Innovation in the Oil and Gas Industry

General project info

• Avesh will be researching patents (counting patents for firms in each industry categorization in the s&p500)
• Carlin will use SDC to count aquistions and mergers for frims in each industry categorization in the s&p500
  • need help with search terms
• still also to do: get R&D spending data from compustat

S&P Industry group

1. consumer discretionary
2. financials
3. industrials
4. energy
5. food, beverages, and tobacco
6. food and staples retailing
7. Health care equipment and services
8. household and personal products
9. insurance
10. materials
11. media
12. pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and life sciences
13. real estate
14. retailing
15. semiconductors and semiconductor equipment
16. software and services
17. technology hardware and equipment
18. telecommunication services
19. transportation
20. utilities

Alt list from yahoo finance [1]

1. basic materials (includes oil and gas)
2. conglomerates
3. consumer goods
4. financial
5. healthcare
6. services
7. technology
8. utilities

S&P sub-industry

1. Aerospace & Defense
2. Air Freight & Logistics
3. Airlines
4. Auto Components
5. Automobiles
6. Beverages
7. Biotechnology
8. Building Products
9. Capital Markets
10. Chemicals
11. Commercial Banks
12. Commercial Services & Supplies
13. Communications Equipment
14. Computers & Peripherals
15. Construction & Engineering
16. Construction Materials
17. Consumer Finance
18. Containers & Packaging
19. Distributors
20. Diversified Consumer Services
21. Diversified Financial Services
22. Diversified Telecommunication Services
23. Electric Utilities
24. Electrical Equipment
25. Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
26. Energy Equipment & Services
27. Food & Staples Retailing
28. Food Products
29. Gas Utilities
30. Health Care Equipment & Supplies
31. Health Care Providers & Services
32. Health Care Technology
33. Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
34. Household Durables
35. Household Products
36. Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders
37. Industrial Conglomerates
38. Industry
39. Insurance
40. Internet & Catalog Retail
41. Internet Software & Services
42. IT Services
43. Leisure Equipment & Products
44. Life Sciences Tools & Services
45. Machinery
46. Media
47. Metals & Mining
48. Multi-Utilities
49. Multiline Retail
50. Office Electronics
51. Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
52. Paper & Forest Products
53. Personal Products
54. Pharmaceuticals
55. Professional Services
56. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
57. Real Estate Management & Development
58. Road & Rail
59. Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
60. Software
61. Specialty Retail
62. Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
63. Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
64. Tobacco
65. Trading Companies & Distributors
66. Wireless Telecommunication Services