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Deep Down Focuses on Investor Relations and Market Awareness

HOUSTON, March 27 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Deep Down, Inc. (OTCBB: DPDW) today announced recent activities it has engaged in to increase awareness to the institutional marketplace of its unique position in the offshore services industry.

Deep Down recently hired Steven M. Haag to serve full time as Vice-president of Investor Relations. Mr. Haag has extensive experience in investor relations, marketing, and advertising. Mr. Haag will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of investor relations and corporate communications including (1) the creation of sales, marketing and advertising materials, and investor kits, (2) website development and maintenance, (3) the dissemination of company information to existing and prospective retail and institutional shareholders, (4) the management of company participation in investor conferences and (5) the fielding of shareholder calls. Mr. Haag received his bachelor's degree in psychology, with a minor in organizational behavior, from Webster University in 1993, and his master's degree in education from the University of Missouri - St. Louis in 1995.

The Company recently attended the 2008 Oil & Gas Investment Symposium Small Cap Conference (2008 OGIS Small Cap) hosted by the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) on February 12-14, 2008, in Hollywood, Florida, where it hosted a breakfast roundtable. OGIS Small Cap is an outlet for publicly traded U.S. independent producers, and service and supply companies, with market caps of up to $1 billion to present their corporate profiles to the investment community.

Management recently made presentations to institutional investors during the Energy Supply Conference hosted by Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC on March 12-13, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City, New York. Dahlman Rose is a full-service investment bank offering value-added research, trading, and advisory services for growing companies operating along the energy and commodity supply chain. It is a leading boutique investment bank specializing in the marine shipping and energy industries with offices in New York, Houston, San Francisco, and New Orleans. On March 10, 2008, Dahlman Rose reiterated their BUY rating on our common stock with a per share price target of $2.50. Further information on Dahlman Rose may be obtained at http://www.dahlmanrose.com.

"Deep Down realizes the importance of corporate and shareholder communications and welcomes the contributions that Mr. Haag will bring to our efforts. We have a very unique position in the offshore services industry, and we believe the investment community will be interested in learning about it. Our story is not one that is widely known. Our objective is to change that over time," said Robert E. Chamberlain, Jr., Chairman and Chief Acquisitions Officer.

About Deep Down, Inc.

Deep Down specializes in the provision of innovative solutions, installation management, engineering services, support services, custom fabrication and storage management services for the offshore subsea control, umbilical, and pipeline industries. The company fabricates component parts of subsea distribution systems and assemblies that specialize in the development of subsea fields and tie backs. These items include umbilicals, flow lines, distribution systems, pipeline terminations, controls, winches, and launch and retrieval systems, among others. Deep Down provides these services from the initial field conception phase, through manufacturing, site integration testing, installation, topside connections, and the final commissioning of a project.

The Company's ElectroWave subsidiary offers products and services in the fields of electronic monitoring and control systems for the energy, military, and commercial business sectors. ElectroWave designs, manufactures, installs, and commissions integrated PLC and SCADA based instrumentation and control systems, including ballast control and monitoring, drilling instrumentation, vessel management systems, marine advisory systems, machinery plant control and monitoring systems, and closed circuit television systems.

The Company's Mako subsidiary serves the growing offshore petroleum and marine industries with technical support services, and products vital to offshore petroleum production, through rentals of its remotely operated vehicles (ROV), topside and subsea equipment, and diving support systems used in diving operations, maintenance and repair operations, offshore construction, and environmental/marine surveys.

The Company's strategy is to consolidate service providers to the offshore industry, as well as designers and manufacturers of subsea, surface, and offshore rig equipment used by major, independent, and foreign national oil and gas companies in deep-water exploration and production of oil and gas throughout the world. Deep Down's customers include BP Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Devon Energy Corporation, Chevron Corporation, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Marathon Oil Corporation, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Nexen Inc., BHP, Amerada Hess, Helix, Oceaneering International, Inc., Subsea 7, Inc., Transocean Offshore, Diamond Offshore, Marinette Marine Corporation, Acergy, Veolia Environmental Services, Noble Energy Inc., Aker Kvaerner, Cameron, Oil States, Dril-Quip, Inc., Nexans, Cabett, JDR, and Duco, among others. For further company information, please visit http://www.deepdowninc.com and http://www.electrowaveusa.com

Company information distributed through the Market Access Program is based upon information that Standard & Poor's considers to be reliable, but neither Standard & Poor's nor its affiliates warrant its completeness or accuracy, and it should not be relied upon as such. This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security or other financial instrument.

One of our most important responsibilities is to communicate with shareholders in an open and direct manner. Comments are based on current management expectations, and are considered "forward-looking statements," generally preceded by words such as "plans," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," or "intends." We cannot promise future returns. Our statements reflect our best judgment at the time they are issued, and we disclaim any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements as the result of new information or future events. Deep Down urges investors to review the risks and uncertainties contained within its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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