Every year in August there is a week-long event — “The Oil & Gas Conference.” It draws an international audience and by most accounts EnerCom is the best on the schedule. This year 118 companies made presentations. If I could only hear one presentation, and attend one breakout session, I’d choose Netherlands-based Core Labs — hands down. “The maximum yearly oil production of the planet is taking place now!” That from CEO Dave Demshur. Core Labs has 70 offices in 50 countries. Their business is analyzing drilling results for all major, and hundreds of smaller companies in the global energy finding industry. Core Labs (CLB $150) has a unique view of the world few others could envision. As a byproduct of their normal business activities, CLB accumulates data about the current status of all major oil and gas basins on the planet. World instability has prompted them to withdraw […]