BJ Services Company

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BJ Services Company
Type	Public (NYSE: BJS)
Founded	1872
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, USA
Key people	J.W.Stewart (Chairman/President/CEO) Jeffrey E. Smith (Senior VP/CFO) David Dunlap (Executive VP/COO)
Industry	Oil and Gas Equipment, Services
Revenue	$4.802 Billion USD (2007)
Net income	▲ $1.112 Billion USD (2007)
Employees	16,700
Website	www.bjservices.com

BJ Services Company (NYSE: BJS) is a Fortune 500 oil and gas equipment and services company with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1872 as the Byron Jackson Company by inventor Byron Jackson. Today the company operates in more than 50 countries worldwide.

BJ Services Company is a leading worldwide provider of pressure pumping and oilfield services for the petroleum industry. Pressure pumping services consist of cementing and stimulation services used in the completion of new oil and natural gas wells and in remedial work on existing wells, both onshore and offshore. Oilfield services include completion tools, completion fluids, casing and tubular services, production chemical services, and precommissioning, maintenance and turnaround services in the pipeline and process business, including pipeline inspection.