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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                          Terence Hall, CEO; Robert Taylor, CFO;
                          Greg Rosenstein, Director of Investor Relations,
                          504-362-4321

SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES ACQUIRES HB RENTALS, L.C.

(Harvey,  LA,  Wednesday,  June  21,  2000)  Superior Energy Services, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SESI) today announced the acquisition of HB Rentals, L.C., and its
subsidiary  Eagle  Rentals  Co.,  Inc.,   leading  providers   of   on-site
accommodation units for onshore and offshore use.

Through  its field locations in Lafayette, La., and Alvin and Alice, Texas,
HB Rentals  services  the  Gulf  Coast  onshore oil and gas markets and the
offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and gas market.   The  company's  rental  fleet
includes  more  than  200  onshore housing units, 46 offshore accommodation
facilities and ancillary rental  items needed to fully operate drilling and
workover  camps,  such as water tanks,  sewer  systems,  light  plants  and
generators.  HB also  manufactures offshore facilities for sale, and offers
refurbishment and repair  services for existing facilities.  The company is
also a distributor of polyethylene tanks.

"HB Rentals will complement our Oilfield Rentals segment as well as provide
Superior  with  new  areas  of  growth  opportunities,"  said  Terry  Hall,
President  and  CEO of Superior  Energy  Services.   "The  addition  of  HB
provides us a significant presence in the growing South Texas market, where
we will have a foundation  to  provide  South  Texas  operators  with  well
services, wireline services and rental tools."

Superior  Energy  Services,  Inc.  provides  a  broad  range of specialized
oilfield services and equipment primarily to major and independent  oil and
gas companies engaged in the exploration, production and development of oil
and  natural  gas  properties offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and throughout
the  Gulf Coast.  These  services  and  equipment  include  the  rental  of
liftboats,   rental   of   specialized  oilfield  equipment,  electric  and
mechanical wireline services,  well  plug  and abandonment services, coiled
tubing  services  and engineering services.  Additional  services  provided
include contract operating  and  supplemental  labor, offshore construction
and  maintenance  services,  offshore and dockside  environmental  cleaning
services, the manufacture and  sale  of  drilling  instrumentation  and the
manufacture and sale of oil spill containment equipment.


This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 which
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors.  Among
the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are:
volatility of the oil and gas industry, including the level of exploration,
production and development activity; risks associated with the Company's
rapid growth; changes in competitive factors and other material factors
that are described from time to time in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual events, circumstances, effects
and results may be materially different from the results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Consequently, the forward-looking statements contained herein should not be
regarded as representations by Superior or any other person that the
projected outcomes can or will be achieved.