Exhibit 99.1

March 6, 2006

Press Release

SOURCE: Oil States International, Inc.

OIL STATES CLOSES HWC TRANSACTION

HOUSTON, Mar. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:
OIS) announced today that it closed the previously announced transaction to
combine its hydraulic workover business ("HWC") with Boots & Coots International
Well Control, Inc. (Amex: WEL) on March 3, 2006.

HWC, based in Houma, Louisiana, provides live and dead well workover services
throughout the world, utilizing a fleet of 29 owned and operated hydraulic
workover units. HWC currently has operations in the U.S., Venezuela, Algeria,
West Africa, and the Middle East.

Oil States International, Inc. is a diversified oilfield services company. With
locations around the world, Oil States is a leading manufacturer of products for
deepwater production facilities and subsea pipelines, and a leading supplier of
a broad range of services to the oil and gas industry, including
production-related rental tools, work force accommodations and logistics, oil
country tubular goods distribution and land drilling services. Oil States is
organized in three business segments -- Offshore Products, Tubular Services and
Well Site Services, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol OIS. For more information on the Company, please visit Oil States
International's website at http://www.oilstatesintl.com.

SOURCE Oil States International, Inc.

CONTACT: Cindy B. Taylor of Oil States International, Inc., +1-713-652-0582
Web site: http://www.oilstatesintl.com