IRVING, Texas, September 4 /PRNewswire/ --

CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) announced that it will host activities to
recognize the grand opening of its new proppant production facility in
Kopeysk, Russia. The plant has recently completed the start-up process and
should reach full design capacity of 100 million pounds per year in the near
future. It will produce CARBO's intermediate strength and lightweight
proppants: CARBOProp(R) and CARBOLite(R). Marketing of CARBO products and
services in Russia are coordinated through the company's sales office in
Moscow.

"We are delighted with the completion of the start up phase of our newest
CARBO Ceramics manufacturing plant," said Gary Kolstad, CARBO Ceramics
president and CEO, adding, "This is a world class facility. The quality of
the proppant that it is producing is already in high demand from our Russian
clients."

CARBO Ceramics is the world's leading manufacturer of ceramic proppants
and supplier of fracture diagnostic services for use in the hydraulic
fracturing of natural gas and oil wells. CARBO Ceramics' mission is to
improve production and recovery rates in oil and natural gas reservoirs by
focusing on the hydraulic fracturing process and reservoir optimization. The
company achieves this mission by being the leading global provider of high
quality proppant, fracture diagnostic services, and fracture design software
to operators of oil and natural gas wells and oilfield services companies.

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
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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
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