CARBO Ceramics Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter Dividend

IRVING, Texas, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CARBO Ceramics Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a dividend on February 15, 2006 of $0.10 per share to shareholders of record on January 31, 2006.

CARBO Ceramics Inc. is the world's leading manufacturer of ceramic proppants for use in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells. Company information can be accessed on the Internet at the company's Web site: http://www.carboceramics.com/ .

The statements in this news release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding our future financial and operating performance, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and estimates, which involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward- looking statements. Among these factors are changes in overall economic conditions, changes in demand for our products, changes in the demand for, or price of, oil and natural gas, risks of increased competition, technological, manufacturing and product development risks, loss of key customers, changes in government regulations, foreign and domestic political and legislative risks, the risks of war and international and domestic terrorism, risks associated with foreign operations and foreign currency exchange rates and controls; weather-related risks and other risks and uncertainties described in our publicly available filings with the SEC. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required by law.