CARBO Ceramics Announces First Quarter Dividend; Schedules First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call For April 24, 2008

IRVING, Texas, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CARBO Ceramics Inc. , the world's leading manufacturer of ceramic proppants for use in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells and the leading supplier of fracture and reservoir diagnostic services, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a dividend on May 15, 2008 of $0.14 per share to shareholders of record on April 30, 2008.

Conference Call

The company plans to release earnings results for the first quarter 2008 on April 24, 2008 and will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. central time (11:00 a.m. eastern) that day. The call will be hosted by Gary Kolstad, President and CEO, and Paul Vitek, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and CFO.

To participate in the teleconference, investors should dial 877-836-3879 about 10 minutes before the start time and reference the CARBO Ceramics conference call or conference ID #42216723. International callers should dial 706-679-7469. The conference call can also be accessed by visiting the company's Web site, http://www.carboceramics.com/.

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 that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in 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 by law.