Howard Supply Company

Howard Supply Company, referred to on its own site as HSC, is an oilfield supply distributor selling tools, consumables and hardware through an online catalog. Items are listed individually with part numbers, unit of measure and stock availability, and ordering runs through a registered account and shopping cart.

The company states its goal is to be a full service partner customers can rely on to get the job done, and describes an operating philosophy rooted in serving customers first. It also states a commitment to providing a safe workplace and to protecting the environment through conservation and code compliance.

Product categories

The catalog is organized into departments covering both rig consumables and general industrial supply:

• Adhesives, sealants and tapes, including pipe and fitting thread sealants, thread locking adhesives, caulks, and electrical, duct, masking, film and flagging tapes
• Lubrication, covering greases, anti-seize compounds, oils, penetrants, grease guns and accessories, oilers and grease fittings
• Pipes, valves and fittings, including poly fittings, elbows, tees, reducers, end caps, electrofusion couplings and flange adapters, steel nipples, bushings, plugs and bull plugs, cam and groove fittings and gaskets, and pressure gauges
• Cleaning and janitorial supplies, including rig washes, degreasers, contact cleaners, disinfectants, hand cleaners and sanitizers, rags, wipes and paper products
• Electrical and lighting, covering handheld flashlights, headlamps, batteries, extension cords and cable ties
• Automotive, covering towing hitch balls, ball mounts, couplers, pintle hooks, winches, fuel transfer tanks, jumper cables, antifreeze, transmission fluid and diesel exhaust fluid
• Paint and coatings, including spray and marking paints, primers, thinners, removers, catalysts and brushes
• Fasteners and material handling, including hitch, roll, cotter and safety pins, tie wire, storage pails and buckets, and drum slings

Draw works parts and brake blocks are also stocked, along with hand tools such as pipe wrenches, heel and hook jaws, mechanics tool sets and derrick tape measures.

Fishing tools

Fishing tools are grouped into four lines: Big Boy, Type-B, Baby Red and combination tools. The site carries a dedicated Howard Supply O'Bannon section, and fishing tool components are listed under O'Bannon part numbers.

Complete sockets are stocked alongside individual replacement components in 2 inch and 2-1/2 inch sizes:

• Upper and lower slips in sizes from 7/16 to 1-5/8 inch, plus 1-1/16 and 1-3/16 inch pin slips
• Inner and outer bowls
• Upper and lower springs and spring slip rings
• Slip retainer rings and stop slips

Blocks and rigging

Oilfield service blocks are stocked as tubing blocks in weighted and non-weighted configurations, several of them listed as supplied with a new 35 ton rod hook clevis. Blocks carry 73A, 74A, 83A and 84A designations in 7/8 inch and 1 inch line sizes.

Rod elevators sized 3/4 to 7/8 inch and a Westco spider model are also listed among featured products.

Safety and gas detection

• Portable multi-gas monitors covering H2S, CO and LEL
• Single-gas H2S clip monitors
• Cotton and hi-visibility work gloves
• Hi-visibility safety jackets