As the holiday weekend comes to a close, it's time to get back to focusing on the shortened market week ahead. The focus this weekend is on the implications of oil as it sits around $50/bbl. The first post focused on the retail and airlines stocks that will benefit from lower oil prices. This post will focus on some stocks that will benefit from stable to higher oil prices. Under this scenario a lot of the large E&P stocks have already rebounded so the big gains will be seen in the oilfield services and drilling stocks. The less risk adverse can go with oilfield services companies such as Halliburton (HAL) or Baker Hughes (BHI) that are trading close to the lows following the termination of the merger. Land drilling in the domestic shale areas should pick up with an initial focus on completing 1,000s of DUC wells. In this case, a high risk play is C&J Energy Services (CJES) that faces debt issues, but a pick up in business could quickly resolve any funding problems. This stock is equivalent to an option play with the stock trading below $1. Another high-risk play if oil prices rises above $50/bbl is Seadrill (SDRL) that focuses on drilling deepwater wells. The offshore drillers will be the last to rebound, but any pickup in business will send this stock soaring. Other offshore drillers like Ensco (ESV) and Transocean (RIG) don't face the same debt issues, but these stocks still trade at multi-year lows as offshore drilling contracts dry up. All of these stocks will benefit from higher oil prices, while the oilfield services stocks will even benefit from stable prices that push forward more drilling and completion services. My thesis more surrounds the theory of stable prices with $50/bbl providing a general ceiling due to the easy ability for bringing domestic shale wells online. Any other suggestions to play oil at $50/bbl? Disclosure: Long HAL and SDRL.