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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) today announced that its Board of Directors set the date of the Company's 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. central time at The Marriott Woodlands Waterway Hotel & Conference Center, 1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas.

Newpark Resources, Inc. is a worldwide provider of drilling fluids, temporary worksites and access roads for oilfield and other commercial markets, and environmental waste treatment solutions. For more information, visit our website at http://www.newpark.com.

Contacts: James E. Braun, CFO
Newpark Resources, Inc.
281-362-6800

Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC
ksdennard@drg-e.com
713-529-6600

SOURCE Newpark Resources, Inc.

/CONTACT: James E. Braun, CFO of Newpark Resources, Inc., +1-281-362-6800; or Ken Dennard, Managing Partner of Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC, +1-713-529-6600, ksdennard@drg-e.com, for Newpark Resources, Inc./

/Web site: http://www.newpark.com /