Newpark Resources, Inc. is a diversified oil and gas industry supplier with two reportable segments: Fluids Systems and Engineering, and Mats and Integrated Services. The Company provides its products and services primarily to the oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) industry in the United States Gulf Coast, West Texas, United States mid-continent, United States Rocky Mountains, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and areas of Europe and North Africa surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. Newpark Resources is expanding its presence outside the E&P sector, particularly in Mats and Integrated Services, where it is marketing to utilities, municipalities, and government sectors. In September 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets and operations of SEM Construction Company (SEM).