America may run on Dunkin’, but the world runs on oil.

So does the helicopter industry. This was particularly evident at Heli-Expo 2012 (February 11 to 14), held rather appropriately in Dallas, deep in the heart of the U.S. petroleum market.

The annual event’s biggest news also signaled the importance of petroleum to rotorcraft. In helicopters announced, exhibited, ordered and financed the oil-and-gas market reigned supreme.