3. McJunkin Red Man Corp., Tulsa, Okla., and Charleston, W.V.

www.mcjunkinredman.com

2008 sales: $5.20 billion (2007, $3.95 billion)

Stocking locations: 250 (2007, 230)

Products: Carbon & alloy steels (sheet, tube), stainless steels, copper (tubulars), brass (pipe & tube), nickel-based alloys (tubulars), titanium & alloys

Processing services: Cut-to-length, cutting & sawing, bending, machining, welding, polishing, coating & plating

Markets served: Oil & gas

Stocking regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Plains, Rockies, Southeast, Southwest, West;  Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia; Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Nigeria