Document:

NINTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

     This Ninth Amendment To Loan Agreement ("Amendment") effective as of May 1,
2002  (the  "Amendment  Effective  Date")  is made and entered into by and among
Boots  &  Coots  International  Well  Control, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower");  the  financial institutions and other persons (each, together with
its  successors  and  assigns,  a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders") from
time  to  time  a  party  to  the  Loan  Agreement (as hereinafter defined), and
Specialty  Finance  Fund  I,  LLC,  a  Delaware  limited  liability  company
("Specialty"),  as successor to Comerica Bank-Texas, a Texas banking association
("Comerica"),  as  agent  for  the  Lenders (in such capacity, together with its
successors  in  such  capacity,  the  "Agent").

                                    RECITALS:

     Whereas,  the  Borrower,  the  Lenders, and the Agent are parties to a Loan
Agreement  dated  as  of  October  28,  1998,  as amended from time to time, (as
amended,  the  "Loan  Agreement");

     Whereas,  Effective  of  even  date  herewith,  the Lenders have assigned a
participation  interest  in  and  to the Loan Agreement to Steven P. Nichols and
Duane  H.  Floyd,  who  pursuant  to  such Assignment is a Lender under the Loan
Agreement;  and

     Whereas,  the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent have agreed, on the terms
and  conditions  herein set forth, that the Loan Agreement be amended in certain
respects;

     Now,  Therefore,  For Good and valuable consideration, including the mutual
agreements of the parties hereto, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged,  it  is  agreed  as  follows:

     Section  1.     Definitions.  Terms  used  herein  which are defined in the
Loan  Agreement  shall  have the same meanings when used herein unless otherwise
provided  herein.

     Section  2.     Amendments  to Section 1.1 of Loan Agreement.  On and after
the  Amendment  Effective  Date, the Loan Agreement shall be amended as follows:

          (a) The definition of "Borrowing Base" set forth in Section 1.1 of the
     Loan  Agreement  is  hereby  amended  to  read  in its entirety as follows:

          "Borrowing  Base"  means,  as at any date, the amount of the Borrowing
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     Base  as  established  by  the  Lenders  from  time  to  time in their sole
     discretion  and until further notice by Lenders to Borrower, for the period
     from  the Amendment Effective Date the Borrowing base is hereby established
     to  be  $2,000,000.00.  On  the  First  Borrowing  Base Reduction Date, the
     Borrowing  Base  is  reduced and is hereby established to be $1,250,000.00.
     For  the  period after the Second Borrowing Base Reduction Date through the
     Maturity  Date,  the  Borrowing  Base  is  reduced  further  and  is hereby
     established  to  be  $1,000,000.00.

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          (b)  A  new  definition  of  "First  Borrowing Base Reduction Date" is
     hereby  added  to  the  Loan  agreement  as  follows:

          "First  Borrowing  Base  Reduction Date" means July 9, 2002; or in the
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          event Borrower exercises the option to extend such date as provided in
          Section  3.2,  October  9,  2002.

          (c)  A  new  definition  of  "Second Borrowing Base Reduction Date" is
     hereby  added  to  the  Loan  Agreement  as  follows:

          "Second  Borrowing Base Reduction Date" means July 25, 2002; or in the
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          event Borrower exercises the option to extend such date as provided in
          Section  3.2,  October  25,  2002

     Section  3.     Amendment  to Section 3.2(b)of the Loan Agreement.  Section
3.2(b)  of  the  Loan  Agreement  is  hereby  amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

          "(b)  Borrowing  Base"  Borrower  shall from time to time on demand by
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Agent  prepay  the  Revolving  Loans  (or  provide  Cover  for  Letter of Credit
Liabilities)  in  such  amounts  as  shall be necessary so that at all times the
aggregate  outstanding  amount  of  all Revolving Loan Obligations shall be less
than  or  equal  to the Maximum Revolving Loan Available Amount. Notwithstanding
the  foregoing,  Borrower  is  hereby  granted  an  option  to  extend the First
Borrowing  Base Reduction Date until October 9, 2002 by giving the Agent and the
Lenders  written  notice of such election prior to July 9, 2002 and paying a fee
of  (i)  $9,844.00;  and  (ii) by the issuance of one hundred thousand (100,000)
shares  of the authorized common stock of Borrower, delivered in the name of the
Lenders,  or  as  the  Lenders  shall  otherwise agree. Furthermore, Borrower is
hereby  granted  an  option  to  extend the Second Borrowing Base Reduction Date
until  October  25,  2002  by giving the Agent and the Lenders written notice of
such election prior to July 24, 2002 and paying a fee of (i) $3,281.00; and (ii)
by  the issuance of thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty four (33,334)
shares  of the authorized common stock of Borrower, delivered in the name of the
Lenders,  or  as  the  Lenders  shall  otherwise  agree."

     Section  4.     No  Reliance  by  Others.  None  of  the provisions of this
Amendment  shall  inure  to  the benefit of Borrower or any other Obligor or any
Person other than Lenders and Agent; consequently, neither Borrower or any other
Obligor  shall  be,  and  no  Person  other than the Lenders and Agent shall be,
entitled  to rely upon or raise as a claim or defense, in any manner whatsoever,
the  failure  of  Lenders  and  Agent  to  comply  with  the  provisions of this
Amendment.  Neither  the  Agent  nor  any  Lender  shall  incur any liability to
Borrower or any other Obligor or any other Person for any act or omission of the
other.

     Section  5.     Limitations.  The  amendments  set forth herein are limited
precisely  as  written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to, or waiver
or  modification of, any other term or condition of the Loan Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents, or (b) except as expressly set forth herein, prejudice
any  right  or  rights  which the Lenders may now have or may have in the future
under or in connection with the Loan Agreement, the Loan Documents or any of the

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other  documents referred to therein.  Except as expressly modified hereby or by
express  written  amendments  thereof,  the  terms  and  provisions  of the Loan
Agreement,  the  Notes,  and  any other Loan Documents or any other documents or
instruments  executed  in  connection  with  any  of the foregoing are and shall
remain  in  full  force  and  effect.  In  the  event of a conflict between this
Amendment  and any of the foregoing documents, the terms of this Amendment shall
be  controlling.  The  representations and warranties made in each Loan Document
are  true  and  correct  in  all  material  respects  on and as of the Amendment
Effective  Date.

     Section 6.     Representations and Warranties.  (a) To induce the Agent and
the  Lenders  to execute and deliver this Amendment (which representations shall
survive  the  execution and delivery of this Amendment), the Borrower represents
and  warrants  to  the  Agent  and  the  Lenders  that:

          (i) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
     it  and this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation,
     contract and agreement of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance
     with  its  terms,  except  as  enforcement  may  be  limited by bankruptcy,
     insolvency,  reorganization,  moratorium  or  similar  laws  or  equitable
     principles  relating  to  or  limiting  creditors'  rights  generally;

          (ii) the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, constitutes the
     legal, valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of the Borrower
     enforceable  against  it in accordance with its respective terms, except as
     enforcement  may  be  limited  by  bankruptcy,  insolvency, reorganization,
     moratorium  or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting
     creditors'  rights  generally;  and

          (iii)  the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
     Amendment  (1)  has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action,
     (2)  does  not  require  the  consent  or  approval  of any governmental or
     regulatory body or agency, and (iii) will not (A) violate (x) any provision
     of  law, statute, rule or regulation or its certificate of incorporation or
     bylaws,  (y) any order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any
     other  agency  or  government  binding upon it, or (z) any provision of any
     material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or
     by  which  its properties or assets are or may be bound, including, without
     limitation, that certain Subordinated Note Restructuring Agreement dated as
     of  December  28,  2000  between  the Borrower and The Prudential Insurance
     Company  of  America  (the "Subordinated Note Restructuring Agreement"), or
     (B)  result in a breach or constitute (along or with due notice or lapse of
     time  or both) a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument
     referred  to  in  clause  (3)(A)(z)  of  this  Section  6(a)(iii).

     Section  7.     Conditions  to  Effectiveness  of  This  Amendment.  This
Amendment  shall  not  become  effective until, and shall become effective when,
each  and every one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied on the
Effective  Date:

          (a)  executed  counterparts  of  this  Amendment, duly executed by the
     Borrower,  the  Agent  and  the  Lenders,  shall have been delivered to the
     Lenders;

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          (b)  the  Agent  shall  have received a copy of the resolutions of the
     Board  of Directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Borrower of this Amendment in the form annexed hereto as
     Exhibit  A;

          (c)  the  representations  and warranties of the Borrower set forth in
     Section  6  hereof  are  true  and  correct on and with respect to the date
     hereof; and

          (d)  the  Borrower shall pay fees as consideration for the benefits it
     receives  under  this  Amendment  equal to (i) $7,500.00; (ii) thirty three
     thousand three hundred thirty four (33,334) shares of the authorized common
     stock  of Borrower delivered in the name of the Assignee Lenders, or as the
     Lenders  shall  otherwise  agree,  both  of  the foregoing being due on the
     Amendment  Effective  Date; and (iii) $3,281.00 due on the Second Borrowing
     Base  Reduction  Date.

     Upon  receipt  of  all  of  the  foregoing,  this  Amendment  shall  become
effective.

     Section  8.     Waiver  of Prior Events of Default, Etc.  Upon satisfaction
of  the  conditions  set  forth in Section 6, each and every Default or Event of
Default  arising  under  the  Loan  Agreement  or under any document executed or
delivered in connection with the Loan Agreement, existing prior to the Effective
Date  shall  be  hereby  and  forever  waived  by  the  Agent  and  the Lenders.

     Section  9.     Payment  of  Expenses.  The Borrower agrees, whether or not
the transactions hereby contemplated shall be consummated, to reimburse and save
the  Agent harmless from and against liability for the payment of all reasonable
substantiated  out-of-pocket  costs  and expenses arising in connection with the
preparation,  execution,  delivery,  amendment,  modification,  waiver  and
enforcement  of, or the preservation of any rights under this Amendment, and any
other  any  local  or  other  counsel  for Agent, and all stamp taxes (including
interest  and  penalties,  if  any),  recording taxes and fees, filing taxes and
fees, and other charges which may be payable in respect of, or in respect of any
modification  of,  the  Loan  Agreement  and  the  other  Loan  Documents.  The
provisions  of  this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Agreement
and  the  repayment  of  the  Loans.

     Section10.     Governing  Law.  This  Amendment  and  the  rights  and
obligations  of  the  parties  hereunder  and  under the Loan Agreement shall be
construed  in  accordance with and be governed by the laws of the State of Texas
and  the  United  States  of  America.

     Section 11.     Descriptive Headings, etc.  The descriptive headings of the
several  Sections  of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall
not  be  deemed  to  affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.

     Section  12.     Entire  Agreement.  This  Amendment  and  the  documents
referred  to  herein  represent  the  entire understanding of the parties hereto
regarding  the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous
oral  and  written  agreements of the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter  hereof,  including, without limitation, any commitment letters regarding
the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Amendment.

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     Section 13.     Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number
of  counterparts  and  by  different parties on separate counterparts and all of
such  counterparts  shall  together  constitute  one  and  the  same instrument.
Complete  sets  of counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Agent.

     Section  14.     Amended  Definitions.  As  used  in  the  Loan  Agreement
(including  all  Exhibits  thereto)  and  all  other  instruments  and documents
executed  in  connection therewith, on and subsequent to the Amendment Effective
Date  the  term (i) "Agreement" shall mean the Loan Agreement as amended by this
Amendment,  and  (ii)  references to any and all other Loan Documents shall mean
such  documents  as  amended  as  contemplated  hereby.

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     In  Witness  Whereof,  the  parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly  executed  and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of
the  date  first  above  written.

     Notice pursuant to Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code Sec.26.02

     This  Amendment and all other Loan Documents executed by any of the parties
before  or  substantially  contemporaneously  with the execution hereof together
constitute  a  written  Loan Agreement and represent the final agreement between
the  parties  between  the  parties  and  may not be contradicted by evidence or
prior,  contemporaneous  or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are
no  unwritten  oral  agreements  between  the  parties.

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                              Boots  &  Coots  International  Well
                              Control,  Inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation

                              By:
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                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

                              Specialty  Finance Fund I, LLC, a Delaware limited
                                liability  Borrower  (as  successor  to Comerica
                                Bank-Texas,  a  Texas  banking  association)  as
                                Agent and  as  a  Lender

                              By:
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                              Name:
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                              Title:
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                              By:
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                              Name:
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                              Title:
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                              CHARLES  PARKER

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                              CHARLES  PARKER.  AS  A  LENDER

                              STEVEN  P.  NICHOLS

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                              STEVEN  P.  NICHOLS,  AS  A  LENDER

                              DUANE  H.  FLOYD

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                              DUANE  H.  FLOYD,  AS  A  LENDER

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The  undersigned  hereby  join  in  this  Amendment to evidence their consent to
execution  by Borrower of this Amendment, to confirm that each Loan Document now
or previously executed by the undersigned applies and shall continue to apply to
the  Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, to acknowledge that without such consent
and  confirmation.  Lenders  would not execute this Amendment and to join in the
notice  pursuant  to  Tex.  Bus.  &  Comm.  Code  Sec.26.02  set  forth  above.

                              ABASCO,  INC.,
                                a  Texas  corporation

                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

                              Boots  &  Coots  Special  Services,  Inc.,
                                a  Texas  corporation

                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

                              Elmagco,  Inc.,
                                a  Delaware  corporation

                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

                              Hell  Fighters,  Inc.,
                                a  Texas  corporation

                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

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                              IWC  Engineering,  Inc.,
                                a  Texas  corporation

                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

                              IWC  Services,  Inc.,
                                a  Texas  corporation

                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------
                              Name:  Larry  H.  Ramming
                              Title:  Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer

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                               FORM OF RESOLUTIONS

                                    Exhibit A

<PAGE>Execution Copy

                          AMENDMENT, CONSENT AND WAIVER
                                       TO
                    SUBORDINATED NOTE RESTRUCTURING AGREEMENT

          Amendment,  Consent  and  Waiver (this "Amendment"), dated as of March
29, 2002, to the Subordinated Note Restructuring Agreement, dated as of December
28,  2000  (as amended to the date hereof, the "Restructuring Agreement"), among
Boots  &  Coots  International  Well  Control Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the
"Company")  and  The  Prudential  Insurance  Company  of America ("Prudential").
Capitalized  terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the
Restructuring  Agreement.

                              W i t n e s s e t h:

          Whereas,  the  Company  and  Prudential are party to the Restructuring
Agreement  pursuant  to  which Prudential agreed to cancel and terminate certain
11.28%  Notes  and the Warrant in consideration for the Company's fulfillment of
its obligations set forth in the Restructuring Agreement and the issuance by the
Company  of Replacement Notes, the Replacement Warrant, the New Warrant, and the
Preferred  Stock;

          Whereas,  the Company has notified Prudential that the Company may not
be  in  compliance  with  certain  financial covenants under Sections 7.1(a) and
7.1(b)  of the Restructuring Agreement (collectively, the "Specified Covenants")
for the twelve month period ended March 31, 2002 (the "Specified Period"), which
would  constitute  Events  of  Default  pursuant  to  Section  8.1(xviii) of the
Restructuring  Agreement if not waived or deemed cured as provided therein (such
Events  of  Default,  the  "Prospective  Events  of  Default");

          Whereas,  the  Company  entered  into an Account Transfer and Purchase
Agreement dated as of June 18, 2001 with KBK Financial, Inc. ("KBK") under which
KBK  financed  certain  of  the  Company's  accounts receivables and the Company
granted to KBK a security interest in certain of the Company's assets, in breach
of  Sections  7.3  (a)  and  7.3(b)  of  the  Restructuring  Agreement;

          Whereas,  the  Company  has  requested  that  Prudential (a) waive the
Prospective  Events  of  Default and compliance with the Specified Covenants for
the  Specified  Period,  effective  as of the date hereof and (b) amend Sections
1.2,  7.3(a),  7.3(b) and 11 of the Restructuring Agreement as set forth herein;
and

          Whereas,  Prudential agrees, subject to the limitations and conditions
set  forth herein, to (a) waive the Prospective Events of Default and compliance
with  the  Specified  Covenants  for  the  Specified  Period  and  (b) amend the
Restructuring  Agreement  as  set  forth  herein.

          Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and
obligations  contained  herein  the  parties  hereto  agree  as  follows:

     SECTION  1.     CONSENT  AND  WAIVER

          (a)  Effective  as of the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction (or
due  waiver)  of  the  conditions  set  forth  in  Section  3 (Conditions to the
Continued  Effectiveness of this Amendment) hereof, Prudential hereby waives the
following:

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               (i)  the  Prospective  Events of Default; provided, however, that
the  waiver  set forth in this clause (i) shall not excuse any failure to comply
after  the  date  hereof with the Restructuring Agreement as amended hereby; and

               (ii)  compliance  for  the  Specified  Period  with the Specified
Covenants.

     SECTION  2.     AMENDMENTS  TO  THE  RESTRUCTURING  AGREEMENT

     The Restructuring Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof and subject
to  the  satisfaction  (or  due waiver) of the conditions set forth in Section 3
(Conditions  to  the  Continued  Effectiveness of this Amendment) hereof, hereby
amended  as  follows:

          (a)  AMENDMENTS  TO  SECTION  1  (CASH  PAYMENTS)

               (i)  Section  1.2  (Credit Facility Payment) of the Restructuring
Agreement  is hereby amended by inserting the following text at the end thereof:

          ";  provided,  that  if  the  Company  incurs  any  Indebtedness after
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December  28,  2000  under the Existing Credit Facility, the Company shall pay a
one-time  $100,000 fee in immediately available funds (the "FEE") to you by wire
transfer to the account specified above on the earlier to occur of May 15, 2002;
or the closing of $1,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness;
and  provided,  further, that if the Company is required to pay the Fee and such
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Fee  is  paid to you, the Credit Facility Payment shall be reduced to $400,000."

          (b)  AMENDMENTS  TO  SECTION  7  (NEGATIVE  COVENANTS)

               (i)  Section  7.3(a)  (Liens)  of  the Restructuring Agreement is
hereby  amended  by  deleting  the  "and"  at  the  end  of clause (iv) thereof,
replacing  the period at the end of clause (v) thereof with the text "; and" and
inserting  a  new  clause  (vi)  at  the  end thereof to read in its entirety as
follows:

          "(vi)  Liens relating to accounts sold pursuant to the KBK Agreement."

               (ii)  Clause (ii) of Section 7.3(b) (Limitations on Indebtedness)
of the Restructuring Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read  as  follows:

          "(ii)  Senior Debt owing pursuant to the New Senior Credit Facility or
the  Existing  Senior  Credit Facility; provided, that as a condition to (A) the
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Company's  execution  and  delivery of the New Senior Credit Facility $1,000,000
principal  amount  outstanding  under  the  Existing  Credit  Facility  shall be
converted  to  Series  H  Stock  and  (B)  the  Company  incurring  additional
Indebtedness after December 28, 2000 in excess of $1,500,000 in principal amount
under  the Existing Credit Facility, $250,000 principal amount outstanding under
the  Existing  Credit Facility shall be converted to Series H Stock; and (C) the
Company  incurring  additional Indebtedness after December 28, 2000 in excess of
$2,000,000  principal  amount  under the Existing Credit Facility, an additional
$750,000  principal  amount outstanding under the Existing Credit Facility shall
be converted to Series H Stock; and provided, further, that the principal amount
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of  Indebtedness  owing  pursuant  thereto shall not be in excess of $6,000,000,
(which  Senior  Debt may be incurred whether or not the Company is in compliance
with  the  tests  pursuant to Section 7.1 up to and through September 30, 2001),
and  the  senior guaranty obligations of the Company's Subsidiaries with respect
thereto;"

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               (iii)  Section  7.3(b)  (Limitations  on  Indebtedness)  of  the
Restructuring  Agreement  is  hereby amended by deleting the "and" at the end of
clause  (vi)  thereof,  replacing  the period at the end of clause (vii) thereof
with  the  text  "; and" and inserting a new clause (viii) at the end thereof to
read  in  its  entirety  as  follows:

          "(viii)  Indebtedness  incurred pursuant to the KBK Agreement up to an
aggregate  outstanding  principal  amount  of  $5,000,000."

          (c)  AMENDMENTS  TO  SECTION  11  (DEFINITIONS)

          The  following  definitions are hereby inserted in Section 11.1 of the
Restructuring  Agreement  in  the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical
order  of  the  definitions  in  such  section:

          "FEE"  shall  have  the  meaning  specified  in  Section  1.2.

          "KBK  AGREEMENT"  means  the  Account  Transfer and Purchase Agreement
dated  as  of  June  18,  2001,  between  KBK  Financial,  Inc. and the Company.

     SECTION  3.     CONDITIONS TO THE CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT

     This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof, provided that each
of  the  following  conditions  shall  have  been satisfied by the Company on or
before  the  date  specified  below  (the  "Termination Date") or duly waived by
Prudential:

          (a)  on  or  before  April  30,  2002;

               (i) Certain Documents. Prudential shall have received each of the
following, each dated on or before the Termination Date (unless otherwise agreed
by  Prudential),  in  form  and  substance  satisfactory  to  Prudential:

               (ii)  this  Amendment,  duly  executed  by  the  Company and each
domestic  subsidiary  of  the  Company,  with  the  exception  of  ITS  Supply
Corporation,  (collectively,  the  "Domestic  Subsidiaries");

               (iii)  a  subordinated  note in the aggregate principal amount of
$67,627.07 from the Company, in form and substance acceptable to Prudential, for
the  payment  of certain outstanding legal fees which the Company is required to
pay  to  Prudential  pursuant  to  the  Restructuring  Agreement;

               (iv)  a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the  Company  certifying  the  names  and true signatures of each officer of the
Company  who  has been authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment or other
document  required hereunder to be executed and delivered by or on behalf of the
Company;  and

               (v)  such  additional  documentation as Prudential may reasonably
require  and;

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          (b)  on  or  before  the  earlier  of  May 15, 2002, or the closing of
additional  Indebtedness  after December 28, 2000, in aggregate principal amount
of $1,500,000 under the Existing Credit Facility, Prudential shall have received
the  amount  of  $18,333  payable  by wire transfer to Prudential in immediately
available  funds  for the reimbursement of certain fees and expenses incurred by
Prudential  in  connection  with  the  Restructuring  Agreement

          (c)  Corporate  and  Other  Proceedings.  All  corporate  and  other
proceedings,  and  all  documents,  instruments  and  other  legal  matters  in
connection  with  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Amendment  shall be
satisfactory  in  all  respects  to  Prudential;

          (d)  Representations  and  Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties  contained  in  Article  IV  (Representations  and Warranties) of the
Restructuring  Agreement,  the  other  Note  Documents  or  in  any certificate,
document  or  financial  or  other  statement  furnished at any time under or in
connection  therewith are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the  date  hereof and the Termination Date, in each case as if made on and as of
such  date  and  except  to  the extent that such representations and warranties
specifically  relate  to a specific date, in which case such representations and
warranties  shall  be  true  and  correct  in  all  material respects as of such
specific  date;  provided,  however,  that references therein to the "Agreement"
shall  be  deemed  to  refer  to  the Restructuring Agreement as amended by this
Amendment  and after giving effect to the consents and waivers set forth herein;

          (e)  No  Default  or  Event  of  Default.  After giving effect to this
Amendment,  no  Default or Event of Default (except for those that may have been
duly waived) shall have occurred and be continuing, either on the date hereof or
on  the  Termination  Date;

          (f) No Litigation. No litigation shall have been commenced against any
Transaction Party, either on the date hereof or the Termination Date, seeking to
restraint  or  enjoin  (whether  temporarily,  preliminarily or permanently) the
performance  of  any action by any Transaction Party required or contemplated by
this  Amendment  or  the Restructuring Agreement or any Note Document, in either
case  as  amended  hereby;  and

          (g)  Fees  and  Expenses  Paid.  The  Company  shall  have  paid  all
Obligations  due,  after  giving  effect  to  this  Amendment,  on or before the
Termination  Date.

     SECTION  4.     REPRESENTATIONS  AND  WARRANTIES

     On  and  as  of the date hereof, after giving effect to this Amendment, the
Company  hereby  represents  and  warrants  to  Prudential  as  follows:

          (a) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company and constitutes a legal,
valid  and binding obligation of the Company and each Domestic Subsidiary of the
Company,  enforceable  against  the  Company and each Domestic Subsidiary of the
Company  in accordance with its terms and the Restructuring Agreement as amended
by this Amendment and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company  and  each  Domestic  Subsidiary of the Company, enforceable against the
Company  and  each  Domestic  Subsidiary  of  the Company in accordance with its
terms;

          (b) each of the representations and warranties contained in Article IX
(Representations,  Covenants and Warranties) of the Restructuring Agreement, the
other  Note  Documents  or  in  any  certificate, document or financial or other
statement  furnished  at  any time under or in connection therewith are true and
correct  in  all material respects on and as of the date hereof, in each case as
if  made  on  and  as  of  such  date  and  except  to  the  extent  that  such
representations  and warranties specifically relate to a specific date, in which
case  such  representations  and  warranties  shall  be  true and correct in all
material  respects  as of such specific date; provided, however, that references

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therein  to  the  "Agreement"  shall  be  deemed  to  refer to the Restructuring
Agreement  as amended hereby and after giving effect to the consents and waivers
set  forth  herein;

          (c)  no  Default  or  Event  of Default has occurred and is continuing
(except  for  those  that  are  duly  waived);  and

          (d)  no  litigation  has  been commenced against any Transaction Party
seeking  to  restraint  or  enjoin  (whether  temporarily,  preliminarily  or
permanently)  the performance of any action by any Transaction Party required or
contemplated  by  this  Amendment,  the  Restructuring  Agreement  or  any  Note
Document,  in  each  case  as  amended  hereby  (if  applicable).

     SECTION  5.     RELEASE

     In  further consideration for Prudential's execution of this Agreement, the
Company  and  each  other  Transaction  Party  hereby release Prudential and its
respective  Affiliates,  officers,  employees,  directors,  agents  and advisors
(collectively,  the  "Releasees") from any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
responsibilities,  disputes,  causes  of  action  (whether at law or equity) and
obligations  of any nature whatsoever, whether liquidated or unliquidated, known
or  unknown,  matured  or  unmatured,  fixed  or  contingent  that  any  of  the
Transaction  Parties may have against any Releasee and that arise from or relate
to  the  Obligations, any Note Document or any document, dealing or other matter
in  connection  with  any  of  the Note Documents, and any third party liable in
whole  or in part for any of the Obligations, in each case to the extent arising
(a)  on  or  prior  to the date hereof or the Termination Date or (b) out of, or
relating  to,  actions, dealings or other matters occurring on or prior the date
hereof  or  the  Termination Date (including, without limitation, any actions or
inactions  of  any  Releasee  prior to the date hereof or the Termination Date).

     SECTION  6.     REFERENCE  TO  THE  EFFECT  ON  THE  NOTE  DOCUMENTS

          (a)  As  of  the  date  hereof,  each  reference  in the Restructuring
Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof," "herein," or words of like
import,  and  each  reference  in  the other Note Documents to the Restructuring
Agreement  (including,  without limitation, by means of words like "thereunder",
"thereof"  and  words  of  like  import),  shall  mean and be a reference to the
Restructuring  Agreement  as  amended  hereby,  and  this  Amendment  and  the
Restructuring  Agreement  shall  be  read  together  and  construed  as a single
instrument. Each of the table of contents and lists of Exhibits and Schedules of
the Restructuring Agreement shall be amended to reflect the changes made in this
Amendment  as  of  the  date  hereof.

          (b)  Except  as expressly amended hereby or specifically waived above,
all  of  the  terms  and provisions of the Restructuring Agreement and all other
Note  Documents  are  and  shall  remain in full force and effect and are hereby
ratified  and  confirmed.

          (c)  The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall
not,  except  as  expressly  provided  herein, operate as a waiver of any right,
power  or remedy of Prudential under any of the Note Documents, nor constitute a
waiver  or  amendment of any other provision of any of the Note Documents or for
any  purpose  except  as  expressly  set  forth  herein.

          (d)  This  Amendment  is  a  Note  Document.

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     SECTION  7.     CONSENT  OF  DOMESTIC  SUBSIDIARIES

          Each  Domestic  Subsidiary  of  the  Company  hereby  consents to this
Amendment  and  agrees  that  the  terms  hereof shall not affect in any way its
obligations  and  liabilities under the Note Documents (as amended and otherwise
expressly  modified  hereby),  all  of  which  obligations and liabilities shall
remain  in  full  force  and  effect  and each of which is hereby reaffirmed (as
amended  and  otherwise  expressly  modified  hereby).

     SECTION  8.     EXECUTION  IN  COUNTERPARTS

          This  Amendment  may  be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and  the same agreement.  Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate
counterparts  and  attached  to a single counterpart so that all signature pages
are  attached  to  the  same  document.  Delivery  of an executed counterpart by
telecopy  shall  be  effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this  Amendment.

     SECTION  9.     GOVERNING  LAW

          This  Amendment  shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the  law  of  the  State  of  New  York.

     SECTION  10.     SECTION  TITLES

          The  section  titles  contained  in  this  Amendment  are and shall be
without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part
of  the  agreement  between  the parties hereto, except when used to reference a
section.  Any  reference  to the number of a clause, sub-clause or subsection of
any  Note  Document  immediately  followed  by a reference in parenthesis to the
title of the section of such Note Document containing such clause, sub-clause or
subsection  is  a  reference to such clause, sub-clause or subsection and not to
the  entire section; provided, however, that, in case of direct conflict between
the  reference to the title and the reference to the number of such section, the
reference  to  the title shall govern absent manifest error. If any reference to
the  number  of  a  section  (but  not  to  any clause, sub-clause or subsection
thereof)  of  any  Note  Document  is  followed  immediately  by  a reference in
parenthesis  to the title of a section of any Note Document, the title reference
shall  govern  in  case  of  direct  conflict  absent  manifest  error.

     SECTION  11.     NOTICES

          All communications and notices hereunder shall be given as provided in
the  Restructuring  Agreement  or, as the case may be, the Subordinated Guaranty
Agreement.

     SECTION  12.     SEVERABILITY

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          The fact that any term or provision of this Agreement is held invalid,
illegal  or  unenforceable as to any person in any situation in any jurisdiction
shall not affect the validity, enforceability or legality of the remaining terms
or  provisions  hereof  or  the  validity,  enforceability  or  legality of such
offending term or provision in any other situation or jurisdiction or as applied
to  any  person

     SECTION  13.     SUCCESSORS

     The  terms  of this Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the
benefit  of,  the  parties  hereto  and their respective successors and assigns.

     SECTION  14.     WAIVER  OF  JURY  TRIAL

     Each  of  the parties hereto irrevocably waives trial by jury in any action
or  proceeding  with  respect  to  this  Amendment  or  any other Note Document.

                            [Signature Pages Follow]

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     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed  by  their  respective  officers  and  general  partners thereunto duly
authorized,  effective  as  of  the  date  first  written  above.

                                 Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.,

                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                 The Prudential Insurance Company of America,

                                 By:
                                    -----------------------------------
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

Acknowledged  and  Agreed  to  effective  the  29th  day
of  March  2002  by:

Domestic  Subsidiaries:

Abasco,  Inc.

By:
   -----------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

Boots  &  Coots  Special  Services,  Inc.

By:
   -----------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

Elmagco,  Inc.

By:
   -----------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

Hell  Fighters,  Inc.

By:
   -----------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

  [Signature Page to amendment, Consent and Waiver to Restructuring Agreement]

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IWC  Engineering,  Inc.

By:
   -----------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

IWC  Services,  Inc.

By:
   -----------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

  [Signature Page to amendment, Consent and Waiver to Restructuring Agreement]

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