Jan. 25, 2003, 10:29AM 3 Houston firms may help fight oil field fires By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- If the United States leads an invasion of Iraq, one of the first priorities for allied troops will be to seize Iraq's oil fields, fearing Saddam Hussein will respond to an attack by torching his country's wells. Remembering the burning oil fields of Kuwait, military planners have contacted three Houston-area oil well firefighting companies, Cudd Well Control, Wild Well Control, and Boots & Coots International Well Control, about the prospect of following the troops into Iraq.