CRR CARBO Ceramics Inc

HOUSTON, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a dividend on May 15, 2012, of $0.24 per share to shareholders of record on May 1, 2012.

CARBO is the world's largest supplier of ceramic proppant for fracturing oil and gas wells, and a major supplier of resin-coated sand proppant; the provider of the world's most widely used fracture simulation software; and a provider of fracture design and consulting services. The Company also provides a broad range of technologies for spill prevention, containment and countermeasures, along with geotechnical monitoring.

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