General

     Newpark Resources, Inc. was organized in 1932 as a Nevada corporation. In April 1991, we changed our state of incorporation to Delaware. We are a diversified oil and gas industry supplier with three operating segments: fluids systems and engineering, mat and integrated services, and environmental services.

     We provide these products and services principally to the oil and gas exploration and production (“E&P”) industry in the U.S. Gulf Coast, West Texas, U.S. Mid-continent, U.S. Rocky Mountains, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and areas of Europe and North Africa surrounding the...