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Newpark Resources Announces Date for Annual Meeting

November 17, 2006

METAIRIE, La., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) announced today that it will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m. central time on December 28, 2006 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center in The Woodlands, Texas.

The Company expects to send its stockholders the official notice for the meeting and proxy materials in late November 2006.

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

Contacts: James E. Braun, CFO
Newpark Resources, Inc.
504-838-8222

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

SOURCE Newpark Resources, Inc.