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41. Carrizo Oil & Gas

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Rank: 41 (Previous rank: 45)
CEO: S.P. Johnson, IV, President and CEO
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Employees: 75
Industry: Energy
Website: www.carrizo.cc

Carrizo uses 3-D seismic exploration technology to find natural gas and oil. As of Dec. 31, 2007, the company held leases or options on nearly 200,000 net acres in Texas and Louisiana. It also holds oil and gas interests in the North Sea.

	$ Millions (past 4 quarters)	% Growth (3-yr. annualized)
Revenues	125.8	31.4
Net Income	16.6	-
Earnings per share	-	8.7
Total Return	-	69.2

From the July/August 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business

Source: Zacks
Revenue and net income are for the most recent four quarters ended on or before 2/29/08.

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