Acquisition of Kinley Corporation for $7.5M

Expro International Group PLC
10 March 2000

                   EXPRO INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC
                                 
                                 
                      FURTHER US ACQUISITION

Expro   International  Group  PLC  ('Expro'),  the   international
oilfield  services  company, announced today  the  acquisition  of
Kinley  Corporation for $7.5m.  Headquartered  in  Houston,  Texas
with  turnover  of  $3m,  Kinley is  a  specialist  in  monitoring
downhole  corrosion  in  producing wells.   Expro  will  integrate
Kinley  as part of its Cased Hole Service business, which together
with the recently announced $35m acquisition of Tripoint, will now
give  the  Group a material presence in the North American  market
with  valuable  exposure to shallow water,  onshore  and  Canadian
markets.

As  operators in the US have increasingly focused on the deepwater
areas  of the Gulf, this has increased the opportunities for Expro
to  offer  its high value added services.  Having first opened  an
operating  base  in  Lafayette in 1998, to complement  its  office
facility  in  Houston,  the  business  has  grown  strongly.   The
customer  bases  and  product offerings  of  Tripoint  and  Kinley
complement Expro's existing operations and provide the opportunity
to  obtain  substantial operating leverage as their  products  and
services  are  distributed through Expro's  existing  distribution
channels in the US and other markets.

John Dawson, Chief Executive of Expro, said:

'The  acquisitions significantly raise the Group's profile in  the
Gulf  of  Mexico, which is already experiencing increased activity
levels.

These developments also continue Expro's strategy of reducing  its
dependence  on  the  more mature European Market,  that  presently
accounts  for nearly half the Group's business.  Further  progress
is being made in other overseas markets in Africa and Asia Pacific
that  are  showing  good  growth opportunities  flowing  from  our
established network.

Confidence  has  been returning to the industry, though  this  has
been  tempered  with continuing restrictions on  spending  by  our
clients,  despite  the significant rise in  the  oil  price.   The
outlook for the coming year is improving but, as we highlighted at
the  interim  results  in December 1999,  the  pick-up  in  client
capital spending in 2000 is likely to be slow and it is not  until
calendar 2001 that it is expected to have a significant impact.'


Enquiries:

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

Cazenove                                       0171 588 2828
Mike Kirk

Ludgate Communications                         0171 253 2252
Robin Hepburn/Denise Peplow

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.