HOUSTON, June 28, 2006 — Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. (Amex: WEL), the premier pressure control company for the oil and gas industry, will join the Russell Microcap™ Index when Russell Investment Group reconstitutes its family of U.S. indexes on June 30, according to a preliminary membership list posted Friday, June 16 on www.russell.com.
“We continue to make significant progress in our services around the globe - through organic growth as well as the recent strategic acquisition of Hydraulic Well Control, we have improved our financial results and are well poised to expand our services both domestically and internationally,” said Jerry Winchester, president and chief executive officer of Boots & Coots. “This progress has resulted in an increase in the company's exposure to the financial community, so we are pleased to join the new Russell Microcap Index and believe it is a further affirmation of the positive trend that the company is on.”
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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 intervention, emergency response and restoration of blowouts and well fires as well as hydraulic workover/snubbing and hot tapping services around the world. Our current business segments are “Well Intervention” and “Response”. The Well Intervention segment consists of services that are designed to reduce the number and severity of critical well events and enhance production for oil and gas operators. The scope of these services includes training, contingency planning, well plan reviews, audits, inspection services and engineering services offered through our Safeguard programs and services offered in conjunction with our WELLSURE® risk management program. This segment also includes services performed by hydraulic workover and snubbing units that are used to enhance production of oil and gas wells. The Response segment consists of personnel, equipment and services provided during an emergency response such as a critical well event or a hazardous material response. These services include snubbing and other workover services provided during a response. For more information, visit the Company's web site at  www.boots-coots.com.

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 www.sec.gov.