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Founded in 1920, Helmerich & Payne, Inc. through its subsidiaries, designs, fabricates, and operates high-performance drilling rigs in conventional and unconventional plays around the world. H&P also develops and implements advanced automation, directional drilling and survey management technologies. At December 31, 2024, H&P's fleet included 225 land rigs in the United States, 30 international land rigs and seven offshore platform rigs. The shares are a component of the S&P SmallCap 600 index and the firm currently employs about 7,000 people.

The major stock indices are a mixed bag at midday -- but the common theme is 'flat, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average up by very little and the Nasdaq down by very little. The latest consumer sentiment reading from the University of Michigan showed sentiment hit its second-lowest reading on record, at 50.8. That compares to 52.2 last month and the consensus expectation of 53.4. The all-time low reading was 50 in June of 2022. There is also growing concern about inflation, with both short-term and long-term inflation expectations on the rise among American consumers.

APA Corp. is the holding company for Apache Corp., an E&P company with operations in the United States, Egypt, and the United Kingdom. It holds a majority interest in Altus Midstream, which, through its consolidated subsidiaries, operates gathering, processing, and transmission assets in West Texas and holds equity ownership in four Permian-to-Gulf Coast pipelines. The company is a component of the S&P 500 index and employs approximately 2,270 employees.

Based in Houston, Texas, Targa Resources Corp. gathers, processes, transports and sells natural gas, NGL, and crude oil primarily in the Anadarko, Barnett, Eagle Ford, Permian, and Williston basins. TRGP consists of two segments, Gathering and Processing and Logistics and Transportation.