EXHIBIT 99.1
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                                                                    NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                          NQL INC. ANNOUNCES DELISTING

Irvine, Calif., September 19, 2001 - As previously announced, on September 10,
2001, NQL Inc. had notified its NASDAQ Hearing Panel of its decision to cease
its appeal relating to the delisting of its common stock. As a result, on
September 17, 2001, the Company received a Staff Decision Letter informing the
Company that its common stock would be delisted from the NASDAQ National Market
at the opening of business on Tuesday, September 18, 2001. As previously
indicated, the Company expects that its stock will be traded on the over the
counter bulletin board.

About NQL Inc.
NQL, through its DCi division, provides professional services including Internet
and intranet consulting, network design, installation and maintenance as well as
onsite support for customers located primarily in the northeastern U.S. NQL's
DCi division also provides management and consulting services, information
technology services and products to vertical markets such as financial
institutions, "Big 5" accounting firms, major healthcare providers,
pharmaceutical companies and educational institutions. NQL's software division
develops and deploys intelligent software solutions based on its patent-pending
Network Query Language(TM) core technology, providing enterprises with an
alternative to chaotic, ad hoc information architectures. NQL provides its
scalable, augmentative software solutions to partner systems integrators,
Fortune companies, Internet marketplaces, software vendors and Internet-based
service providers. The Company is currently in the process of seeking a
purchaser for its software division. For more information, please see the
company's prospectus on file with the SEC or visit the company's web site at
http://www.nqli.com.

Network Query Language and all names of NQL Inc.'s other services or products
are trademarks of NQL Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
including (i) the actual effect on the Company and the trading of its securities
of any delisting of the Company's stock from the Nasdaq National Market, (ii)
whether the Company's stock will trade on the over the counter bulletin board,
and (iii) whether there will continue to be a public market for trading of the
Company's securities, as well as other risk factors set forth from time to time
in the Company's SEC reports. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof and
the Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

For further information, please contact Matthew Harrison, Chairman of the Board
of NQL Inc., (212) 453-1525, or mharrison@dcis.com.