CARBO Schedules Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Call for October 25, 2012

HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) today announced that it plans to release earnings results for the third quarter of 2012 on October 25, 2012, and will host a conference call at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern) that day. Gary Kolstad, President and CEO, and Ernesto Bautista, III, Vice President and CFO will host the call.

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Due to historical high call volume, the company is offering participants the opportunity to register in advance for the conference through the following link: http://services.choruscall.com/diamondpass/registration?confirmationNumber=10019041

Registered participants will immediately receive an email with a calendar reminder and a dial-in number and PIN that will allow them immediate access to the call on October 25, 2012.

Participants who do not wish to pre-register for the call may dial in using (877) 270-2148 (for U.S. and Canadian callers) or (412) 902-6510 (for locations outside North America) and referencing conference number 10019041. The conference call also can be accessed through the company's website, www.carboceramics.com.

A telephonic replay of the earnings conference call will be available through November 2, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the replay from the U.S. and Canada, please dial 1-877-344-7529; international callers outside North America should dial 1-412-317-0088. Please reference conference number 10019041. Interested parties may also access the archived webcast of the earnings teleconference through the company's website approximately two hours after the end of the call.

CARBO is the world's largest supplier of ceramic proppant for fracturing oil and gas wells and a supplier of resin-coated sand proppant; the provider of the industry's most widely used fracture simulation software; and a provider of fracture design and consulting services. The company also provides a broad range of technologies for spill prevention, containment and countermeasures, along with geotechnical monitoring.

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