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Cal Dive Closes First Phase of Asset Purchase Transaction With Stolt Offshore

    HOUSTON, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cal Dive International, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CDIS) announced today that it has closed a transaction to purchase
the diving assets of Stolt Offshore that presently operate in the Gulf of
Mexico.  The assets include:  seven diving support vessels, a portable
saturation diving system, various general diving equipment and Louisiana
operating bases at the Port of Iberia and Fourchon.
    The separate purchases of the DB801 and Kestrel will be closed when those
assets complete their present work campaigns in Trinidadian waters.  The total
transaction value for all of the assets will be approximately $123 million.
    Cal Dive International, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is an
energy service company which provides alternate solutions to the oil and gas
industry worldwide for marginal field development, alternative development
plans, field life extension and abandonment, with service lines including
marine diving services, robotics, well operations, facilities ownership and
oil and gas production.
    This press release and attached presentation contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause
our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.  All statements, other than statements of
historical fact, are statements that could be deemed "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, including, without limitation, any projections of revenue, gross
margin, expenses, earnings or losses from operations, or other financial
items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management
for future operations; any statement concerning developments, performance or
industry rankings relating to services; any statements regarding future
economic conditions or performance; any statements of expectation or belief;
and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.  The risks,
uncertainties and assumptions referred to above include the performance of
contracts by suppliers, customers and partners; employee management issues;
complexities of global political and economic developments, and other risks
described from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ending December 31, 2004.  We assume no obligation and do not intend
to update these forward-looking statements.


SOURCE Cal Dive International, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
    Wade Pursell, Chief Financial Officer of Cal
    Dive International, Inc., +1-281-618-0400, or fax,
    +1-281-618-0505