CARBO Schedules Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Call for October 29, 2009

HOUSTON, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR)
announced that it plans to release earnings results for the third quarter of
2009 on October 29, 2009, and will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m.
central time (11:00 a.m. eastern) that day. The call will be hosted by Gary
Kolstad, President and CEO, and Ernesto Bautista, III, Vice President and CFO.

To participate in the teleconference, investors should dial 1-800-860-2442
about 10 minutes before the start time and reference the CARBO conference
call. International callers should dial 1-412-858-4600. The conference call
can also be accessed by visiting the company's Web site,
www.carboceramics.com.

A replay of the earnings conference call will be available on the company's
Web site approximately two hours after the end of the call.

CARBO is the world's largest supplier of ceramic proppant, the provider of the
world's most popular fracture simulation software, and provides leading
fracture design and consulting services. The Company also provides a broad
range of technologies for spill prevention, containment, and geotechnical
monitoring.

The statements in this news release that are not historical statements,
including statements regarding our future financial and operating performance,
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities
laws. All forward-looking statements are based on management's current
expectations and estimates, which involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in
forward-looking statements. Among these factors are changes in overall
economic conditions, changes in demand for our products, changes in the demand
for, or price of, oil and natural gas, risks of increased competition,
technological, manufacturing and product development risks, loss of key
customers, changes in government regulations, foreign and domestic political
and legislative risks, the risks of war and international and domestic
terrorism, risks associated with foreign operations and foreign currency
exchange rates and controls; weather-related risks and other risks and
uncertainties described in our publicly available filings with the SEC. We
assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required
by law.

SOURCE CARBO Ceramics Inc.

Ernesto Bautista, III - CFO of CARBO Ceramics Inc., +1-281-921-6400