
HOUSTON, December 17, 2003 — Boots & Coots International
Well Control, Inc. (Amex: WEL), a global prevention, emergency
response and restoration company for the oil and gas industry,
today confirmed that the company currently has added 13 new WELLSURE® contracts
with oil and gas companies since entering the Canadian market
in the third quarter of this year.
This growth supports the company’s business strategy
to expand its prevention services both domestically and abroad.
The company is currently providing prevention services under
the WELLSURE® or SafeGuard brands in the US, Canada, Venezuela,
Algeria and Kazakhstan.
“WELLSURE® has been very well received in the Canadian
market,” said Bob Pollock, P.E., Director of Marketing
for the company’s Canadian operation. “Companies
immediately recognize the value our program brings to their
operations by ensuring higher safety standards. We are actively
engaged in developing several other near-term contracts in
Canada.”
“While our Canadian WELLSURE® contracts are not
yet financially material as compared to our total prevention
operations, they reflect an important industry trend and underline
our success in pursuing non-event related business,” commented
Jerry Winchester, Chief Executive Officer of Boots & Coots. “It’s
a win-win partnership. Our customers incur less risk of a critical
well control event and we realize a steady, recurring revenue
stream. Successful entrance into the Canadian market is just
one of many milestones the company has accomplished this year
that have expanded our operations and our prospects.”
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About Boots & Coots
Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc., Houston,
Texas, provides a suite of integrated oilfield services centered
on the prevention, emergency response and restoration of blowouts
and well fires around the world. Boots & Coots' proprietary
risk management program, WELLSURE®, combines traditional
well control insurance with post-event response as well as
preventative services, giving oil and gas operators and insurance
underwriters a medium for effective management of well control
insurance policies. The Company's SafeGuard program, developed
for regional producers and operators sponsored by Boots & Coots,
provides dedicated emergency response services, risk assessment
and contingency planning, and continuous training and education
in all aspects of critical well management. For more information,
visit the Company's web site at http://www.bootsandcoots.com
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Certain statements included in this
news release are intended as "forward- looking statements" under
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Boots & Coots
cautions that actual future results may vary materially from
those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements.
More information about the risks and uncertainties relating
to these forward- looking statements are found in Boots & Coots'
SEC filings, which are available free of charge on the SEC's
web site at http://www.sec.gov.
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