Logo for new oil and gas drilling technology company

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Logo Design Brief
Update to requirements:
The best designs we've seen have a simple design to the left and text on the right. Our favorite ones are designs and sans serif fonts that are not too complicated. We would like to see logos that experiment with the design on the left being a stylized "Q". See the attached "sample" we made up as a rough guide. The color combinations we prefer are 1) dark yellow & black/dark gray/silver or 2) light blue & black/dark gray/silver.
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We are a new company based in Houston, Texas that develops and manufactures equipment for oil and gas drilling rigs, primarily offshore. Our equipment is large and high tech. We want our logo to convey robust, reliable, safe, high tech, and modern equipment. We are a company of engineers selling to other engineers, so we want a logo that is simple and modern. We are open to all alternatives, but we have two possible ideas that can be developed further - Picture 1 is our old blue/gray logo. We definitely want to replace the logo font with something more modern, sans serif. Alternatively, we are thinking of a logo that uses dark yellow and black, similar to the colors on traffic sign. However, we are open to other ideas too. Don't try to mix the two ideas. A logo that has blue & grey and yellow & black will be too complicated....
Updates
Thank you for the excellent designs so far. If we like your design, we will be giving you feedback shortly. The best designs we've seen have a simple design to the left and text on the right. Our favorite ones are designs and sans serif fonts that are not too complicated. We would like to see logos that experiment with the design on the left being a stylized "Q". See the attached "sample" we made up as a rough guide. The color combinations we prefer are 1) dark yellow & black/dark gray/silver or 2) light blue & black/dark gray/silver. We will be extending the deadline. Thanks!
Added Saturday, November 23, 2013
Project Deadline Extended
Added Saturday, November 23, 2013
We have picked a logo and are working with the artist to make some final changes. Please do not submit any more logos. Thank you for all the excellent and creative submissions, but we have made out selection.
Added Thursday, November 28, 2013
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: We have selected a final design, and we're working with the designer to submit final changes. Thank you for your excellent and creative submissions, but please do not provide any new submissions.
Added Thursday, November 28, 2013
Target Market(s)
Large oil and gas companies like Shell, BP, Exxon/Esso, etc.
Industry/Entity Type
Oil And Gas
Logo Text
QuickSilver Drilling Technologies
Logo styles of interest
Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Lettermark Logo
Acronym or letter based logo (text only)



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Look and feel
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