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6/20/2013, 1:52 AM ET

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Wednesday, June 19, 2:42 PM Aside from Linn Energy (LINE +6%) (earlier), SandRidge Energy (SD +3.2%) also enjoys a sustained rise from Lee Cooperman's CNBC comments. He thinks SD's assets are worth close to $10/share and expects management changes in the coming weeks. The full list of stocks Cooperman likes (video): TCRD, ESRX, HAL, RIG, QCOM, MSI, CIM, S, DISH, ARP. 1 Comment [Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Thursday, June 13, 3:21 PM Baker Hughes (BHI +3%) is upgraded to Buy from Hold with a $54 price target at Societe Generale, which says BHI boasts the largest per share exposure to deepwater Gulf of Mexico growth. The mix driving the 2012 U.S. land activity pullback looks to favor Halliburton (HAL) and Schlumberger (SLB) onshore, but BHI's deep Gulf leverage rebalances its relative risk/reward proposition, the firm says. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Monday, June 10, 7:35 PM Sterne Agee likes Halliburton (HAL), Superior Energy (SPN) and Tetra Technologies (TTI) to play the rise in U.S. land rigs. All three companies stand to benefit from the likely rise in the U.S. land rig count in H2 and 2014 and the associated completions work, the firm says, and they have exposure to the growing deepwater and international markets. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Friday, June 7, 2:53 PM The oil services and equipment analysts at Jefferies see the monumental turning point of the U.S. becoming a net oil exporter as a highly positive catalyst for the stocks they cover. The firm's eight top stocks to buy: BHI, HAL, PSE, CAM, NOV, ATW, RDC, HP. 2 Comments [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Monday, June 3, 11:29 AM Direct beneficiaries of rising U.S. energy production and the coming lower energy costs, according to BAML, are domestic oil production, refining, oil services and petrochemicals firms. The firm's top stocks to buy: Valero (VLO) in refining; LyondellBasell (LYB) in chemicals; Halliburton (HAL) in oilfield services; Hess (HES) in production; Union Pacific (UNP) in transportation. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, May 30, 8:45 AM Halliburton (HAL) and Baker Hughes (BHI) are downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley, part of the firm's dim view of the oil services drilling and equipment sector (OIH) due to concerns about revenue growth seen slowing to 5% from 16% for the rest of the decade. HAL -1.6%, BHI -1% premarket. 8 Comments [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 21, 11:43 AM Halliburton (HAL -1%) says its Q2 operating profit margin will be negatively impacted by a decline in rigs working in Mexico as the country transitions to a new way of awarding service contracts. HAL had earlier seen a margin close to the mid-teens for the quarter. In North America, HAL says the market for pressure pumping equipment remains 20% over-supplied, which should be cut in half by year's end. 1 Comment [Energy]
Monday, May 20, 5:35 PM Deutsche Bank remains bullish on oil service stocks (OIH), seeing favorable underlying trends in Q1 as North American margins improved Q/Q despite a decline in the rig count, suggesting significant operating leverage as activity levels recover. DB's four top stocks to buy, all with price targets well in excess of Wall Street consensus: BHI, HAL, NBR, HERO. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Monday, May 20, 9:06 AM Texas on Friday became the latest state to sue BP, Halliburton (HAL) and others tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, alleging the parties "engaged in willful and wanton misconduct." The Texas lawsuit asks for money for various reasons including sales and hotel occupancy taxes the state says it didn't receive because visitors didn't go to its Gulf Coast communities due to the spill. 10 Comments [Energy]
Friday, May 3, 11:58 AM The bigger the better when it comes to oil services providers, Jefferies believes, making the case that the big sector players are best positioned to fix inefficiencies of operations and thus ultimately will see the largest benefit from the surge in U.S. production. The firm's favorites: SPN, SLCA, PES, HP, ESV, NOV, CAM, HAL, SLB. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, April 25, 3:06 PM Oil prices probably need to stabilize and/or move up before oilfield services stocks start rising again, but demand is strong below the surface, Credit Suisse says, believing current valuations fail to reflect the high level of activity or the stable nature of the North American business. The firm adds Halliburton (HAL) to its Focus List and upgrades Baker Hughes (BHI) to Outperform with a $54 price target (from $40). Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, April 24, 9:53 AM More praise for Halliburton (HAL +3.6%) after Q1 earnings, as Credit Suisse adds the stock to its Focus List, seeing HAL strongly positioned for a re-acceleration of North American drilling activity in H2 and beyond as the chemical renaissance and new modes of transportation lead to increased demand for nat gas. Societe Generale sees an attractive entry point, and upgrades HAL to Buy from Hold. (earlier) Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 23, 11:29 AM Analysts’ accolades for Halliburton (HAL +1%) start pouring in a day after the oilfield services company beat Q1 estimates, Sterne Agee raises its expectations on FY 2013 EPS to $3.10 from $2.95, while Cowen ups its outlook to $3.25 from $3.15 and hikes its price target on shares to $57 from $50. Wall Street had been worried about prospects for onshore North America, but results surprised to the upside. Comment! [Energy]
Monday, April 22, 3:17 PM Even as Halliburton (HAL +5.4%) adds $1B to reserves tied to litigation involving the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion on top of the $300M it had already set aside, analysts are looking ahead to an eventual resolution. Barclays believes the progress outweighs additional potential settlement costs, Simmons sees higher expectations for the stock, and UBS likes the significant margin traction in North America and expects international growth to continue to outpace peers. Comment! [Energy, On the Move]
Monday, April 22, 11:27 AM Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against BP and Halliburton (HAL) over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill; Mississippi sued on Friday, joining Alabama and Louisiana, which are part of a federal trial in New Orleans against BP and its contractors. The suit, among other things, faults BP for not changing the batteries on the rig’s blowout preventer, and accuses HAL of installing faulty cement barriers. 14 Comments [Energy]
Monday, April 22, 7:51 AM More on Halliburton (HAL) Q1 earnings: North American margins improved about 400 bps sequentially; company expects margins to continue to expand throughout the rest of the year. "We believe we may see modest pricing increases as customers adopt new technology to improve well production." Shares +4.8% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Energy, Earnings, On the Move]

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