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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I, Kenneth T. White, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of W-H Energy
         Services, Inc., certify that:

                  1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
         W-H Energy Services, Inc.;

                  2.       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain
         any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
         fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
         circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this report;

                  3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
         other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
         all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
         and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented
         in this report;

                  4.       The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I
         are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
         and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
         15d-15(e) for the registrant and have:

                  a)       designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
         caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
         supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this report is being prepared;

                  b)       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
         disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
         conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
         procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
         such evaluation; and

                  c)       disclosed in this report any change in the
         registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred
         during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
         fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
         materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
         registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

                  5.       The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I
         have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
         over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
         committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
         equivalent function):

                  a)       all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
         in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
         which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
         ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
         and

                  b)       any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
         management or other employees who have a significant role in the
         registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 5, 2005



                                       /s/ KENNETH T. WHITE, JR.
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                                       Name:  Kenneth T. White, Jr.
                                       Title: Chairman, President and Chief
                                              Executive Officer