Boots & Coots Files Registration Statement for Proposed Offering of Common Stock.

HOUSTON -- Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. (Amex: WEL), the premier pressure control company for the oil and gas industry, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register an underwritten public offering of 26,000,000 shares of its common stock, 13,000,000 of which are being offered by Oil States Energy Services, Inc.

Boots & Coots intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund all or a portion of its 2007 capital budget and for general corporate purposes.

The offering, which will be made only by means of a prospectus, will be underwritten by Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Morgan Keegan will have a 30-day option to purchase up to 3,900,000 additional shares of common stock solely to cover over-allotments, if any, in connection with the offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

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 as well as hydraulic workover/snubbing and hot tapping services around the world. Boots & Coots' proprietary risk management program, WELLSURE[R], 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 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.