W-H Energy Announces Corporate Promotions

Jeffrey L. Tepera, who has served as Vice President and ChiefFinancial Officer for the last six and a half years, has been promotedto Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Ernesto Bautista, III,who has served as the Company's Vice President and CorporateController for the last six years, has been promoted to Vice Presidentand Chief Financial Officer.

"Jeff and Ernesto have played a key role in taking W-H Energy froma small, privately-held company to a NYSE-listed business with amarket cap of $1.5 billion. They have both embraced theentrepreneurial culture of W-H and this is reflected in their workingrelationships with the senior management of our business segments,"stated Kenneth T. White, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer.

In addition W-H announced that, Kevin Kelly, the Company'sAssistant Corporate Controller, has been promoted to CorporateController.

W-H Energy is a diversified oilfield service company that providesproducts and services used in connection with the drilling andcompletion of oil and natural gas wells and the production of oil andnatural gas. The Company has operations in North America and selectareas internationally. For more information on W-H Energy, pleasevisit www.whes.com.

Statements in the press release that are not strictly historicalare "forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materiallyfrom those projected in the forward-looking statements due to, amongother things, the current and expected future prices of crude oil andnatural gas, the level of exploration, development and productionactivity of, and the corresponding capital spending by, our customers,risks associated with events that result in personal injuries, loss oflife, damage to or destruction of property, equipment or theenvironment and suspension of operations, unavailability of or costsassociated with insurance, competition in our industry, difficulty incontinuing to develop, produce and commercialize technologicallyadvanced products and services, loss of use of certain technologiesand weather conditions in offshore markets. These and other risks aremore fully described in W-H Energy Services, Inc.'s Annual Reportfiled on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. TheCompany disclaims any obligation to update the statements in thispress release.