SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS

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Subject: SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS                           

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

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Folder Title: ENGR PLAN INTEL                                                                                 

Document Number:          9

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                                                                             AST-266OZ-148-90
                                                                 1            9 January 1991

                              Table II. (U) Distribution of Combustion Products
                                           (Order of Fallout from Fire)

           (UNCLASSIFIED)

           Heaviest products fall   out
           nearest the fire
                                  * Asphaltenes (fallout very near fire)
                                  * Sulfur dioxide.
                                  * Hydrogen sulfide.
                                  * Carbon monoxide.
                                  * Carbon dioxide.
                                  * Unburned light hydrocarbons.
                                  * Fine soot and carbon particulates.
                                  * Sulfurous acid (vapor).

           The lightest products
           will be carried miles
           downwind, with minimum
           fallout near the fire.
           These products will also
           rise thousands of feet
           above the fire.


                                                                             (UNCLASSIFIED)

               C.   (U)   The exact concentration and distribution of these compounds and
           particulates is difficult to determine and is dependent on:

                          9 Combustion rates and temperatures.
                          * Fuel composition and volatility.
                          o Availability of oxygen (air) to the fire.
                          0 Numerous meteorological factors.

           During the preparation of this report, quantitative data and associated software
           for establishing dynamic simulations of oil-well f lres were not available to the
           author.


           7. Prevailing Vinds In the KTO (u)

ly blow from the north-
           northwest southward toward Saudi Arabia. Because of these prevailing winds, the
           smoke and gases from Kuwaiti oil fields most likely will be in the face of
           advancing US/Ally forces along the southern front of the KTO. The Iraqi forces
           will generally be upwind of the fires.



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