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For over 20,000 companies, Icon Group uses a proprietary methodology to generate international benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. First, for a given company Icon Group searches across over 26,000 firms for others producing similar products, offering similar services, or are in the same stage of the value chain for a particular industrial classification. We then collect the financials for each of these firms and standardize these into comparable categories (assets, liabilities, income and ratios). From there, we eliminate all currency effects by standardizing within each category and country. All benchmarks are updated quarterly.
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Icon Group publishes a number of other benchmarks for firms in related product areas, including: -- 3DX TECHNOLOGIES INC. -- ABRAXAS PETROLEUM CORP. -- AGIP SPA -- ALAMCO, INC. -- ALBERTA ENERGY COMPANY LTD. -- ALLIANCE RESOURCES PLC -- ALTEX INDUSTRIES, INC. -- AMBER ENERGY INC. -- AMERICAN EXPLORATION COMPANY -- AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP -- AMINEX PLC -- ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP. -- ANDERSON EXPLORATION LTD. -- APACHE CORP. -- ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, LTD. -- ARCHER RESOURCES LTD. -- ARCON INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES PLC -- AVIVA PETROLEUM INC. -- AWILCO ASA -- BARNWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. -- BARRETT RESOURCES CORP. -- BARRINGTON PETROLEUM LTD. -- BASIN EXPLORATION, INC. -- BAYTEX ENERGY LTD. -- BEAU CANADA EXPLORATION LTD. -- BELCO OIL & GAS CORP. -- BENTON OIL AND GAS COMPANY -- BERKLEY PETROLEUM CORP -- BERRY PETROLEUM COMPANY -- BLUE RANGE RESOURCE CORP. -- BP AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD. -- BRITISH BORNEO OIL & GAS PLC -- BROWN (TOM), INC. -- BULA RESOURCES (HOLDINGS) PLC -- BURLINGTON RESOURCES INC. -- CABRE EXPLORATION LTD -- CAIRN ENERGY PLC -- CAIRN ENERGY USA, INC. -- CALLON PETROLEUM COMPANY -- CANADA SOUTHERN PETROLEUM LTD. -- CANADIAN 88 ENERGY CORP. -- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD. -- CANADIAN OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LTD. -- CANARGO ENERGY CORP. -- CARRIZO OIL & GAS, INC. -- CHAUVCO RESOURCES LTD. -- CHERNOGORNEFT OAO -- CHIEFTAIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. -- CNPC (HONG KONG) LTD. -- COCHIN REFINERIES LTD. -- COLUMBUS ENERGY CORP. -- COMPANIA ESPANOLA DE PETROLEOS, S.A. -- COPAREX INTERNATIONAL SA -- CRESTAR ENERGY INC. -- CROSS TIMBERS OIL COMPANY -- CS RESOURCES LTD. -- CULTUS PETROLEUM NL -- DANA PETROLEUM PLC -- DEEPTECH INTERNATIONAL INC. -- DENBURY RESOURCES INC. -- DET NORSKE OLJESELSKAP ASA -- DEVON ENERGY CORP. -- DORCHESTER HUGOTON, LTD. -- DORSET EXPLORATION LTD -- DRAGON OIL PLC -- DYNEGY INC. -- EDGE PETROLEUM CORP. -- EEX CORP. -- ELAN ENERGY INC. -- ELF GABON SA -- EMERALD ENERGY PLC -- ENRON CORP. -- ENTERPRISE OIL PLC -- EQUITY OIL COMPANY -- EVERGREEN RESOURCES, INC. -- EXCO RESOURCES, INC. -- EXXON CORP. -- FORCENERGY AB -- FORCENERGY INC -- FORTUNE NATURAL RESOURCES CORP. -- FRACMASTER LTD -- GARNET RESOURCES CORP. -- GENESIS EXPLORATION LTD -- GIANT INDUSTRIES, INC. -- GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORP. -- GULF CANADA RESOURCES LTD. -- GULFSTREAM RESOURCES CANADA LTD. -- HALLADOR PETROLEUM COMPANY -- HALLWOOD CONSOLIDATED RESOURCES CORP -- HARDY OIL & GAS PLC -- HARKEN ENERGY CORP. -- HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC. -- HINDUSTAN OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY LTD -- HONDO OIL & GAS COMPANY -- HOUSTON EXPLORATION COMPANY, (THE) -- HS RESOURCES, INC. -- HUGOTON ENERGY CORP. -- HURRICANE HYDROCARBONS LTD -- IMPERIAL OIL LTD. -- INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORP. -- JKX OIL & GAS PLC -- JORDAN PETROLEUM LTD. -- KANTO NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. -- KCS ENERGY, INC. -- KELLEY OIL & GAS CORP. -- KERN RIVER PLC -- KERR-MCGEE CORP. -- KEY PRODUCTION COMPANY, INC. -- LASMO PLC -- LOUIS DREYFUS NATURAL GAS CORP. -- LOUISIANA LAND & EXPLORATION COMPANY -- LUNDIN OIL AB -- MAGNUM HUNTER PETROLEUM, INC. -- MALLON RESOURCES CORP. -- MAYNARD OIL COMPANY -- MCFARLAND ENERGY, INC. -- McMORAN OIL & GAS CO. -- MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC. -- MERIDIAN RESOURCES CORP. -- MESA INC. -- METALORE RESOURCES LTD. -- METROGAS S.A. -- MIDLAND RESOURCES, INC. -- MOBIL CORP. -- MONUMENT OIL & GAS PLC -- MORRISON MIDDLEFIELD RESOURCES LTD. -- NATIONAL ENERGY GROUP, INC. -- NATIONAL GAS & OIL COMPANY -- NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY -- NEWPORT PETROLEUM CORP. -- NK YUKOS OAO -- NOBLE AFFILIATES, INC. -- NORCEN ENERGY RESOURCES LTD. -- NORSK AGIP A/S -- NORTHROCK RESOURCES LTD. -- NORTHSTAR ENERGY CORP. -- NOVUS PETROLEUM LTD. -- NUEVO ENERGY COMPANY -- NUMAC ENERGY INC. -- OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. -- OCEAN ENERGY, INC. -- OCEAN ENERGY, INC. -- OCELOT ENERGY INC. -- OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORP. LTD. -- OIL COMPANY LUKOIL (JSC) -- OIL SEARCH LTD. -- ORIENTAL PETROLEUM & MINERALS CORP -- PACALTA RESOURCES LTD. -- PALADIN RESOURCES PLC -- PAN EAST PETROLEUM CORP. -- PANATLAS ENERGY INC. -- PANCANADIAN PETROLEUM LTD. -- PARALLEL PETROLEUM CORP. -- PARAMOUNT RESOURCES LTD -- PATINA OIL & GAS CORP. -- PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD. -- PEREZ COMPANC SA -- PETRO-CANADA -- PETROCORP INC. -- PETROFIELDS CORP. -- PETROFINA SA -- PETROGLYPH ENERGY, INC. -- PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS -- PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA S.A. -- PETROMET RESOURCES LTD. -- PETRON CORP. -- PETROZ N.L. -- PETSEC ENERGY LTD -- PINNACLE RESOURCES LTD. -- PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY -- POCO PETROLEUMS LTD. -- POGO PRODUCING COMPANY -- PREMIER OIL PLC -- PRIMA ENERGY CORP. -- PROBE EXPLORATION INC. -- PTT EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION PUBLIC CO. -- RANGE RESOURCES CORP -- RANGER OIL LTD. -- REMINGTON ENERGY LTD. -- REMINGTON OIL AND GAS CORP. -- RENAISSANCE ENERGY LTD. -- RIGEL ENERGY CORP. -- RIO ALTO EXPLORATION LTD. -- SABA PETROLEUM COMPANY -- SAGA PETROLEUM ASA -- SANTA FE SNYDER CORP. -- SEVEN SEAS PETROLEUM INC -- SHELL CANADA LTD. -- SHENZHEN PETROCHEMICALS HOLDINGS COMPANY -- SLAVNEFT-MEGIONNEFTEGAZ (OAO) -- SNYDER OIL CORP. -- SOUTHERN MINERAL CORP. -- STONE ENERGY CORP. -- SUN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. -- SURGUTNEFTEGAZ OAO -- SWIFT ENERGY COMPANY -- TALISMAN ENERGY INC. -- TARRAGON OIL & GAS LTD. -- TEIKOKU OIL CO., LTD. -- TEXACO INC . -- TGX CORP. -- TIPPERARY CORP. -- TOREADOR ROYALTY CORP. -- TOSCO CORP. -- TOTAL PETROLEUM (NORTH AMERICA) LTD. -- TRANSTEXAS GAS CORP. -- TRI LINK RESOURCES LTD. -- TRITON ENERGY LTD. -- TULLOW OIL PLC -- TUSKAR RESOURCES PLC -- ULSTER PETROLEUMS LTD. -- UNIMAR COMPANY -- UNION PACIFIC RESOURCES GROUP INC. -- UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM HOLDINGS, INC. -- UNITED ENERGY PLC -- UNITED MERIDIAN CORP. -- USX-MARATHON GROUP, INC. -- VASTAR RESOURCES, INC. -- VINTAGE PETROLEUM, INC. -- WASCANA ENERGY INC. -- WESFARMERS LTD. -- WESTERN GAS RESOURCES, INC. -- WILLIAMS, (CLAYTON) ENERGY, INC. -- WISER OIL COMPANY (THE) -- WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LTD. -- XCL LTD. -- YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMA -- ZYDECO ENERGY, INC.