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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.1

[NQL LOGO]                                                         News Release

NQL CONTACT:
Denny Michael
Vice President of Marketing
714.338.1660
dmichael@nqli.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                    NQL INC. ANNOUNCES REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE

      COMPANY REDUCES HEADCOUNT BY EIGHT PERCENT TO REDUCE OVERALL EXPENSES

SANTA ANA, CALIF., MAY 25, 2001 -- NQL INC. (NASDAQ NM: NQLI) today announced
that, coupled with previous layoffs in April, it has laid off a total of eight
percent of its employees. While this represents a small percentage of the entire
organization, this reduction in headcount represents approximately 34 percent of
its software division personnel, located in the Company's Santa Ana, California
headquarters. NQL's New Jersey-based DCi subsidiary was not affected by the
announced reduction.

"The major portion of today's announcement underscores our strategy to refocus
sales and marketing efforts to indirect channels and concentrate on product
development. The remaining reductions were to bring expenses more in line with
current revenue levels," said Douglas J. Tullio, president and CEO for NQL. "We
believe this realignment will allow the Company to continue pursuing strategic
partners and customers while continuously improving our award winning
technology."

According to IDC, due to the growing complexity of technology and its rapid pace
of evolution, indirect channels (including OEMs and Solution Providers) are
widely expected to be relied on increasingly by budget-conscious end users for
on-time technology implementation. IDC expects the worldwide IT services
industry to reach nearly $472 billion by 2003.

ABOUT NQL INC.

NQL Inc. (Nasdaq NM: NQLI) 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. NQL is a Microsoft(R) Certified
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Provider, a member of the Oracle(R) Partner Program, and a member of the Sun
Developer Connection(SM) Program. NQL subsidiary DCi provides information
technology services to financial institutions, "Big 5" accounting firms, major
healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies and educational facilities. For
more information, please see the company's prospectus on file with the SEC,
visit the company's web site at www.nqli.com or call 888.785.3370.

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NQL is a registered trademark of NQL Inc. 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 ability of the Company to continue to pursue strategic
partners and customers for any significant period of time, (ii) whether the
reductions in workforce will sufficiently decrease expenses to permit the
Company to effectively pursue its strategy, (iii) the company's ability to
manage personnel and external resources, and (vi) the state of the market and
the company's ability to continue developing technology that is competitive
according to industry standards, 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.

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