An anonymous director reports

TOTAL ENERGY SERVICES INC. ANNOUNCES FINAL TAKE-UP OF SAVANNA COMMON SHARES AND EXPIRY OF OFFER

Total Energy Services Inc. has taken up an additional 3,178,051 common shares of Savanna Energy Services Corp. under Total Energy's offer to purchase all of the outstanding Savanna common shares, representing 2.7 per cent of the total number of issued and outstanding Savanna common shares.

In accordance with the terms of the offer, Total Energy has provided Computershare Investor Services Inc., the depositary for the offer, with 413,147 common shares of Total Energy, representing the share consideration payable under the offer by Total Energy for the additional Savanna common shares taken up by it, and the cash consideration payable by Total Energy for those Savanna common shares.

Total Energy also announced that the offer has now expired. Total Energy acquired an aggregate of 99,772,765 Savanna common shares under the offer, representing approximately 84.4 per cent of the total number of outstanding Savanna common shares. In addition, Total Energy acquired an aggregate of 1.8 million Savanna common shares in market transactions during the currency of the offer. As such, Total Energy owns approximately 86 per cent of the total number of issued and outstanding Savanna common shares.

Total Energy currently intends to effect a subsequent acquisition transaction to acquire the Savanna common shares not tendered to the offer. Following the completion of such subsequent acquisition transaction, Total Energy intends to cause Savanna to apply to the Toronto Stock Exchange to delist the Savanna common shares from the TSX and, if permitted by applicable law, cause Savanna to cease to be a reporting issuer (or equivalent) under applicable Canadian securities laws.

Non-Canadian Savanna shareholders who reside in certain U.S. states (1) or in Puerto Rico, and who are not exempt institutional investors under the laws of their jurisdiction of residence are not entitled to receive Total common shares as partial consideration for the Savanna common shares tendered by them to the offer. Arrangements have been made for the depositary, as agent for such non-exempt shareholders, to sell, or cause to be sold (through a broker in Canada and on the Toronto Stock Exchange) the Total common shares that would otherwise be issuable to such non-exempt shareholders. After completion of such sales, the depositary will distribute the aggregate net proceeds of sale, after expenses, commissions and applicable withholding taxes, pro rata, among the non-exempt shareholders. Any sales of Total common shares on behalf of non-exempt shareholders will be completed as soon as practicable after the date on which Total Energy pays for the Savanna common shares of the non-exempt shareholders under the offer and will be done in a manner intended to maximize consideration to be received from the sale of Total common shares and to minimize any adverse impact of the sale on the market for the Total common shares.

(1) Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia or Wyoming

Copies of Total Energy's early warning reports filed for the take-up of Savanna common shares may be obtained from Cam Danyluk, vice-president, legal, general counsel and corporate secretary of Total Energy, at Total Energy's head office located at Suite 2550, 300 5th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alta., T2P 3C4.

About Total Energy Services Inc.

Total Energy is a growth-oriented energy services corporation involved in contract drilling services (Chinook Drilling), rentals and transportation services (Total Oilfield Rentals) and the fabrication, sale, rental and servicing of natural gas compression (Bidell Gas Compression), and process equipment (Spectrum Process Systems).