
HOUSTON, Texas, March 25, 2003 -- Boots & Coots International
Well Control, Inc. (AMEX: WEL - News) has been subcontracted
by Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) to supply firefighting and
well control services in Iraq. The Company was originally contacted
to assist in developing a plan for evaluating and extinguishing
potential oil well fires in Iraq and has provided specialized
firefighting and well capping equipment for the project.
Currently, the Company has teams of senior well control and
engineering specialists, contracted to KBR, preparing to start
the initial phase of the project. Boots & Coots faced a
similar task in 1991 when they were brought into Kuwait to
control some 240 of the over 700 burning wells following the
Gulf War.
Boots & Coots President Brian Krause stated, “We
have surveyed these wells and are preparing to mobilize the
equipment. We will begin stabilization of the wells once the
location around the wells is secure.”
Boots & Coots CEO Jerry Winchester stated, “In light
of the news release from the DOD and KBR, we are pleased to
be able to make this announcement. In addition, we are certainly
pleased to be working for KBR and Halliburton on such an important
project and are proud to be able to assist our country in this
effort.”
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