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Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	$ millions (past 4 qtrs.)	% growth (3 yr. annual rate)	$ millions (past 4 qtrs.)	% growth (3 yr. annual rate)
			REVENUES		PROFITS
1	Arena Resources	1	169.3	117	$63.9	85
2	T-3 Energy Services	2	254.5	47	$32.5	117
3	Allis-Chalmers Energy	3	608.0	124	$37.4	96
4	National Oilwell Varco	6	11,248.0	52	$1,562.0	85
5	Atwood Oceanics	8	487.6	43	$194.8	103
6	Superior Energy Services	15	1,711.8	41	$323.0	86
7	Helmerich & Payne	16	1,902.3	39	$451.7	88
8	Ensco	18	2,298.5	45	$1,074.0	95
9	NRG Energy	21	5,772.0	44	$553.0	86
10	Gulfport Energy	23	127.4	75	$47.3	50
11	AZZ	28	344.8	31	$33.7	83
12	Cameron International	34	5,350.2	34	$554.9	67
13	Dawson Geophysical	35	316.1	48	$34.5	43
14	Dril-Quip	36	537.7	26	$112.9	80
15	PetroQuest Energy	37	302.6	46	$58.7	31
16	OYO Geospace	39	134.8	28	$15.8	90
17	Gulf Island Fabrication	40	467.4	45	$44.2	45
18	Oceaneering International	42	1,903.0	30	$192.7	59
19	Ion Geophysical	52	703.7	39	$56.2	44
20	Rowan Cos.	55	2,198.4	37	$488.5	72
21	Helix Energy Solutions Group	59	1,952.0	48	$372.1	45
22	Copano energy	71	1,552.0	36	$78.9	42
23	XTO Energy	72	6,624.0	34	$1,916.0	31
24	Smith International	73	9,407.4	25	$692.1	47
25	Holly	96	5,872.7	27	$128.1	44

Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	As of 9/3/08	P/E (current fiscal year est.)	(3 yr. annual rate)
			STOCK PRICE		TOTAL RETURN
1	Arena Resources	1	$40.08	18	107
2	T-3 Energy Services	2	$47.27	15	101
3	Allis-Chalmers Energy	3	$11.90	9	47
4	National Oilwell Varco	6	$63.24	13	55
5	Atwood Oceanics	8	$36.55	11	59
6	Superior Energy Services	15	$39.94	10	46
7	Helmerich & Payne	16	$51.51	12	46
8	Ensco	18	$63.40	7	31
9	NRG Energy	21	$35.13	16	32
10	Gulfport Energy	23	$12.81	8	34
11	AZZ	28	$40.26	13	66
12	Cameron International	34	$43.56	16	53
13	Dawson Geophysical	35	$55.18	12	41
14	Dril-Quip	36	$49.53	18	63
15	PetroQuest Energy	37	$16.51	11	60
16	OYO Geospace	39	$46.03	18	42
17	Gulf Island Fabrication	40	$37.93	12	37
18	Oceaneering International	42	$55.72	16	59
19	Ion Geophysical	52	$15.10	19	41
20	Rowan Cos.	55	$34.56	8	17
21	Helix Energy Solutions Group	59	$28.60	8	17
22	Copano energy	71	$31.01	18	28
23	XTO Energy	72	$47.18	11	39
24	Smith International	73	$64.94	17	39
25	Holly	96	$29.93	19	17

Rank	Company	Fastest- growing rank	As of 9/3/08	P/E (current fiscal year est.)
1	Arena Resources	1	$40.08	18
2	T-3 Energy Services	2	$47.27	15
3	Allis-Chalmers Energy	3	$11.9	9
4	National Oilwell Varco	6	$63.24	13
5	Atwood Oceanics	8	$36.55	11
6	Superior Energy Services	15	$39.94	10
7	Helmerich & Payne	16	$51.51	12
8	Ensco	18	$63.4	7
9	NRG Energy	21	$35.13	16
10	Gulfport Energy	23	$12.81	8
11	AZZ	28	$40.26	13
12	Cameron International	34	$43.56	16
13	Dawson Geophysical	35	$55.18	12
14	Dril-Quip	36	$49.53	18
15	PetroQuest Energy	37	$16.51	11
16	OYO Geospace	39	$46.03	18
17	Gulf Island Fabrication	40	$37.93	12
18	Oceaneering International	42	$55.72	16
19	Ion Geophysical	52	$15.1	19
20	Rowan Cos.	55	$34.56	8
21	Helix Energy Solutions Group	59	$28.6	8
22	Copano energy	71	$31.01	18
23	XTO Energy	72	$47.18	11
24	Smith International	73	$64.94	17
25	Holly	96	$29.93	19

From the Sept. 29th, 2008 issue

Top 3

Company	Revenue growth (3-year annual rate)
Allis-Chalmers Energy	124%
Arena Resources	117%
Nutrisystem	110%

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Sigma Designs	294%
Sepracor	228%
Hornbeck Offshore Services	214%

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Company	Total return (3-year annual rate)
Arena Resources	107%
T-3 Energy Services	101%
Steel Dynamics	84%

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