Acquisition of Tripoint Inc. for an Initial $30m

Expro International Group PLC
1 February 2000


                 ACQUISITION IN THE USA

Expro    International   Group   PLC    ('Expro'),    the
international oil field services company, announced today
the  acquisition of Tripoint Inc. ('Tripoint').  Tripoint
is  the  leading provider of well completion services  in
the  Gulf of Mexico for an initial cash consideration  of
$30 million (£18.4m), with a deferred payment of up to $5
million  in cash and ordinary shares based on performance
over  the next two years.  Tripoint headquarters  are  in
Houston, Texas.

Key Points

*    The acquisition of Tripoint represents a significant
  further  strengthening  of  Expro's  position  in   the
  important Gulf of Mexico market, the company has strong
  market  shares and extensive customer networks  in  the
  buoyant domestic and growing deepwater markets.

*     The  acquisition complements Expro's existing Cased
  Hole  production enhancement business and  will  enable
  Expro to offer its oil industry clients a broader range
  of services in the North American market.

*    Tripoint has a strong base of technology development
  which  Expro  will enhance through its business  stream
  structure    and   exploit   through   its   geographic
  distribution.

*     The  acquisition  is expected to be  EPS  enhancing
  before goodwill amortisation in the year ended 31 March
  2001 and broadly neutral in the current financial year.

In  connection with the acquisition, Expro is  increasing
its debt facilities from £45 million to £70 million.

John Dawson, Chief Executive of Expro, said:

'The acquisition will enable Expro to position itself  to
continue  its  long term growth strategy.   The  business
expands  Expro's Cased Hole service range and provides  a
real  foothold in the developing market in  the  Gulf  of
Mexico, providing pull through benefits for other product
lines,  not  only in the Gulf but also in other  overseas
markets'.

Background Information

Tripoint

Tripoint   is   being  acquired  for  an   initial   cash
consideration  of $30 million (£18.4 million),  including
the   repayment   of  $10  million  (£6.1   million)   of
outstanding debt.  Dependent on the future performance of
Tripoint,  additional consideration of up to  $5  million
(£3.1  million)  is  payable in a  mixture  of  cash  and
approximately 300,000 new Expro ordinary shares over  two
years.   In  the  year ended 30 June 1999,  Tripoint  had
turnover  of $14 million (£8.6 million), the audited  net
assets   of   Tripoint  were  ($0.99)  million   ((£0.61)
million),  with  a  net  loss  of  $3.12  million   (£1.9
million).

Tripoint  is the largest independent provider  of  Tubing
Conveyed  Perforating  services  (TCP)  in  the  US.   It
operates  primarily  in the Gulf of  Mexico  and  Western
Canada.  It has approximately 70 employees.

Tripoint performs approximately 25-30 per cent of the TCP
operations  occurring in the Gulf of Mexico, with  around
90  per  cent  of revenue coming from this  service.   In
addition  to  its  core  TCP and  associated  Drill  Stem
Testing  (DST) services, Tripoint recently gained  access
through licensing agreements with Marathon and Corelab to
new products and services some of which have been further
developed   with  Tripoint  in  this  rapidly  developing
market.    These   services  include:   Casing   Conveyed
Perforating (CCP) systems, StimGun, EXCAPE, POWR*PERF and
the Circulating Perforation Gun.

Expro will integrate the Tripoint business as part of its
Cased  Hole  Services range, thereby offering  clients  a
greater  range  of  services and reducing  dependence  on
other  oil  service companies.  Tripoint's operations  in
Canada  will provide Expro with operations and  employees
on the ground which will facilitate Expro's participation
in Canadian oil and gas developments.

Enquiries:

Expro                                       0118 959 1341
John Dawson, Chief Executive
Eric Woolley, Finance Director

Cazenove                                    0171 588 2828
Mike Kirk

Ludgate Communications                      0171 253 2252
Denise Peplow/Claudine Cartwright

Notes For Editors

Expro is one of the UK's leading independent suppliers of
oilfield services. It provides a closely related range of
specialised services to assist operators in the  upstream
oil  and  gas industry to explore for, appraise,  develop
and produce hydrocarbon reserves.

The  products and services offered by Tripoint allow  E&P
companies   to  decrease  drilling  costs  and   increase
production efficiencies.  Tripoint is a world  leader  in
well  completion technology, with services such as casing
conveyed  perforating  and  one-trip  systems.   Tripoint
offers a complete offshore perforating package, including
guns,  tools,  test  tools, packers, gauges  and  surface
equipment.  Their simplicity and minimal intervention  is
particularly well suited to deep-water developments.