Hornbeck Offshore to Present at the Johnson Rice Emerging Growth Energy Conference

COVINGTON, La., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) announced today that Todd M. Hornbeck, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and James O. Harp, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be participating in the Johnson Rice Third Annual Emerging Growth Energy Conference at the St. Regis Hotel in Houston, Texas on January 23, 2008.

The Company's presentation at the conference will be webcast live with an accompanying slideshow on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. Central Time (3:30 p.m. Eastern Time). To listen to the live audio webcast and to view Hornbeck's slideshow, visit the Company's website at http://www.hornbeckoffshore.com. A replay of this webcast and slideshow will be available on the Company's website shortly after the presentation is concluded and will be archived for replay on the website for a period of 30 days.

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. is a leading provider of technologically advanced, new generation offshore supply vessels primarily in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and select international markets, and is a leading transporter of petroleum products through its fleet of ocean-going tugs and tank barges primarily in the northeastern U.S., the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and in Puerto Rico. Hornbeck Offshore currently owns a fleet of over 80 vessels primarily serving the energy industry.

     Contacts:  Jim Harp, CFO
                Hornbeck Offshore Services
                985-727-6802

                Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
                DRG&E  /  713-529-6600

SOURCE Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.