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Stallion Enters Offshore Accommodations Market.


HOUSTON -- Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of Abbeville Offshore Quarters, Inc. ("AOQ AOQ Average Outgoing Quality
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"). The purchase marks the entrance of Stallion into the global offshore accommodations market. AOQ, based in Abbeville, Louisiana The small city of Abbeville is the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 150 miles (241 km) west of New Orleans. [1] [2] As of 2005, the population estimates recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 11,664. , provides workforce accommodations to the worldwide offshore oil and gas industry. With over 275 rental units in inventory, AOQ custom-designs, manufactures, and leases a variety of accommodations from multi-story and modular living quarters to electrical buildings, recreational rooms, and galleys. AOQ also delivers U.S. Coast Guard-approved accommodations on floating platforms and vessels including FPSO's, flotels, semi-submersibles and other drilling and production projects.

"The AOQ purchase takes Stallion into a new arena, the worldwide offshore accommodations industry," remarked Craig Johnson Craig Johnson may refer to:
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  • Craig Johnson (NY State Senator), New York State Senator
, Stallion's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are very excited and could not have found a better partner for our initial foray into this market. For over 39 years, Abbeville Offshore Quarters has been the leader in providing comfort and safety in workforce accommodations in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
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 and other offshore environments. We believe that this partnering positions the Company to take advantage of the growing deepwater production activities in the GOM GOM - Good Old MAD.

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 and other international offshore markets. With two manufacturing facilities in Louisiana, one located in Abbeville and the other at the Port of Vermilion vermilion, vivid red pigment of durable quality. It is a chemical compound of mercury and sulfur and is known as red sulfide of mercury; it was formerly obtained by grinding pure cinnabar but is now commonly prepared synthetically. , AOQ fabricates steel and fiberglass buildings of virtually any size to support offshore drilling and production projects around the world."

The experienced management team led by Tommy Putnam will continue in place. "Abbeville shares Stallion's strong commitment to delivering superior customer service," said Tommy Putnam, President of AOQ. "Our employees are very excited about joining the Stallion team. We believe our partnership with Stallion will provide significant capital to fund further growth in the demanding offshore accommodations market."

Stallion also announced it has acquired R & G Crane & Rigging & Trucking, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
. R & G, based in Kilgore, Texas, provides rig relocation and heavy equipment hauling to the active east Texas oilfield market. The purchase expands Stallion's growing rig location division, Stallion Heavy Haulers. R & G will operate as Stallion Heavy Haulers and joins our oilfield heavy hauling operating points in Rayne and Homer, Louisiana.

Stallion provides wellsite support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services  and construction and logistic services to the oilfield with over 1,000 employees in 27 locations. Our range of critical wellsite services includes onshore and offshore workforce accommodations, surface rental equipment, solids control, communication services, site construction, rig relocation and heavy equipment hauling. Stallion's Everything But the Rig (SM) product offerings are designed to improve living and working conditions, safety, and our customers' productivity. Stallion is headquartered in Houston, Texas and delivers products and services in the South Texas, Gulf Coast, Ark-La-Tex, North Texas, Permian Basin, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions as well as to the global offshore industry.

Please find additional information at the Company's web site: www.stallionoilfield.com.
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