SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS

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Subject: SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS                           

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Folder Title: ENGR PLAN INTEL                                                                                 

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                                                                            AST-266OZ-148-90
                                                                             9 January 1991


           4. The Dangers of South Kuwaiti Oil Fields


           k b-L4 Ur V@n- LI 'LI           The oil fields in southern Kuwait are far more
           dangerous than those of northern Kuwait. They are Kuwait 'a most productive (see
           table I) and represent a serious fire, toxic gas, and smoke hazard to advancing
           troops entering the southern KTO.


                      Table I(U)iCp @igrog@  Dangers of South Kuwaiti Oil Fields



           Oil field       Location                            Dangers


           Al Burgan      290ON 4800E        Massive fires, high-pressure and low-pressure
                                             wells, sour crudes, hydrogen sulfide gas,
                                             possible firestorms due to very high concen-
                                             tration of wells over a large area.

           Al Maqwa       2907N 4758E        Massive fires, high-pressure and low-pressure
                                             wells, sour crudes, hydrogen sulfide gas,
                                             possible f irestoms due to very high concen-
                                             tration of wells in a small area.


           Al Wafrah      2805N 4759E        Fire trenches, low-pressure wellhead fires,
                                             oil swamps and bogs, hydrogen sulfide gas,
                                             potential FAE hazard.

           Al Manaqish    2902N 4733E        Fire trenches, mix of low- and high-pressure
                                             wells, sour crude, hydrogen sulfide gas, oil
                                             swamps and bogs, potential FAE hazard.

es, mix of low- and high-pressure
                                             wells, sour crude, hydrogen sulfide gas, oil
                                             swamps and bogs, potential FAE hazard.











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