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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                          Robert Taylor, Chief Financial Officer,
                          504-362-4321
                          Greg Rosenstein, Director of Investor Relations,
                          504-362-4321

              SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES COMPLETES ACQUISITION
                    OF INTERNATIONAL SNUBBING SERVICES

(Harvey,  LA,  Thursday,  October  19, 2000) Superior Energy Services, Inc.
(NASDAQ: SESI) today announced the completion  of  its previously announced
acquisition  of  International  Snubbing  Services,  Inc.   (ISS)  and  its
affiliated companies.

ISS  is  an  international  provider of well services, including  hydraulic
workover,  drilling and well control  services.  ISS  has  a  fleet  of  11
hydraulic workover and drilling units and also manufactures and markets its
own hydraulic units and related equipment for its drilling and well service
operations.   Headquartered in Arnaudville, La., ISS is currently operating
offshore Australia,  Europe, Trinidad, Venezuela and the United States, and
has working agreements to operate in the North Sea and Brunei.

  "ISS  is  an  innovative   company   that   has   successfully   expanded
internationally   as  a  result  of  leading  edge  equipment,  experienced
personnel and strong  customer  relationships," said Terry Hall,  President
and CEO of Superior Energy Services.   "The company's workover and drilling
units can operate on a stand-alone  basis or can be bundled with Superior's
other   well  services  to  give  energy  producers   worldwide   efficient
alternatives for their workover, drilling, and well remediation needs."

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 region.   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.

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