EXHIBIT 99.2





For Immediate Release
Monday, September 18, 2006


For further information contact
Edsel R. Burns
Energy Services Acquisition Corp.
(304) 528-2791

Press Release

Energy Services Acquisition Corp. completes initial public offering


Huntington,  West Virginia,  September 18, 2006 - Energy  Services  Acquisition
Corp.  (the  "Company";  AMEX:  ESA-U)  announced  today that its initial public
offering of 8,600,000  units was  consummated  on  September 6, 2006.  Each unit
issued in the initial public offering  consists of one share of common stock and
two  warrants to purchase one share of common  stock.  The units were sold at an
offering  price of $6.00  per  unit,  generating  aggregate  gross  proceeds  of
$51,600,000 to the Company.

On August 30, 2006, the Company also completed a private  placement of 3,076,923
warrants to its directors, officers and a sixth individual. Ferris, Baker Watts,
Incorporated  acted as lead underwriter for the initial public offering.  A copy
of the prospectus may be obtained from Ferris,  Baker Watts,  Incorporated,  100
Light Street, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202.

Audited financial statements as of September 6, 2006,  reflecting receipt of the
proceeds upon  consummation of the initial public offering and after the private
placement  have been issued by the Company and are included as Exhibit 99.1 to a
Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

A  registration  statement  relating to these  securities was filed and declared
effective by the  Securities and Exchange  Commission.  This press release shall
not  constitute  an  offer  to sell or the  solicitation  of an offer to buy the
securities of Energy Services  Acquisition Corp., nor shall there be any sale of
these  securities  in  any  state  or  jurisdiction  in  which  such  an  offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to  registration  or  qualification
under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Energy Services  Acquisition Corp. Energy Services  Acquisition Corp. is a
newly organized blank check company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through
a merger,  capital stock exchange,  asset  acquisition or other similar business
combination,  an operating business.  The Company intends to focus their efforts
on acquiring an operating  business in the energy services sector  headquartered
in North America, but their efforts in identifying a prospective target business
will not be limited to a particular industry.