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- Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (FLSS) is an independent oilfield services contractor that provides a broad range of well site services to oil and natural gas drilling and producing companies in the United States. The company operates through three primary segments including well servicing, which encompasses well maintenance, remedial repairs, workovers, completions, swabbing, plugging and abandonment, and pressure testing; coiled tubing services for downhole repairs, recompletions, and perforations; and fluid logistics for handling oilfield fluids. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Alice, Texas, Forbes serves major operators such as Apache Corporation, Chesapeake Energy, ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy, and EOG Resources across key regions like Texas (including the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, and South Texas), Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and historically Mexico. In recent years, Forbes underwent significant restructuring, highlighted by the 2018 acquisition of Cretic Energy Services to bolster its coiled tubing fleet and completions capabilities in the Permian and South Texas; a proposed 2020 merger with Superior Energy Services that did not proceed; and the 2021 divestiture of its well servicing and coiled tubing assets to Axis Energy Services, which doubled Axis's rig fleet and expanded operations in South Texas and the Eagle Ford while Forbes retained fluid logistics activities. The company trades on OTC markets with reported trailing twelve-month revenue of approximately $160 million as of early 2020 data, reflecting its focus on onshore production enhancement amid fluctuating energy markets.