8-K

                               UNITED STATES
                    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) May 11, 2000


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


              Delaware             0-20310             75-2379388
  (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission        (IRS Employer
          of incorporation)       File Number)     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  May  10,  2000,  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
               May  10, 2000 announcing the purchase of six liftboats  from
               Trico Marine Services, Inc.


                                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: May 11, 2000

EX-99

                                                             1105 Peters Road
                                                      Harvey, Louisiana 70058
                                                               (504) 362-4321
                                                           Fax (504) 362-1818
                                                                  NASDAQ:SESI



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                          Terence Hall, CEO; Robert Taylor, CFO;
                          Greg Rosenstein, Director of Investor Relations,
                          504-362-4321

                   SUPERIOR ENERGY ACQUIRES SIX LIFTBOATS

(Harvey, LA, Wednesday, May 10, 2000) Superior Energy Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:
SESI)  today  announced  the  acquisition  of six liftboats from Trico Marine
Services, Inc. for $14 million.

The additional liftboats, which range in leg  length  from  130  feet  to 170
feet, will increase Superior's fleet from 42 to 48, including 30 liftboats in
the Company's rental fleet and 18 in its wireline fleet - more than any other
liftboat operator worldwide.

  "We  are  extremely  pleased  to  add  these liftboats to our rental fleet,
particularly at a time when dayrates and utilization  are  trending  up  from
first  quarter  levels,"  said  Terry  Hall,  Superior's  President  and CEO.
"Liftboats  are  an  integral  part of our strategy to offer a full suite  of
complementary production-related services and are the gateway to our well and
wireline service offerings.  Because  they  can  be  used  as work platforms,
equipment  staging  areas and crew quarters, the Company's liftboats  can  be
bundled with our other  services or can be leased to third parties to support
a variety of offshore projects."

The Company will take delivery  of  four  of the six liftboats today and will
take delivery of the other two liftboats by early June.

Superior Energy Services, Inc. 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
natural 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, coiled tubing services and
engineering  services.   Additional  services   provided   include   contract
operating  and  supplemental  labor,  offshore  construction  and maintenance
services,   offshore  and  dockside  environmental  cleaning  services,   the
manufacture and sale of drilling instrumentation and the manufacture and sale
of oil spill containment equipment.

This press release  contains  certain  forward-looking  statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 which involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors.   Among the factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially are: volatility  of  the
oil  and  gas  industry,  including  the level of exploration, production and
development  activity; risks associated  with  the  Company's  rapid  growth;
changes in competitive  factors and other material factors that are described
from time to time in the  Company's  filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.  Actual  events,  circumstances,   effects  and  results  may  be
materially different from the results, performance  or achievements expressed
or  implied  by the forward-looking statements.  Consequently,  the  forward-
looking statements contained herein should not be regarded as representations
by Superior or  any  other  person that the projected outcomes can or will be
achieved.