Exhibit 99.1

Energy  Services  enters into a  definitive  merger  agreement  to acquire C. J.
Hughes Construction Company, Inc.

Energy Services  announces the termination of the Stock Purchase  Agreement with
GasSearch Corporation and GasSearch Drilling Services Corporation.

     Huntington,  West Virginia, February 22, 2008 - Energy Services Acquisition
Corp.  (AMEX:  ESA, ESA-U,  ESA-W)("Energy  Services")  announced today that the
Stock  Purchase  Agreement  with GasSearch  Corporation  and GasSearch  Drilling
Services Corporation has been terminated.

     Energy  Services also announced today that it has entered into an Agreement
and  Plan  of  Merger  to  acquire  C.J.  Hughes  Construction   Company,   Inc.
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.   C.J.  Hughes  is  primarily  engaged  in  the
construction,  replacement  and  repair of natural  gas  pipelines  for  utility
companies and private natural gas companies.  To a lesser extent, C.J. Hughes is
engaged in the installation of water and sewer lines.

     The Agreement and Plan of Merger calls for the  shareholders  of C J Hughes
Construction  Company to receive  $36,896 in cash and  6,434.7  shares of Energy
Services  common stock for each share of C J Hughes stock held. The total Merger
consideration  will be approximately  50% cash and 50% common stock with a total
value  of  $34.0  million  as of  the  date  of  the  agreement.  Under  certain
circumstances  the  number of shares to be issued may be  increased  in order to
ensure that at least 40% of the value to be paid to C.J. Hughes  shareholders is
in common stock.

     The  closing of the C J Hughes  Acquisition  is subject to various  closing
conditions,  including the acquisition of another  business or businesses,  such
that the total value of the businesses  acquired have an aggregate fair value of
80% of Energy Services net assets, as defined in its initial public offering. In
addition,  the closing of the  acquisition is further  conditioned on holders of
less than 20% of the shares of Energy  Services  common stock voting against the
transaction and electing to convert their Energy Services common stock into cash
from the trust fund  established  in  connection  with Energy  Services  initial
public offering.

     Marshall T. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board of Energy Services, stated, "We
believe that with the  combined  strengths of C J Hughes along with those of the
previously announced transaction with S T Pipeline, Energy services will be well
positioned  to pursue the growth  possibilities  that  exists  within the energy
services industry today."

About C J Hughes

     Based in  Huntington  West  Virginia,  C J Hughes was founded in 1946.  The
company is engaged in servicing the oil and gas industry  primarily  through the
installation  and  repairs  of  pipelines,  as  well  as  other  ancillary  work


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associated with serving the energy industry. Through its wholly owned subsidiary
Nitro  Electric,  C.J.  Hughes is involved in providing  electrical  services to
industrial and commercial customers.

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 C J Hughes that may cause actual results
to be materially  different from any future results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking  statements.,  In some cases,  you can identify  forward-looking
statements by terminology such as "may," "should,"  "could," "would,"  "expect,"
"plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "continue," or the negative of such
terms or other similar expressions.