Exhibit 12.1



BJ Services Company

Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges

(In Thousands)



|                                                                                        |  |    |   |  | Year Ended September 30,
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|                                                                                        |  |    |   |  | 1999                    
|COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS:                                                                |  |    |   |  |                         
|Add:                                                                                    |  |    |   |  |                         
|Income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed charges                 |  |    |   |  | (44,909                 
|Fixed charges                                                                           |  |    |   |  | 50,120                  
|Amortization of capitalized interest                                                    |  |    |   |  | 738                     
|Deduct:                                                                                 |  |    |   |  |                         
|Interest capitalized                                                                    |  |    |   |  | 2,317                   
|Minority interest in pretax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges |  |    |   |  | 2,585                   
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|Earnings, as defined                                                                    |  |    |   |  | 10,851                  
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|COMPUTATION OF FIXED CHARGES:                                                           |  |    |   |  |                         
|Interest expensed and capitalized                                                       |  |    |   |  | 33,682                  
|Amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized interest related to indebtedness          |  |    |   |  | 814                     
|Estimate of interest within rental expense                                              |  |    |   |  | 15,624                  
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|Fixed charges, as defined                                                               |  |    |   |  | 50,120                  
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|Fixed charge ratio                                                                      |  | (a | ) |  | 0.22                    
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|(a) | For the year ended September 30, 1999, the Company had an earnings-to-fixed-charges deficiency primarily as a result of a $39.7 million charge for severance, asset impairment, and
other costs associated with the downturn in oilfield drilling activity.
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