Forbes Energy Services Reports Selected Operating Data for July 2008

    ALICE, Texas, Aug. 20 /EMWNews/ -- Forbes Energy Services

Ltd. (TSX: FRB) today announced its rig and trucking hours billed for the

month of July 2008.







                                            For the month ending

                              July 31, 2008    June 30, 2008     July 31, 2007



    Working days                   22               21                21

    Rig hours                    35,665           32,803            15,115

    Truck hours                 100,969          102,194            57,577





    Forbes Energy Services cautions that several factors other than those

discussed above may impact the Company's operating results and that a

particular trend regarding the factors above may or may not be indicative

of the Company's current or future financial performance.



    Forbes Energy Services is an independent oilfield services contractor

that provides a broad range of drilling-related and production-related

services to oil and natural gas companies, primarily onshore in Texas.






     Contacts:  Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

                L. Melvin Cooper, SVP & CFO

                361-664-0549



                DRG&E

                Ken Dennard, Managing Partner

                Ben Burnham, AVP

                713-529-6600