SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 FORM 8-K

                              CURRENT REPORT
                  Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                      Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 7, 1999


                       SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Delaware                     0-20310               75-2379388
(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)                                Identification No.)


        1105 Peters Road, Harvey, Louisiana                 70058
     (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)



                              (504) 362-4321
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS

     On  September 7, 1999, Superior Energy Services, Inc. issued the
press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (b)  Exhibits.

          99   Press release issued by Superior Energy Services, Inc.
               on September 7, 1999.






                            SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly  caused  this  report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC.



                              By:     /S/ ROBERT S. TAYLOR
                                          Robert S. Taylor
                                       Chief Financial Officer

Dated:    September 8, 1999

COMPANY PRESS RELEASE

SUPERIOR ENERGY SERVICES, INC. AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
COMPANIES, INC. ANNOUNCE PLANNED MERGER

HARVEY, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 1999--Superior Energy Services, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SESI) announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement
pursuant  to  which  Production  Management  Companies,  Inc. will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Superior. Completion of the merger is subject to
a satisfactory due diligence review and customary closing  conditions.  The
transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 1999.

Production  Management  provides  contract operating and supplemental labor
services on offshore oil and gas producing  properties, onshore fabrication
of  oil  and gas production facilities and processing  equipment,  offshore
construction  and  maintenance  services, onshore and offshore sandblasting
and  platform  coating  services  as   well   as   offshore   and  dockside
environmental cleaning services. Production Management is headquartered  in
Harvey, Louisiana.

Superior  provides  a  broad  range  of  specialized  oilfield services and
equipment primarily to major and independent oil and gas  companies engaged
in the exploration, production, and development of oil and  gas  properties
offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Gulf Coast region.  These
services   and  equipment  include  the  rental  of  liftboats,  rental  of
specialized  oilfield equipment, electric and mechanical wireline services,
well plug and  abandonment  services,  coil  tubing  services,  engineering
services,  the  manufacture,  sale, and rental of drilling instrumentation,
and the manufacture and sale of  oil  spill containment equipment. Superior
is headquartered in Harvey, Louisiana.

This news release contains forward-looking  statements  under  the  Private
Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Superior believes  that
these statements  are  based upon reasonable assumptions, the companies can
give no assurance that these  expectations will be achieved. Actual results
may differ materially due to various  risks  and  uncertainties  which  are
outside the control of the companies, such as market prices of oil and gas,
the   volatility   of   such  prices,  governmental  regulation  and  trade
restrictions, worldwide economic  activity and political stability in major
oil producing areas.

Contact:
Superior Energy Services Inc., Harvey
Terence Hall or Robert Taylor, 504/362-4321