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Roundtable Forum: Oil Services & Equipment

ROBIN SHOEMAKER is an Equipment Analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Mr. Shoemaker had a 13-year career in equity research at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Shoemaker was a runner-up on Institutional Investor's All-America Research Team from 1990-1992. He was listed in the Wall Street Journal's 1993 and 1996 surveys of all-star analyst. He has served as President of the Oil Analyst Group of New York and is a member of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts. Mr. Shoemaker received a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MA and PhD from the University of Chicago. Profile
MICHAEL K. LaMOTTE joined J.P. Morgan Securities in March 2001 as a Managing Director in the Equity Research Department, and is responsible for the oil services and equipment sector. He has followed the upstream oil and gas industry for 12 years. His previous positions include Managing Director and Senior Oil Services Analyst at Banc of America Securities, Deputy Manager and Senior Oil Services Analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, and Vice President and Senior E&P Analyst at NatWest Markets. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics with a minor in French from Vanderbilt University. He ranked second in earnings estimate accuracy in the 2002 Starmine Top Analyst Performance Survey, and first in earnings forecasting in the 2000 and 2001 Wall Street Journal Best on the Street Analyst Survey. He is a member of the CFA Institute, the Dallas Society of Financial Analysts, the National Ocean Industries Association, and the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts. Profile
TWST: Robin, would you begin by telling us how you define oil services

at Bear, Stearns, what you include in your coverage, and how you're

approaching the group today?

Mr. Shoemaker: I cover