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EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW BY ALL THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of W-H Energy
Services, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints Kenneth T. White, Jr. and Jeffrey
L. Tepera his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and on his behalf and in his name,
place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any state securities regulatory board or
commission any documents relating to the proposed issuance and registration of
the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form S-1 under
the Securities Act of 1933, including any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments and amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-1 and any registration statement for the same offering that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect
thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed this 31 day of August, 2000.
/s/ Milton L. Scott
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Milton L. Scott
