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WEL Boots & Coots Announces Alliance With Key Safety; Alliance Will Provide Significant Benefit to the Company's WELLSURE(R) Clients
PR Newswire - December 1, 2005 8:01 AM (EDT)

HOUSTON, Dec 01, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. (Amex: WEL) announced today that it has entered into an alliance agreement with Canadian-based Key Safety Services Inc. Under the terms of the agreement the companies will share well control equipment and personnel when deemed appropriate by each party. Boots & Coots intends to use this alliance primarily to enhance its services to its WELLSURE(R) customers in Canada.

"This is a strategic alliance in that it allows Boots & Coots to mobilize local equipment and personnel when there's an incidence at one of our WELLSURE(R) clients' facilities, allowing for a faster response time," said Jerry Winchester, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boots & Coots. "We hold the group at Key Safety in high regard and expect to utilize their equipment and talent not only in Canada, but on other response jobs worldwide."

"Both companies are recognized leaders in this field, and we realized from working prior response jobs with Boots & Coots that our respective strengths and capabilities can be highly complementary and supportive of each other," commented Jarvis Jackson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Key Safety. "We believe this alliance will maximize both companies' capabilities and business potential here in Canada and abroad."

Eighteen months following the inception of the WELLSURE(R) Canada program, a blowout occurred for WELLSURE(R) client Celtic Exploration, Ltd. in Southeastern Alberta. Boots & Coots was immediately notified and according to plan directed Key Safety to dispatch its initial responder and equipment while the Boots & Coots team mobilized and arrived within seven hours. Subsequently, the collective effort and unparalleled cooperation of Key Safety and Boots & Coots achieved a cap and kill of the sour oil and gas well within 36 hours of the blowout event. "The efficacy of the Alliance was proven with this event. The Boots & Coots and Key Safety well control team's cooperation was superb, each demonstrating the professionalism to work in conjunction and most importantly, in the best interest of the client," said David Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Celtic.

"The equipment and personnel Key Safety brings to the Alliance delivers locally based, highly respected initial responders and well control specialists necessary for our Canadian WELLSURE(R) program," concluded Winchester.

According to the non-exclusive agreement, Boots & Coots will be the lead contractor for its WELLSURE(R) clients and will be responsible to the client for providing and operating all necessary equipment, engineering services and support, and overall project management and supervision. Key Safety, acting as a subcontractor, will be responsible for providing personnel and equipment requested by Boots & Coots for first arrival and response, and as requested for well control operation.

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(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 http://www.bncg.com .

About Key Safety

Headquartered in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, KEY Safety Services Inc. is a full service safety and well control company that places an emphasis on quality and performance as they relate to personnel and job. The company provides a full range of services and equipment key to the safe exploration and development of the oil and gas industry. With four offices in Alberta Canada and over 100 full-time employees, Key Safety is strategically placed to provide its services to the heart of the Canadian industry, and is dedicated to leading the industry through consistently providing effective and innovative safety, environmental and emergency response solutions worldwide. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.key-safety.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 is found in Boots & Coots' SEC filings, which are available free of charge on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov .

Investor Contact: Jennifer Tweeton
VOLLMER
713-970-2100
[e-mail]

Stan Altschuler/Richard Cooper
Strategic Growth International
212-838-1444
[e-mail]

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