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Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. (NYSE:ALY) today announced that it will be participating in the NYSE Euronext & WJB Capital Growth Conference to be held December 4, 2008, at the Hilton Boston Financial District.
Jeffrey R. Freedman, Vice President " Investor Relations, of Allis-Chalmers is scheduled to make a presentation on Thursday, December 4, 2008, at approximately 10:45 am Eastern

Time. To listen to the live audio webcast and view Allis-Chalmers" slideshow, visit the Company"s website at www.alchenergy.com.
About Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. is a Houston-based multi-faceted oilfield services company. We provide services and equipment to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, domestically primarily in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Wyoming, Arkansas, West Virginia, offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and internationally, primarily in Argentina and Mexico. Allis-Chalmers provides directional drilling services, casing and tubing services, underbalanced drilling, production and workover services with coiled tubing units, rental of drill pipe and blow-out prevention equipment, and international drilling and workover services. For more information, visit our website at www.alchenergy.com or request future press releases via email at www.b2i.us/irpass.asp"BzID=1233&to=ea&s=0.

Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc., Houston

Jeffrey R. Freedman, VP, 713-369-0550

Investor Relations