Smith International was a Fortune 500 company headquartered in the Greenspoint district and in unincorporated Harris County, Texas.

The company has recently changed its logo to consist of the word "SMITH" in black capital letters with a green globe.

[7] The original part of the company, Smith Bits, grew out of a blacksmith shop in the small town of Whittier, California, in 1902.

It was there, at the age of 20, that Herman C. Smith became the right man in the right place at the right time: oil was discovered nearby and the local drilling operators needed their fishtail bits sharpened.

Smith International grew into a global, diversified Fortune 500 company that had three main operating segments: M-I SWACO, a 60-40% joint venture with Schlumberger; Wilson Distribution, one of the two largest energy industry supply chain solutions businesses in North America; and, as of last year, Smith Oilfield.