The Wellsure® Program, initiated in 1997, is the product of a special alliance between Boots & Coots Services, the world’s premier well control company, Global Special Risks, a leading international Managing General Agent, and Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London. The result is a unique bundled package that includes a full range of Boots & Coots’ well control prevention and post-response services as part of clients’ OEE insurance package.

Boots & Coots is written into the policy to provide these services for the purpose of delivering a non-intrusive risk management program to our clients. Our services are designed to alleviate the burden of emergency response and achieve cost management and control for all involved. As our company is recognized as the leader in blowout control and emergency response is our heritage, no one is better prepared to deliver a prevention, response and restoration program than Boots & Coots.

  Critical Well Control Services

For Wellsure® clients who find themselves in an operational risk or pressure control situation, Boots & Coots will, at no charge for the first 72 hours, dispatch a Well Control Specialist or Engineer to the well site. The Engineer or Well Control Specialist will act as an advisor to the operator doing the work to control the problem and to prevent an escalation into a blowout situation. Under the Wellsure® Program, Boots & Coots has the expertise to provide assistance in:

• Drilling transition zones and managing pressure control situations,
• Dealing with loss of circulation; LCM & Gunk Squeezing,
• Stripping drill pipe under pressure,
• Freezing and Hot Tapping,
• Running or pulling pipe with minimal trip margin,
• Setting barite plugs or weighted pills to control pressured gas or water zones.

Through this service, the operator remains in complete control and the Boots & Coots representative will provide technical support on site.

  Well Plan Review

This is an engineering analysis of the mechanical design and operational drilling plan for any well that meets the critical well definition according to the requirements of the control of well insurance policy. The primary purpose of the Well Plan Review is to:

• Provide reasonable suggestions and recommendations to the company’s   Engineering Operations group involving meaningful well control issues and   secondly,
• Provide a record to certify the drilling plan confirms to industry accepted   practices and support the operator during any well control difficulty.

This work and any comment from Boots & Coots will focus on mechanical and operational aspects of well control related matters such as casing design, mud densities, well control equipment ratings and other operational procedures related to well control issues.

  Well Control Rig Audit

The Well Control Rig Audit is an analysis and evaluation of the drilling contractor’s equipment that will execute the drilling work for the operator. The Rig Audit includes a visual inspection of the primary and secondary well control components including the mechanical configuration and hook-up. It involves well control-related equipment such as the blowout preventers, hydraulic accumulator, choke manifold and certain well control equipment located on the drilling rig floor. The evaluation is a fit-for-purpose assessment for the geologic and mechanical conditions anticipated in drilling the well and will confirm the processes and equipment will follow industry-accepted practices. The Audit follows the Boots & Coots’ 108 Point Well Control Inspection Checklist. Following each Rig Audit, the Boots & Coots Specialist will conduct an exit interview with the rig’s tool pusher and the company's representatives to review findings and prepares a final report.

  Response and Restoration

Boots & Coots is the industry leader in blowout control response and restoration services. Under the Wellsure® Program, Boots & Coots can act as the General Contractor and project manage the event on behalf of the operator. Our project management role follows the Incident Command Structure and affords the ability to economically and effectively manage any well control event, including the “pay-on-behalf-of” provision. In the event of a blowout, this provision protects your company’s cash flow. As the operator remains in complete and ultimate control of the decision making process, our personnel will handle the:

• Control of well operations,
• Surface and subsurface engineering intervention,
• Planning,
• Logistics,
• Procurement,
• Public relations and reporting to Government Agencies.

And equally as important, Wellsure® provides:

• Invoice processing including the “pay-on-behalf-of” provision in the event of   a blowout.

These benefits are included in the Wellsure® policy at no additional out-of-pocket cost to the operator.

Boots & Coots has project managed numerous blowout situations and successfully dealt with an array of Governmental Regulatory Agencies.