TETRA Technologies, Inc. Explores Strategic Alternatives for its E&P Business

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Mar 04, 2011, 04:56 ET

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TETRA Technologies, Inc. (TETRA or the Company) (NYSE: TTI) today announced that it has expanded the scope of strategic alternatives it is willing to consider with respect to its oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) business conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, Maritech Resources, Inc. (Maritech). This announcement follows the disclosure on February 25th in the Company's fourth quarter 2010 earnings release that one of the long-term strategies of the Company was the sale of certain non-core Maritech properties. The Company has also disclosed that Maritech recently sold certain oil and gas properties which collectively accounted for approximately 11% of Maritech's December 31, 2010 proved reserves. The Company does not presently intend to disclose any developments regarding these strategic alternatives unless and until its Board of Directors has approved a material transaction. The Company is utilizing the services of a financial advisor in this process. There can be no assurance that a transaction will result from this process.

Stuart M. Brightman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TETRA, stated, "This decision is a logical extension of our previously stated strategy of selling non-core Maritech properties, particularly given improvements in commodity prices. In addition, it is consistent with our focus on allocating growth capital to expand our service offerings."

TETRA is a geographically diversified oil and gas services company focused on completion fluids and other products, production testing, wellhead compression, and selected offshore services including well plugging and abandonment, decommissioning, and diving, with a concentrated domestic exploration and production business.

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