Hot Oil Service Stocks To Watch For 2014

I'm window shopping for shares again, and there are plenty of goodies for sale. Should I pop Petrofac� (LSE: PCF  ) into my basket?

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These are tough times for oil stocks, with Brent crude falling below $100 a barrel on fears of a China and U.S. slowdown and weak demand from Europe. Oil services company Petrofac looked cheap last month, when you could buy it for around 拢15. Today, you would pay just 拢13.40. Is this a great time to buy?

Petrofac's share price is now down a meaty 20% over the last three months, despite signing a couple of lucrative contracts in April. Last week, it announced it had won the lion's share of a $3.7 billion deal to develop oil fields for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. That followed a $500 million contract from the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company. My suspicions that Petrofac is being unfairly punished by a wider market sell-off were confirmed by its recent full-year results, which revealed a 17% rise in profits, neatly matched with a 17% dividend hike.

Hot Oil Service Stocks To Watch For 2014: Versant Corporation(VSNT)

Versant Corporation engages in the design, development, marketing, and support of object-oriented database management system products to solve complex data management and data integration problems of enterprises. Its flagship product includes the Versant Object Database, an object database management system designed to support multi-user commercial applications in distributed computing environments that enables users to store, manage, and distribute information that cannot be administered through traditional database technologies. The company also provides FastObjects, an object database management system for use as an embedded data management system to be integrated in various products, including medical devices, vending machines, telecom equipment, and defense systems; and db4o, an open source object database that enables Java and .NET developers to store and retrieve application objects with one line of code targeting the embedded device market. In addition, it offers m aintenance and technical support services; and training and consulting services to assist customers in the design, development, training, and management of applications that are built based on its core products. The company?s software is used in strategic distributed applications, such as network modeling and management, fault diagnosis, fraud prevention, and service activation and assurance, as well as in customer billing, scheduling, and other applications. It markets its products principally through its direct sales force, as well as through value-added resellers, systems integrators, and distributors to companies in telecommunications, government and defense, media, technology, financial services, transportation, and healthcare industries in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was formerly known as Versant Object Technology Company and changed its name to Versant Corporation in July 1998. Versant Corporation was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Redwood C ity, California.

Hot Oil Service Stocks To Watch For 2014: Cincinnati Bell Inc (CBB)

Cincinnati Bell Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications and technology services. The company?s Wireline segment provides local voice services, including local telephone service, switched access, and value-added services, such as caller identification, voicemail, call waiting, and call return; data services comprising high-speed Internet using digital subscriber line technology, fiber to the home, dial-up Internet access, network access, and gigabit Ethernet and asynchronous transfer mode data transport services. This segment?s services also comprise long distance and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)services, such as long distance voice, audio conferencing, VoIP, and other broadband services; entertainment services that consist of television over fiber optic cable and coaxial cable in limited areas, and DirecTV commissioning over the company?s operating area; and other services consisting of security monitoring, inside wire installation for busi ness enterprises, rental revenue of space, public payphones, and clearinghouse services. It?s Wireless segment provides advanced digital wireless voice and data communications services through the wireless network in a licensed service territory, which includes Greater Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and areas of northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. This segment offers postpaid and prepaid wireless subscription services; and wireless handset devices to customers to use its wireless services. The company?s Data Center Colocation segment provides data center colocation services to businesses. This segment operates 17 data centers with 639,000 square feet of total data center space in Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. It?s IT Services and Hardware segment offers a range of managed IT solutions, including managed infrastructure services, IT and telephony equipment sales, and professional IT staffing services. The company was founded in 1873 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Top 5 Railroad Stocks To Own Right Now: Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.(ALTI)

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells nano-structured lithium titanate spinel, battery cells, battery packs, and multi-megawatt battery systems, as well as provides related design, installation, and test services in the United States and internationally. The company also provides contract research services to develop intellectual property and/or new products and technology. It markets its energy storage solutions to power companies and electric grid operators; and batteries to electric and hybrid-electric bus manufacturers, and other industrial markets. The company was formerly known as Altair International Inc. and changed its name to Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. in July 2002. Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Canon Investment Holdings Limited.

Hot Oil Service Stocks To Watch For 2014: Enseco Energy Services Corp (ENS.V)

Enseco Energy Services Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides energy related services and rentals to the upstream oil and gas industry in the United States and Canada. It offers directional drilling services and equipment, including performance drilling motors; electromagnetic measurement while drilling (MWD) tools; negative and positive pulse MWD tools; well planning services; directional modeling services, including torque and drag, bottom hole assembly design, and anti-collision analysis; vertical monitoring services; un-manned MWD; and LWD-gamma ray, annular pressure, and resistivity measurements. Its directional drilling services and equipment allow customers to deviate a well from the vertical. The company also offers production testing/well testing services and equipment comprising P-tanks, frac flowback testing for oil and gas wells, in-line testing, bleed offs, stimulation recovery, sour service capability, wheeled flare stacks and office trailers, flow l ines rated to 10,000 psi, vessels rated from 200 to 1,440 psi, portable and skid mounted packages, separator working pressures to 2,000 psi, zero ground disturbance flare systems, material balance metering of gas and liquids, sand traps and junk catchers, electronic and Web based report posting, and rental equipment. As of December 31, 2011, it had 31 active testing units and related equipment in Canada; and 12 MWD systems. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Calgary, Canada.