If I am correct that the market has further to go on the downside intermediate-term, but likely to experience a short-term oversold rally, such a rally would provide another opportunity to sell into the strength and even take downside positions.
"We don't think we're going to see the downside on that part of the business because our customers have to go ahead and develop these projects and try to recognize some cash flow out of the costs they incurred three or four years ago, " says David Lesar, Halliburton's president and chief operating officer.