Exhibit 5.1

                [LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK, P.C. LETTERHEAD]

April 7, 2006

Energy Services Acquisition Corp.
2450 First Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia 25703

Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration
Statement") filed by Energy Services Acquisition Corp. (the "Company"), a
Delaware corporation, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
covering (i) 10,000,000 Units, with each Unit consisting of one share of the
Company's common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), and two
warrants to each purchase one share of the Company's Common Stock (the
"Warrants") to the sole underwriter for whom Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated
is acting as the sole underwriter (the "Underwriter"), (ii) up to 1,500,000
Units (the "Over-Allotment Units") which the Underwriter will have a right to
purchase from the Company to cover over-allotments, if any, (iii) up to 500,000
Units (the "Purchase Option Units") which Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated will
have the right to purchase ("Purchase Option") for its own account or that of
its designees, (iv) all shares of Common Stock and all Warrants issued as part
of the Units, Over-Allotment Units and the Purchase Option Units and (v) all
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants included in the
Units, Over-Allotment Units and Purchase Option Units.

We have examined such documents and considered such legal matters as we have
deemed necessary and relevant as the basis for the opinion set forth below. With
respect to such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
to original documents of all documents submitted to us as reproduced or
certified copies, and the authenticity of the originals of those latter
documents. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have, to the
extent deemed appropriate, relied upon certain representations of certain
officers and employees of the Company.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Units, the Over-Allotment Units, the Purchase Option Units, the Warrants
and the Common Stock to be sold to the Underwriters, when issued and sold in
accordance with and in the manner described in the plan of distribution set
forth in the Registration Statement, will be duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and non assessable.

2. Each of the Purchase Option and Warrants constitutes legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable
remedies, and (iii) to the extent indemnification provisions contained such
documents, if any, may be limited by applicable federal or state law and
consideration of public policy.

We are opining solely on all applicable statutory provisions of Delaware
corporate law, including the rules and regulations underlying those provisions,
all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and all applicable
judicial and regulatory determinations. We hereby consent to the use of this
opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, to the use of our name as
your counsel and to all references made to us in the Registration Statement and
in the Prospectus forming a part thereof. In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
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Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.