Houston-based well services provider Best Energy Services Inc. (OTCBB: BEYS) reports it has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 in the U.S. District Court in Wichita Kansas.

The company has 25 workover rigs based in Liberal, Kansas, that service the Hugoton Basin and Central Kansas Uplift.

In December 2010, Best Energy Services announced it was opening a South Texas Eagle Ford office, effective January 1, 2011, in Carrizo Springs, Texas.