Complete Production Services Inc., Houston, (NYSE: CPX) has acquired eight companies involved in oilfield service in key basins of North America for a total of approximately $75 million consisting of cash and approximately 38,000 shares. The companies include: a provider of fishing and rental services in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas which will add to Complete's Fayetteville Shale operations; a manufacturer of artificial lift systems complementary to Complete's Pacemaker Plunger; two completion fluids providers in the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado; an operation in the Forth Worth Basin of North Texas that drills wells to source water used for hydraulic fractures in the Barnett Shale; a provider of well servicing and fluid handling services in southeast Texas; a provider of logistics services in the Great Green River Basin in Wyoming complementary to Complete's existing businesses in the area; and a fluid handling and related services business in south-central Oklahoma.