11:54 AM EST - Ensign Energy Services : reported record revenue in the first quarter of 2012, increasing 35% over the first quarter of 2011 to $677.7 million, the highest quarterly revenue in the Company's history. Net income for the first quarter of 2012 increased 32% to $105.5 million ($0.69 per common share) compared to net income of $79.7 million ($0.52 per common share) for the first quarter of 2011. EBITDA (defined as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and share-based compensation expense (recovery)) totaled $211.1 million ($1.38 per common share) in the first quarter of 2012, 24 percent higher than EBITDA of $170.3 million ($1.11 per common share) in the first three months of 2011. Ensign Energy Services
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