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                                                                Exhibit (a)(11)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                   Contact: Faith Rosenfeld
                                                                  (212) 339-9100

          THE BEACON GROUP ANNOUNCES THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ITS
                          TENDER OFFER FOR AMBAR, INC.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AUGUST 6, 1996 -- The Beacon Group ("Beacon") announced
today the successful completion of the tender offer by AI Acquisitions Corp.
("Acquisitions"), an affiliate of Beacon, for all outstanding shares of common
stock of AMBAR, Inc. ("AMBAR") at a price of $18.00 per share. The offer
expired at 12:00 midnight, New York time, on August 5, 1996.

Beacon said approximately 3,789,567 shares, representing approximately 99.3% of
the outstanding shares of AMBAR, were tendered and accepted for purchase
pursuant to the offer.

Holders of AMBAR common stock who did not tender pursuant to the offer will be
entitled to $18.00 per share following the completion of the merger of AMBAR
with Acquisitions. Acquisitions will consummate the merger promptly.

AMBAR designs, blends and markets certain fluids and chemicals, and provides
environmental services, primarily along the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast.

The Beacon Group, a private investment firm in New York, manages The Beacon
Group Energy Investment Fund, L.P., a $658 million equity limited partnership
focused on strategic investments in the energy industry, and provides strategic
advisory services to public and private companies.

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