Exhibit 99.1

        Energy Services announces Stock Purchase Agreement with GasSearch
           Corporation and GasSearch Drilling Services Corporation may
          be terminated following COG Finance Corporation's decision to
                      exercise option to acquire GasSearch.

    Energy Services announces that it has entered into a Letter of Intent to
                 Acquire C.J. Hughes Construction Company, Inc.

     Huntington,  West Virginia, February 14, 2008 - Energy Services Acquisition
Corp. (AMEX: ESA, ESA-U,  ESA-W)("Energy  Services") announced today that it has
been informed that COG Finance  Corporation has elected to exercise an option to
acquire  GasSearch  Drilling  Services  Corporation  pursuant  to an  option  to
purchase  GasSearch  Drilling  Services  Corporation  set  forth  in  a  finance
agreement between COG Finance and GasSearch Drilling.

     Energy Services also announced today that it has entered into a non-binding
letter of intent dated  February 13, 2008 to acquire  C.J.  Hughes  Construction
Company, Inc. The acquisition of C.J. Hughes Construction is subject to entering
into a definitive  agreement.  C.J.  Hughes is an underground  utility  services
company  headquartered  in  Huntington,   West  Virginia.  C.J.  Hughes  may  be
considered an affiliate of Energy  Services  since Marshall T. Reynolds and Neal
Scaggs are  shareholders,  and Edsel R. Burns is the president and a shareholder
of C.J. Hughes Construction  Company. Mr. Reynolds is the Chairman of the Board,
Chief  Executive  Officer and Secretary of Energy  Services.  Mr. Scaggs and Mr.
Burns are directors of Energy Services.

     Marshall T.  Reynolds,  Chairman of the Board of Energy  Services,  stated,
"While we are disappointed to learn of COG Finance  Corporation's  decision,  we
are  currently  in  discussions  with COG  Finance and  GasSearch  to access the
viability of proceeding with our previously  announced Stock Purchase Agreement.
We expect to promptly  resolve the uncertainty  associated with this development
and I remain  confident that we will satisfy the time  requirements for entering
into  definitive   agreements   consistent  with  our  requirements   under  our
certificate of incorporation and our initial public offering documents."

     Mr.  Reynolds  continued  "We are pleased to announce  that we have entered
into a letter of intent to acquire C.J. Hughes Construction  Company. We believe
that the potential acquisition of C.J. Hughes,  together with our acquisition of
S.T.  Pipeline  will enhance our future  operations  to provide  services to the
companies serving the utilities and energy industry."

About Energy Services Corp.

     Based in Huntington,  West Virginia Energy  Services is a publicly  traded,
special  purpose  acquisition  company  ("SPAC")  formed to invest in or acquire
companies in the energy services industry.

Forward Looking Statements

     This press release includes  forward-looking  statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and  Section  21E of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended  (the



"Exchange  Act").  These   forward-looking   statements  are  based  on  current
expectations  and  projections  about  future  events  and no party  assumes  on
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions
about Energy Services, S.T. Pipeline or GasSearch Drilling that may cause actual
results to be materially  different from any future results expressed or implied
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