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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND CHRISTIANA COMPANIES, INC. APPROVE
ACQUISITION PROPOSAL

         Houston, Texas, February 8, 1999 -- Weatherford International, Inc.
(NYSE: WFT - news) and Christiana Companies, Inc. (NYSE: CST - news) today
announced that shareholders of both companies have approved the proposed
acquisition of Christiana by Weatherford and that the transaction had been
completed.

         In accordance with the Merger Agreement the cash exchange ratio will be
finalized over the next 30 days. The stock exchange ratio was set at .85443
shares of Weatherford common stock for each Christiana share.