%, or $1.3 million, to $12.9 million for the quarter ended September 2011 compared to $14.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. The overall decrease in interest expense was largely due to lower fees associated with an impairment charge relatedamendment to our contract drilling business of $36.2 millionrevolving credit facilities in the third quarter of 2009 after determining that the carrying value of certain of these drilling rigs exceeded the undiscounted cash flowsJune 2011, as well as an increase in capitalized interest associated with these assets and the fair market value estimates for these assets.

construction in progress, which increased significantly in 2011 as we increased our investments in capital equipment.

Taxes

We recorded a provision of $21.1$36.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 at an effective rate of approximately 38% and a provision of $20.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 at an effective rate of approximately 39% and40%. The lower tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was due to a greater benefit from the domestic production activities deduction relative to 2010, as well as the mix of earnings amongst the various tax benefitjurisdictions in which we operate.

Discontinued operations

We recorded a loss of $26.1$0.1 million forduring the quarter ended September 30, 2009 at an effective rate2011 associated with the sale of approximately 33%. The increaseour Southeast Asian products business in July 2011. Net income earned from this disposal group during the effective tax ratesame period in 2010 was primarily due to an increase in pre-tax earnings in various tax jurisdictions resulting in higher state income taxes, a decrease in benefit from the foreign tax rate differential and the impact of non-deductible items.

$1.4 million.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 20102011 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 20092010 (Unaudited)

Revenue

Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 increased by $283.6$559.2 million, or 35%53%, to $1,088.6$1,623.7 million from $805.0$1,064.5 million for the same period in 2010. The changes by segment were as follows:

Completion and Production Services.Segment revenue increased $526.4 million, or 56%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 primarily due to an increase in activity levels in the oil and gas industry. We experienced favorable year-over-year improvements for most of our business lines, especially our pressure pumping, coiled tubing and fluid handling businesses as higher demand for our services resulted in better utilization and pricing of our existing equipment. We invested in equipment, including pressure pumping frac fleets, coiled tubing units and fluid handling assets, which we placed into service during the past twelve months. In addition, we acquired several small businesses during 2010 and one business in May 2011 which contributed to our revenue growth in this segment.

Drilling Services. Segment revenue increased $32.8 million, or 26%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, primarily due to increased activity levels in the oil and gas industry and improved utilization and pricing in our rig logistics and contract drilling businesses.

Service Expenses

Service expenses include labor costs associated with the execution and support of our services, materials used in the performance of those services and other costs directly related to the support and maintenance of equipment. These expenses increased $352.3 million, or 51%, to $1,042.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The changes by segment were as follows:

Completion and Production Services.Segment revenue increased $256.2 million, or 38%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to an increase in demand for our services and an overall increase in activity levels for the oil and gas industry during 2010 compared to 2009, resulting in higher utilization of our equipment. Activity levels and pricing in some service lines and select geographic areas began to improve during the latter part of the fourth quarter of 2009 and continued improving throughout the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The segment continued to benefit from increased horizontal drilling and completion related activity within resource plays and also benefitted from the deployment of approximately 40,000 hydraulic horse power of new pressure pumping equipment into the Eagle Ford and Bakken shales during the latter part of the third quarter of 2010.

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Drilling Services.Segment revenue increased $38.6 million, or 45%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to improved utilization and pricing in our rig relocation and contract drilling businesses. The drilling services segment benefitted from long rig moves as customers repositioned assets into emerging markets such as the Bakken and Eagle Ford shales.
Product Sales.Segment revenue decreased $11.3 million, or 30%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 due primarily to lower third-party sales at our repair and fabrication shop in north Texas as several large projects were completed during the first quarter of 2009, partially offset by a slight improvement in our Southeast Asian business during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.
Service and Product Expenses
     Service and product expenses increased $159.4 million, or 29%, to $707.72011 from $690.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $548.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.same period in 2010. The following table summarizes service and product expenses as a percentage of revenues for the nine months ended September 201030, 2011 and 2009:
2010:

Service Expenses as a Percentage of Revenue

 
   Nine Months Ended 
Segment:  9/30/11  9/30/10  Change 

Completion and production services

   64  64    

Drilling services

   68  71  (3%) 

Total

   64  65  (1%) 

Service and Product Expenses as a Percentage of Revenue

             
  Nine Months Ended
  9/30/10 9/30/09 Change
Segment:
 
Completion and production services  64%  67%  (3%)
Drilling services  71%  74%  (3%)
Product sales  76%  76%  (0%)
Total  65%  68%  (3%)
     Service and product expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased 3%slightly for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 compared to the same period in 2009. Margins by business segment were primarily impacted by2010, as improvements in asset utilization and pricing.
Completion and Production Services.Service and product expenses as a percentage of revenue for this business segment decreased when comparing the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to the same period in 2009. The year-over-year favorable margin improvement was attributable to an increase in overall oilfield activity, improved pricing and service mix, with an increase in sales for historically higher-margin offerings, partially offset by some inflationary factors including higher labor costs.
Drilling Services.Service and product expenses as a percentage of revenue for this business segment decreased 3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 primarily due to increased asset utilization and improved pricing.
Product Sales.Service and product expenses as a percentage of revenue for the products segments remained consistent for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009.
pricing were partially offset by higher labor and fuel costs.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $13.4increased $27.4 million, or 10%22% to $126.7$152.5 million, for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 compared to $140.1$125.1 million for the same period in 2009. The results for 2009 include charges for2010. This increase was primarily related to higher payroll related costs resulting from increases in headcount, merit increases which were awarded during the second quarter of 2011, an increase in incentive compensation based on higher earnings and the reinstatement of matching contributions to our 401(k) and deferred compensation plans. We also experienced higher insurance costs in 2011, as well as increased outside service costs relating to the impending merger and other matters, an increase in bad debt associated with specifically-identified uncollectible accounts,expense and an increase in losses on the retirementdisposition of fixed assets and inventory adjustments. In addition, we recordedassets. As a loss on the non-monetary exchange of certain assets in Canada during the first quarter of 2009 which totaled $4.9 million. The overall decrease in selling, general and administrative expense in 2010 was partially offset by higher earnings-based incentive compensation, as well as higher insurance costs and the write-off of a $1.9 million note receivable in Canada. Excluding the impact of the non-monetary asset exchange in 2009, as a

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percentage of revenues, selling, general and administrative expense was 12%9% and 17%12% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased $17.9increased $12.0 million, or 12%9%, to $135.6$146.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 from $153.5$134.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.2010. The decreaseincrease in depreciation and amortization expense was attributableprimarily related to the normal run-off of depreciation associated with existing assets while relatively few assets have beencapital investment in equipment which was placed ininto service during the current year.twelve-month period from October 2010 through September 2011. In addition, there were significant asset retirementswe acquired several small businesses in 2009 including an impairment2010 which contributed a full nine months of our drilling rigs totaling $36.2 million as ofdepreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, sale-leaseback transactions2011 but had a less significant impact for the same period in 2010, and we acquired a small business in May 2011 which contributed depreciation expense as well as amortization expense associated with our small vehicle fleet and a facility in Wyoming and an impairment charge in late 2009 related to certain intangible assets acquired in 2008.assets. As a percentage of revenue, depreciation and amortization expense decreased to 12%9% from 19%13% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and 2009, respectively.

Impairment loss
     We recorded an impairment charge related to our contract drilling business of $36.2 million in the third quarter of 2009 after determining that the carrying value of certain of these drilling rigs exceeded the undiscounted cash flows associated with these assets and the fair market value estimates for these assets.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $1.4decreased 7%, or $3.0 million, or 3%,to $40.7 million for the nine months ended September 2011 compared to $43.7 million for the same period in 2010. The overall decrease in interest expense was primarily due to lower fees associated with an amendment to our revolving credit facilities in June 2011, as well as an increase in capitalized interest associated with construction in progress, which increased significantly in 2011 compared to 2010 as we increased our investments in capital equipment.

Taxes

We recorded a tax provision of $91.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $42.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The increase in interest expense was primarily attributable to higher costs associated with our credit facility, which was amended during the fourth quarter of 2009. The weighted-average interest2011 at an effective rate of borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2010approximately 38% and 2009 was 8.0%.

Taxes
     We recorded a tax provision of $29.2$28.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 at an effective rate of approximately 39% and a tax benefit of $37.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 at an effective rate of 32%40%. The lower effective rate for the nine months ended September 30, 20092011 was due to our foreign tax rate differential,a greater benefit received in 2011 from the impact of state and provincial tax expensedomestic production activities deduction relative to our operating loss and certain non-deductible items for2010, as well as the yearsmix of earnings amongst the various tax jurisdictions in which losses occurred.
we operate.

Discontinued operations

On July 6, 2011, we sold our Southeast Asian products business. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded net income of $2.2 million associated with this business, which included a loss on the disposal of $0.1 million. Net income earned from this disposal group during the same period in 2010 was $3.4 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2010,2011, we had working capital, net of cash, of $206.7$333.3 million and cash and cash equivalents of $143.3$208.3 million, compared to working capital, net of cash, of $200.8$284.4 million and cash and cash equivalents of $77.4$119.1 million at December 31, 2009. This increase in2010, excluding cash associated with discontinued operations. Our working capital, wasnet of cash, increased at September 30, 2011 compared to December 31, 2010 primarily due to an increase in accounts receivable, associated with favorable operational results,trade receivables, partially offset by an increase in accrued expenses including interest expense associated with the semi-annual payments on our senior notes. Cash increased primarily due to favorable operating results for the first nine months of 2010.

     Our total outstanding debt was $650.1 million at September 30, 2010, and we have no significant debt maturities until 2016. We had no borrowings and $26.4 millionpayables, reflecting an overall increase in committed letters of credit outstanding under our revolving credit facility. We are not currently a party to any interest rate swaps, currency hedges or derivative contracts of any type and have no exposure to commercial paper or auction rate securities markets.
oilfield activity levels.

We anticipate that our cash generated from operations and our current cash balance will be sufficient to fund the majority of our cash requirements for the next twelve months, however borrowings under our amended revolving credit facility, future debt offerings and/or future public equity offerings may also be used to fund future acquisitions or to satisfy our other liquidity

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needs. We believe that funds from these sources will be sufficient to meet both our short-term working capital requirements and our long-term capital requirements.
If our plans or assumptions change, or are inaccurate, or if we make further acquisitions, we may have to raise additional capital. Our ability to fund planned capital expenditures and to make acquisitions will depend upon our future operating performance, and more broadly, on the availability of equity and debt financing, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions in our industry, and general financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. In addition, new debt obtained could include service requirements based on higher interest paid and shorter maturities and could impose a significant burden on our results of operations and financial condition. The issuance of additional equity securities could result in significant dilution to stockholders.

The following table summarizes cash flows by type for the periods indicated (in thousands):

         
  Nine Months Ended
  September 30,
  2010 2009
Cash flows provided by (used in):        
Operating activities $171,440  $270,063 
Investing activities  (106,751)  (8,939)
Financing activities  1,090   (203,314)

   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2011  2010 

Cash flows provided by (used in):

   

Operating activities

  $326,703   $170,770  

Investing activities

   (249,699  (106,751

Financing activities

   12,822    1,090  

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $98.6increased $155.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011, compared to the same period in 2009. Operating2010. This increase in operating cash flows for 2009 were positively impacted byin 2011 reflects an increase in cash receipts as overall oilfield activity levels declined and receivables were collected. During the first nine months of 2010, and in the quarter ended September 30, 2010 in particular, cash receipts activity has remained favorable, but an increase in sales has resulted in an increase in outstanding receivables at September 30, 2010. Partially offsetting this decrease in operating cash flows associated with trade receivables wasincreased sales as demand for our services and products increased during the receipt ofperiod. In addition, we entered into several long-term contracts to provide pressure pumping services and deployed significant assets. We believe our long-term take-or-pay contracts will provide a $43.7 million tax refund in April 2010.

relatively stable cash flow.

Net cash used in investing activities increased by $97.8$142.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 compared to the same period in 2009.2010. This increase was the result of ourprimarily resulted from a significant increase in investment in capital equipmentexpenditures, including several frac fleets and business acquisitions which totaled $89.9 millioncoiled tubing units placed into service in 2011, and $21.3 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our investment in capital equipment was approx. $29.1 million, partiallydrilling rigs, primarily during the third quarter of 2011. These expenditures were offset by the proceeds of $19.3 million from the retirementsale of fixed assets, with noour Southeast Asian business acquisitions.

in July 2011.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $1.1increased $11.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011, compared to net cash used for financing activities of $203.3 million for the same period in 2009.2010. The primary source of funds was proceeds from the issuance of common stock associated with the exercise of employee stock options, partially offset by the purchase of treasury shares in settlement of tax liabilities associated with stock-based compensation. We also paid financing fees of $2.5 million in 2011 in conjunction with the amendment of our credit facility. In addition, we paid $1.1 million to settle a note payable associated with the firstfinancing of insurance premiums during the nine months of 2009, we repaid $197.2 million of net borrowings underended September 30, 2010.

We believe that our debt facilities. No borrowings or repayments were made under these debt facilitiescash balance, operating cash flows and borrowing capacity will be sufficient to fund our operations for the first nine months of 2010. Our long-term debt, including current maturities, was $650.1 million as of September 30, 2010 and $650.2 million as of December 31, 2009.

next twelve months.

Dividends

We did not pay dividends on our $0.01 par value common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 or during the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 2008 and 2007.2008. We do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future, but rather plan to build our cash balance near-term and reinvest such funds in our business. Furthermore, ourOur credit facility contains restrictive debt covenants which preclude us from paying futurelimit our ability to pay dividends on our common stock.

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Description of Our Indebtedness

Senior Notes.

On December 6, 2006, we issued 8.0% senior notes with a face value of $650.0 million through a private placement of debt. These notes mature in 10 years, on December 15, 2016, and require semi-annual interest payments, paid in arrears and calculated based on an annual rate of 8.0%, on June 15 and December 15, of each year, which commenced on June 15, 2007. There was no discount or premium associated with the issuance of these notes. The senior notes are guaranteed by all of our current domestic subsidiaries. The senior notes have covenants which, among other things: (1) limit the amount of additional indebtedness we can incur; (2) limit restricted payments such as a dividend; (3) limit our ability to incur liens or encumbrances; (4) limit our ability to purchase, transfer or dispose of significant assets; (5) limit our ability to purchase or redeem stock or subordinated debt; (6) limit our ability to enter into transactions with affiliates; (7) limit our ability to merge with or into other companies or transfer all or substantially all of our assets; and (8) limit our ability to enter into sale and leaseback transactions. We have the option to redeem all or part of these notes on or after December 15, 2011. Additionally, we may redeem some or all of the notes prior to December 15, 2011 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus a make-whole premium.

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement with the holders of our 8.0% senior notes, on June 1, 2007, we filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC which enabled these holders to exchange their notes for publicly registered notes with substantially identical terms. These holders exchanged 100% of the notes for publicly traded notes on July 25, 2007. On August 28, 2007, we entered into a supplement to the indenture governing the 8.0% senior notes, whereby additional domestic subsidiaries became guarantors under the indenture. Effective April 1, 2009, we entered into a second supplement to this indenture whereby additional domestic subsidiaries became guarantors under the indenture.

Credit Facility.

     We maintain

Prior to June 13, 2011, we maintained a senior secured facility (the “Credit“Amended Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as U.S. Administrative Agent, HSBC Bank Canada, as Canadian Administrative Agent, and certain other financial institutions. On October 13, 2009, we entered into the Third Amendment (the Credit Agreement after giving effect to the Third Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) and modified the structure of our existing credit facility toinstitutions which was structured as an asset-based facility subject to borrowing base restrictions. In connection with the Third Amendment,facility, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC (formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC) replaced Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,served as U.S. Administrative Agent and also servesserved as U.S. Issuing Lender and U.S. Swingline Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement.Lender. The Amended Credit Agreement providesprovided for a U.S. revolving credit facility of up to $225$225.0 million that matureswas to mature in December 2011 and a Canadian revolving credit facility of up to $15$15.0 million (with Integrated Production Services Ltd., one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, as the borrower thereof (“Canadian Borrower”)) that matureswas to mature in December 2011. The Amended Credit Agreement includesincluded a provision for a “commitment increase”, as defined therein, which permitspermitted us to effect up to two separate increases in the aggregate commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement by designating one or more existing lenders or other banks or financial institutions, subject to the bank’s sole discretion as to participation, to provide additional aggregate financing up to $75$75.0 million, with each committed increase equal to at least $25$25.0 million in the

U.S., or $5$5.0 million in Canada, and in accordance with other provisions as stipulated in the Amended Credit Agreement. Certain portions of the credit facilities arewere available to be borrowed in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars and other currencies approved by the lenders.

     We were not subject to the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant in the Amended Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2010 since the Excess Availability Amount plus Qualified Cash Amount (each as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) exceeded $50 million. If we were subject to the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant, we would have been in compliance as of September 30, 2010. For a discussion of the methodology to calculate the borrowing base for the U.S. and Canadian portions of the facility, as well as our debt covenant requirements, prepayment options and potential exposure in the event of a default under the Amended Credit Agreement, see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2009.

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     All of the obligations under the U.S. portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of our assets and the assets of our U.S. subsidiaries as well as a pledge of approximately 66% of the stock of our first-tier foreign subsidiaries. Additionally, all of the obligations under the U.S. portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by substantially all of our U.S. subsidiaries. The obligations under the Canadian portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries (other than our Mexican subsidiary). Additionally, all of the obligations under the Canadian portion of the Amended Credit Agreement are guaranteed by us as well as certain of our subsidiaries.
Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement, we havehad the ability to elect how interest under the Amended Credit Agreement willwould be computed. Interest under the Amended Credit Agreement maycould be determined by reference to (1) the London Inter-bank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus an applicable margin between 3.75% and 4.25% per annum (with the applicable margin depending upon our “excess availability amount”,Excess Availability Amount, as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) or (2) the “Base Rate”Base Rate (which means the higher of the Prime Rate, Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, 3-month3 month LIBOR plus 1.00% and 3.50%), plus the applicable margin, as described above. For the period from the effective date of the Third Amendment until the six month anniversary of the effective date of the Third Amendment, interest was computed with an applicable margin rate of 4.00%. If an event of default existsexisted or continuescontinued under the Amended Credit Agreement, advances willwould bear interest as described above with an applicable margin rate of 4.25% plus 2.00%. Additionally, if an event of default exists under the Amended Credit Agreement, as defined therein, the lenders could accelerate the maturity of the obligations outstanding thereunder and exercise other rights and remedies. Interest iswas payable monthly.
     There were no borrowings outstanding under our U.S. or Canadian revolving credit facilities as of or during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. There were letters of credit outstanding under the U.S. revolving portion of the facility totaling $26.4 million, which reduced the available borrowing capacity as of September 30, 2010.

We incurred fees related to our letters of credit as of September 30, 2010 at 4.0% per annum. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, fees related to our letters of credit were calculated using a 360-day provision, at 4.1% per annum. The net excess availability under our borrowing base calculations for the U.S. and Canadian revolving facilities at September 30, 2010 was $183.9 million and $7.0 million respectively.

     The primary purpose of our letters of credit is to secure potential future claim liability which may be incurred by our insurance providers. During the quarter ended September 30, 2010, we negotiated a reduction in our letter of credit requirements of $5.6 million. In addition, we placed $17.0 million in escrow as a compensating balance, effectively cash collateralizing a portion of our letters of credit, in order to better utilize excess cash and reduce interest expense. This compensating balance has been recorded as a long-term asset called “Restricted Cash” on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2010.
     We incur unused commitment fees under the Amended Credit Agreement ranging from 0.50% to 1.00% based on the average daily balance of amounts outstanding.

Letters of credit outstanding under the Amended Credit Agreement incurred fees equal to the applicable margin, as described above. If an event of default existed or continued, such fee would have been equal to the applicable margin plus 2.00%.

Under the Amended Credit Agreement, the only financial covenant to which we were subject was a “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” covenant, which must have exceeded 1.10 to 1.00. This covenant became effective only if our Excess Availability Amount, as defined under the Amended Credit Agreement, plus certain qualified cash and cash equivalents is less than $50.0 million.

For a further description of the terms of our Amended Credit Agreement, including the provisions to calculate our U.S. and Canadian borrowing base, financial covenants requirements and events of default, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

New Credit Agreement, effective June 13, 2011:

On June 13, 2011, we entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among us, a subsidiary of the Company that is designated as a borrower under the Canadian facility, if any (the “Canadian Borrower”), the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the U.S. administrative agent, U.S. issuing lender and U.S. swingline lender, and the other persons from time to time party thereto (the “New Credit Agreement”), which amends and restates the Amended Credit Agreement. Defined terms not otherwise described herein shall have the meanings given to them in the New Credit Agreement.

The New Credit Agreement modifies the Amended Credit Agreement by, among other things:

changing the structure of the credit facility from an asset-based facility to a cash flow facility;

substituting Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, for Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC (f/k/a Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC), as U.S. administrative agent, and appointing Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as U.S. issuing lender and U.S. swingline lender; and

increasing our U.S. revolving credit facility from $225.0 million to $300.0 million and terminating the existing Canadian revolving credit facility (subject to our option to convert and reallocate any portion of the U.S. revolving credit facility then held by HSBC Bank USA, N.A., into a Canadian revolving credit facility upon satisfaction of certain conditions, including obtaining the consent of HSBC Bank USA, N.A., to such conversion and reallocation).

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the New Credit Agreement, we have the option to determine how interest is computed by reference to either (i) the London Inter-bank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus an applicable margin between 2.25% and 3.00% based on the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), or (ii) the “Base Rate” (which means the higher of the Prime Rate, Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, or the daily one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%), plus an applicable margin between 1.25% and 2.00% based on the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement). Advances under the Canadian revolving credit facility, if any, will bear interest as described in the New Credit Agreement. If an event of default exists or continues under the New Credit Agreement, advances may bear interest at the rates described above, plus 2.00%. Interest is payable in arrears on a quarterly basis.

Additionally, the New Credit Agreement, among other things:

permits us to effect up to two separate increases in the aggregate commitments under the credit facility, of at least $50.0 million per commitment increase, and of up to $150.0 million in the aggregate;

requires us to comply with a “Total Debt Leverage Ratio” covenant, which prohibits us from permitting the Total Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), at the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00;

requires us to comply with a “Senior Debt Leverage Ratio” covenant, which prohibits us from permitting the Senior Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), at the end of each fiscal quarter, to be greater than 2.50 to 1.00 and

requires us to comply with a “Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” covenant, which prohibits us from permitting the ratio of, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, (i) the consolidated EBITDA of Complete and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), calculated for the four fiscal quarters then ended, to (ii) the consolidated interest expense of Complete and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarters then ended, to be less than 2.75 to 1.00.

We were in compliance with these debt covenant requirements as of September 30, 2011.

The term of the credit facilities provided for under the New Credit Agreement will continue until the earlier of (i) June 13, 2016 or (ii) the earlier termination in whole of the U.S. lending commitments (or Canadian lending commitments, if any) as further described in the New Credit Agreement. Events of default under the New Credit Agreement remain substantially the same as under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The obligations under the U.S. portion of the New Credit Agreement are secured by first priority security interests on substantially all of the assets (other than certain excluded assets) of Complete and any Domestic Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the New Credit Agreement), whether now owned or hereafter acquired including, without limitation: (i) all equity interests issued by any domestic subsidiary, (ii) 100% of equity interests issued by first tier foreign subsidiaries but, in any event, no more than 66% of the outstanding voting securities issued by any first tier foreign subsidiary, and (iii) the Existing Mortgaged Properties (as defined in the New Credit Agreement). Additionally, all of the obligations under the U.S. portion of the New Credit Agreement will be guaranteed by Complete and each existing and subsequently acquired or formed Domestic Restricted Subsidiary. The obligations under the Canadian portion of the New Credit Agreement, if any, will be secured by substantially all of the assets (other than certain excluded assets) of Complete and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than our Mexican subsidiary), as further described in the New Credit Agreement. Additionally, all of the obligations under the Canadian portion of the New Credit Agreement, if any, will be guaranteed by Complete as well as certain of our subsidiaries. Subject to certain limitations, we will have the right to designate certain newly acquired and existing subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries under the New Credit Agreement, and the assets of such unrestricted subsidiaries will not serve as security for either the U.S. portion or the Canadian portion, if any, of the New Credit Agreement.

There were no borrowings outstanding under the New Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2011. There were letters of credit outstanding under the U.S. revolving portion of the facility totaling $22.3 million, which reduced the available borrowing capacity as of September 30, 2011. We incurred fees related to our letters of credit as of September 30, 2011 at 1.50% per annum. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, fees related to our letters of credit were calculated using a 360-day provision, at 3.75% per annum prior to the amendment on June 13, 2011, and ranged from 1.50% to 1.66% per annum thereafter, resulting in a weighted average interest rate of 2.14% per annum for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011. Our available borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility at September 30, 2011 was $277.7 million.

We will incur unused commitment fees under the New Credit Agreement ranging from 0.375% to 0.50% based on the average daily balance of amounts outstanding. The unused commitment fees were calculated at 1.00%0.375% as of September 30, 2010.

2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the weighted average interest rate associated with unused commitments was 0.57% per annum.

We recorded deferred financing fees associated with the New Credit Agreement in the quarter ended September 2011 totaling $2.5 million. These fees will be amortized to expense, along with the remaining balance of deferred financing fees associated with the prior amendments to this facility, over the term of the facility which matures in June 2016.

Outstanding Debt and Commitments

Our long-term debt and lease obligations have not changed materially sincecontractual commitments at September 30, 2011 are substantially the same as those at December 31, 2009, however2010. However, we have entered into agreements to purchase certain equipment for use in our business during the first nine monthsremainder of 20102011 which exceed $31.0 million.totaled in excess of $124.2 million at September 30, 2011, compared to $45.4 million at December 31, 2010. The manufacture of this equipment requires lead-time and we generally are committed to accept this equipment at the time of delivery, unless arrangements have been made to cancel delivery in accordance with the purchase agreement terms. We believe that our cash on hand, available borrowing capacity under our credit facilities and our operating cash flows should be sufficient to fund our firm purchase commitments.

     We entered into an agreement in October 2010 to purchase two saltwater disposal wells for approximately $11.0 million in cash in the Rocky Mountain Region. However, this acquisition has not funded as of October 28, 2010, and remains subject to finalization.

We expect to continue to acquire complementary companies and evaluate potential acquisition targets. We may use cash from operations, proceeds from future debt or equity offerings and borrowings under our

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amended revolving credit facility for this purpose.
However, our ability to acquire such businesses could be impacted by the impending merger with SPN.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Authoritative Guidance

     In May 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board “FASB” issued a standard regarding subsequent events that provides guidance as to when an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after a balance sheet date in its financial statements and the necessary disclosures related to these events. Specifically, the entity should recognize subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date, including significant estimates used to prepare financial statements. Originally, this standard required entities to disclose the date through which subsequent events had been evaluated and whether that date was the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. We adopted this accounting standard effective June 30, 2009 and applied its provisions prospectively. In February 2010, the FASB modified this standard to eliminate the requirement for publicly-traded entities to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. Therefore, we omitted the disclosure in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of September 30, 2010.
     In January 2010, the FASB issued “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure (Topic 820)” which clarified the disclosure requirements of existing U.S. GAAP related to fair value measurements. This standard requires additional disclosures about recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements as follows: (1) for transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements, as those terms are currently defined in existing authoritative literature, a reporting entity is required to disclose the amount of the movement between levels and an explanation for the movement; (2) for activity at Level 3, primarily fair value measurements based on unobservable inputs, a reporting entity is required to present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, as opposed to presenting such transactions on a net basis; (3) in the event of a disaggregation, a reporting entity is required to provide fair value measurement disclosure for each class of assets and liabilities; and (4) a reporting entity is required to provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements for items that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. These disclosure requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements for which disclosure becomes effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. This standard did not impact our financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

On March 30, 2010, the President of the United States signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, which is a reconciliation bill that amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed by the President on March 23, 2010. Certain provisions of this law became effective during the quarter ended September 30, 2010. We have reviewed our health insurance plan provisions with third-party consultants and continue to evaluate our position relative to the changes in the law. We do not believe that the provisions which have taken effect during the quarter will have a significant impact on the operation of our existing health insurance plan. However, future provisions under the law which become effective in subsequent periods may impact our health insurance plan and our overall financial position. We are evaluating these provisions as they become effective and continue to seek guidance from the FASB and SEC related to the implications of this new legislation on accounting and disclosure requirements. We expect that this legislation will have an impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but we cannot determine the extent of the impact at this time.

In JulyDecember 2010, the FASB issued “Receivables (Topic 310): Disclosure aboutprovided additional guidance related to business combinations to require each public entity that presents comparative financial statements to disclose the Credit Qualityrevenue and earnings of Financing Receivablesthe combined entity as if the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. In addition, this amendment expands the

supplemental pro forma disclosures related to such a business combination to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the Allowance for Credit Losses.”business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. This guidance will require companies to provide more information aboutshould be applied prospectively for business combinations for which the credit quality of their financing receivables in financial statements including, but not limited to, significant purchases and sales of financing receivables, aging information and credit quality indicators. We do not currently factor our receivables. We will adopt this accounting standard upon its effectiveacquisition date for periods endingis on or after December 15, 2010, and we do not anticipate thatJanuary 1, 2011, for calendar-year reporting entities. We adopted this adoption will have a significantstandard on January 1, 2011 with no material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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In December 2010, the FASB issued additional guidance related to accounting for intangible assets and goodwill. The amendments in this update modify Step One of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step Two of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. In determining whether it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists, an entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating that an impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance and examples, which require that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual test dates if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. This update is effective for public entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and interim periods within those years. We adopted this standard effective January 1, 2011. We do not expect this guidance to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2011, the FASB issued guidance pertaining to fair value measurement that included a common definition of fair value and information to assist reporting entities to measure and disclose fair value with regards to U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) convergence issues. This guidance becomes effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. We are currently evaluating the impact that this accounting guidance may have on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance pertaining to the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance, which is effective retrospectively for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011 with early adoption permitted, requires the presentation of total comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an update to existing guidance on the assessment of goodwill impairment. This update simplifies the assessment of goodwill for impairment by allowing companies to consider qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount before performing the two-step impairment test required under the existing standards. This guidance also clarifies the examples of events or circumstances that would be considered in a goodwill impairment evaluation. We have elected to early adopt this update to be effective for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2011. The adoption of this update did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have entered into operating lease arrangements for our light vehicle fleet, certain of our specialized equipment and for our office and field operating locations in the normal course of business. The terms of the facility leases range from monthly to ten years. The terms of the light vehicle leases range from three to four years. The terms of the specialized equipment leases range from monthly to seven years.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The demand, pricing and terms for oil and gas services provided by us are largely dependent upon the level of activity for the U.S. and Canadian oil and gas industry. Industry conditions are influenced by numerous factors over which we have no control, including, but not limited to: the supply of and demand for oil and gas; the level of prices, and expectations about future prices, of oil and gas; the cost of exploring for, developing, producing and delivering oil and gas; the expected rates of declining current production;

the discovery rates of new oil and gas reserves; available pipeline and other transportation capacity; weather conditions; domestic and worldwide economic conditions; political instability in oil-producing countries; technical advances affecting energy consumption; the price and availability of alternative fuels; the ability of oil and gas producers to raise equity capital and debt financing; and merger and divestiture activity among oil and gas producers.

The level of activity in the U.S. and Canadian oil and gas exploration and production industry is volatile. No assurance can be given that our expectations of trends in oil and gas production activities will reflect actual future activity levels or that demand for our services will be consistent with the general activity level of the industry. Any prolonged substantial reduction in oil and gas prices would likely affect oil and gas exploration and development efforts and therefore affect demand for our services. A material decline in oil and gas prices or U.S. and Canadian activity levels could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010,2011, approximately 5%4% of our revenues and approximately 4% of our total assets were denominated in Canadian dollars, our functional currency in Canada. As a result, a material decrease in the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar may negatively impact our revenues, cash flows and net income. Each one percentage point change in the value of the Canadian dollar would have impacted our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 by approximately $0.5$0.6 million. We do not currently use hedges or forward contracts to offset this risk.

Our Mexican operation uses the U.S. dollar as its functional currency, and as a result, all transactions and translation gains and losses are recorded currently in the statement of operations. The balance sheet amounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at the end of the month and the income statement amounts are translated at the average exchange rate for the month. We estimate that a hypothetical one percentage point change in the value of the Mexican peso relative to the U.S. dollar would have impacted our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 20102011 by approximately $0.4$0.6 million. Currently, we conduct a portion of our business in Mexico in the local currency, the Mexican peso.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures.

Our management, under the supervision of and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such terms are defined in Rules 13a 15(e) and 15d 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving

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the desired control objectives, and management was required to apply its judgment in evaluating and implementing possible controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 20102011 at the reasonable assurance level.

In 2010, our management approved a plan to implement new accounting software which will replacereplaced our existing accounting systems at several of our operating divisions in a phased approach, whereby twoapproach. Two divisions will convertconverted during the fourth quarter of 2010 and two other divisions will convert effective January 1,converted in 2011. In addition, we are implementingimplemented a new chart of accounts which is beingwas adopted as these divisions convertconverted to the new software. Although we believe the new software once implemented, will enhance our internal controls over financial reporting and we believe that we have taken the necessary steps to maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting during and after this period of system change, we will continuously monitor controls through and around the system to provide reasonable assurance that our controls are effective during and after each step of this implementation process.

effective.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

Item 1.Legal Proceedings.

On October 14, 2011 and October 26, 2011, putative class action complaints captioned Hetherington v. Winkler, et al., C.A. No. 6935-VCP (“Hetherington Complaint”), and Walsh v. Winkler, et al., C.A. No. 6984-VCP (“Walsh Complaint”), respectively, were filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on behalf of an alleged class of Complete stockholders. On November 1, 2011, a putative class action complaint captioned City of Monroe Employees’ Retirement System v. Complete Production Services, Inc. et al., 2011-66385 (“City of Monroe Complaint”) was filed in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, on behalf of an alleged class of Complete Stockholders. The complaints name as defendants all members of our board of directors, our company, Superior Energy Services, Inc. (“SPN”) and SPN Fairway Acquisition, Inc. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to our stockholders in connection with the proposed merger, or aided and abetted the other defendants’ breaches of their fiduciary duties. The complaints allege that the proposed merger between us and SPN involves an unfair price, an inadequate sales process and unreasonable deal protection devices. The Hetherington Complaint claims that defendants agreed to the transaction to benefit SPN and that neither our company, nor our board of directors, have adequately explained the reason for the proposed merger. The Walsh Complaint claims that defendants acted for their personal interests rather than the interests of our stockholders. The City of Monroe complaint claims that defendants engaged in self-dealing and failed to seek maximum value for stockholders. All three complaints seek injunctive relief including to enjoin the merger, rescissory damages in the event the merger is completed, and an award of attorneys’ and other fees and costs, in addition to other relief. We and our board of directors believe that the plaintiffs’ allegations lack merit and intend to contest them vigorously.

In the normal course of our business, we are a party to various pending or threatened claims, lawsuits and administrative proceedings seeking damages or other remedies concerning our commercial operations, products, employees and other matters, including warranty and product liability claims and occasional claims by individuals alleging exposure to hazardous materials, on the job injuries and fatalities as a result of our products or operations. Many of the claims filed against us relate to motor vehicle accidents which can result in the loss of life or serious bodily injury. Some of these claims relate to matters occurring prior to our acquisition of businesses. In certain cases, we are entitled to indemnification from the sellers of such businesses.

Although we cannot know or predict with certainty the outcome of any claim or proceeding or the effect such outcomes may have on us, we believe that any liability resulting from the resolution of any of these matters, individually, or in the aggregate, to the extent not otherwise provided for or covered by insurance, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

We have historically incurred additional insurance premiumpremiums related to a cost-sharing provision of our general liability insurance policy, and we cannot be certain that we will not incur additional costs until either existing claims become further developed or until the limitation periods expire for each respective policy year. Any such additional premiums should not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Item 1A.Risk Factors.

Our business faces many risks. Any of the risks discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or our other SEC filings, could have a material impact on our business, financial position or results of operations. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also impair our business operations. For a detailed discussion of the risk factors that should be understood by any investor contemplating investment in our stock, please refer to the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and2010. There has been no material change to the risk factors as set forth in our QuarterlyAnnual Report on Form 10-Q10-K for the quarteryear ended June 30,December 31, 2010, except for the following:

Our pending merger with SPN may not be completed and may result in significant disruptions to our business.

On October 9, 2011, we entered into a definitive agreement with SPN under which we will merge with a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPN and our outstanding common shares will be cancelled in exchange for 0.945 shares of Superior common stock and $7.00 in cash. The transaction is subject to approval of our and SPN’s stockholders and clearance by the relevant antitrust authorities, as well as other conditions described in the merger agreement. These conditions might not be satisfied and the proposed merger might not be completed. In the event that the proposed merger is not completed:

Our relationships with our employees, customers and business partners may be adversely affected or disrupted as a result of uncertainties with regard to our business and prospects;

We may be required to pay a termination fee of up to $70 million to SPN in specific circumstances if the merger agreement is terminated;

We will still be required to pay significant transaction costs related to the proposed merger, such as legal, financial advisor, accounting, and other fees; and

The market price of shares of our common stock may decline to the extent that the current market price of those shares reflects a market assumption that the proposed merger will be completed.

        In response to the announcement of the merger, customers may delay or defer purchasing decisions. Any delay or deferral of purchasing decisions by customers could negatively affect our business and results of operations. Similarly, regardless of whether the merger is completed or not, our current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about their future role with SPN until SPN’s strategies with regard to us are announced or executed. This may adversely affect our ability to attract and retain key management and employees. During the pendency of the merger, our management’s attention from our day-to-day business may be diverted as they focus on completing the merger.

Any of these events could adversely affect our business, cash flows, and operating results.

We may be subject to future changes in the law regarding the regulation of hydraulic fracturing. Any changes in laws or government regulations could increase our costs of doing business.

Our hydraulic fracturing and fluid handling operations are subject to a range of applicable federal, state and local laws, including those discussed under the heading “Environmental Matters” in Item 1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2010.

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Our hydraulic fracturing and fluid handling operations are designed and operated to minimize the risk, if any, of subsurface migration of hydraulic fracturing fluids and spillage or mishandling of hydraulic fracturing fluids, however, a proven case of subsurface migration of hydraulic fracturing fluids or a case of spillage or mishandling of hydraulic fracturing fluids during these activities could potentially subject us to civil and/or criminal liability and the possibility of substantial costs, including environmental remediation, depending on the circumstances of the underground migration, spillage, or mishandling, the nature and scope of the underground migration, spillage, or mishandling, and the applicable laws and regulations.


The practice of hydraulically fracturing formations to stimulate the production of natural gas and oil has come under increased scrutiny, and this increased scrutiny has included allegations of subsurface migration of fracturing fluids and the spillage of fracturing fluids. Importantly, however, the vast majority of those cases have been unsubstantiated, and to our knowledge, few, if any, documented cases of contamination exist. If proven to have happened, however, an incident of contamination could lead to civil/criminal liability and the possibility of substantial costs, including environmental remediation, depending on the nature of any proven damages and the applicable laws and regulations.

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
In accordance with the provisions of the 2008 Incentive Award Plan, as amended, holders of unvested restricted stock were given the option to either remit to us the required withholding taxes associated with the vesting of restricted stock, or to authorize us to purchase shares equivalent to the cost of the withholding tax and to remit the withholding taxes on behalf of the holder. Such purchases for the quarter ended September 30, 20102011 are summarized in the following table:
                 
              (d)
              Maximum
              Number (or
              Approximate
          (c) Total Dollar
          number of Value) of
          Shares shares
          Purchased that May
      (b) as Part of Yet Be
      Average Publicly Purchased
  (a) Total Number Price Announced Under the
  of Shares Paid per Plans or Plans or
Period Purchased Share Programs Programs
July 1 - 31, 2010  591  $14.38   *   * 

Period

  (a) Total
Number
of Shares

Purchased
  (b)
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
  (c) Total
number of
Shares
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced

Plans or
Programs
  (d)
Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar
Value) of
shares

that May
Yet Be
Purchased
Under the
Plans or
Programs

July 1 – 31, 2011

  1,326  $37.11  *  *

August 1 – 31, 2011

  353  $37.33  *  *

September 1 – 30, 2011

      *  *

*We do not have a publicly announced stock repurchase program. We had 1,207,721 shares of non-vested restricted stock outstanding at September 30, 2011. The holders of these shares have the option to either remit taxes due related to the vesting of these shares or to authorize us to purchase the shares at the current market value in a sufficient amount to settle the related tax withholding. The amount purchased will depend on the market value at the time and whether or not the holders choose to surrender shares in settlement of the related tax withholding.

Item 3.
*We do not have a publicly announced stock repurchase program. We had 1,674,379 shares of non-vested restricted stock outstanding at September 30, 2010. The holders of these shares have the option to either remit taxes due related to the vesting of these shares or to authorize us to purchase the shares at the current market value in a sufficient amount to settle the related tax withholding. The amount purchased will depend on the market value at the time and whether or not the holders choose to surrender shares in settlement of the related tax withholding.Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 5. Other Information.

Item 5.Other Information.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits.

Item 6.Exhibits.

The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are incorporated by reference into this Item 6.

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SIGNATURE

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
 COMPLETE PRODUCTION SERVICES, INC.

November 4, 2011

 
October 28, 2010 By: /s//s/ Jose A. Bayardo

Date

 
Date  Jose A. Bayardo
 
  Sr. Vice President and
 
  Chief Financial Officer
 

(Duly Authorized Officer and

Principal Financial Officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

No.

  
  Principal Financial Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.

Exhibit Title

31.1*    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a – 14(a) and Rule 15a – 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended
31.2*    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a – 14(a) and Rule 15a – 14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended
32.1**    Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2**    Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101*       
101**  Complete Production Services, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010,2011, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 20102011 and December 31, 2009,2010, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010,2011, and September 30, 2009,2010, (iii) the Consolidated Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2010,2011, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010,2011, and September 30, 2009,2010, and (v) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (tagged as blocks of text).

*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith.and not “filed” herewith for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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