Basic Energy Services to Present at the UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference

MIDLAND, Texas, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference to be held in Austin, Texas May 26 - 27, 2010.

Ken Huseman, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at approximately 11.55 a.m. Central Time. The slide presentation and a link to a live audio webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of Basic's website at www.basicenergyservices.com. A replay will be available on the Company's website for approximately seven days.

Basic Energy Services provides well site services essential to maintaining production from the oil and gas wells within its operating area.  The company employs more than 3,800 employees in more than 100 service points throughout the major oil and gas producing regions in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kansas and the Rocky Mountain States. Additional information on Basic Energy Services is available on the Company's website at http://basicenergyservices.com .

Safe Harbor Statement:

Statements made in this press release and in the presentation may include forward-looking statements and projections made in reliance on the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Basic has made every reasonable effort to ensure that the information and assumptions on which these statements and projections are based are current, reasonable, and complete. However, a variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the projections, anticipated results or other expectations expressed in this release and the presentation, including our ability to successfully execute, manage and integrate acquisitions, reductions in our customers' capital budgets, our own capital budget, limitations on the availability of capital or higher costs of capital, and lower commodity prices. While Basic makes these statements and projections in good faith, neither Basic nor its management can guarantee that the transactions will be consummated or that anticipated future results will be achieved. Basic assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements made herein or any other forward-looking statements made by Basic, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

SOURCE Basic Energy Services, Inc.