SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS

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Subject: SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS                           

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

Folder Title: ENGR PLAN INTEL                                                                                 

Document Number:          9

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            AST-266OZ-148-90
            9 January 1991

            12 000 to 14 000 feet. The Marrat structure runs north-south and parallels the
            Kuwaiti coast. This structure has an average formation pressure of 15 000 psi
            and yields sour crudes (crudes that contain hydrogen sulfide CH2S]) with a very
            high associated hydrogen sulfide gas content (from 2%wt. up to reports y
            S%wt.). The deep high-pressure wells In the Al Manaqish and U=n Qudayr fields
            are the nost dangerous.. with up to 2%wt. hydrogen sulfide (10 000 to 20 000 ppm
            of dissociated hydrogen sulfide gas (note: 400 to 600 opm is lethall). In addi-
            tion, deep wells with similar hydrogen sulfide content tap the Marrat structure
            in the Al Burgan and Al Haqwa fields.


















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Document 35 f:/Week-24/BX000249/ENGR PLAN INTEL/serious oilfire gas and smoke dangers:0128971851472
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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000249
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Subject = SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 13-FEB-1997