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Husain, Tahir.

Kuwaiti oil fires : regional environmental perspectives / by Tahir Husain. - 1st ed. - Oxford ; New York : Pergamon, 1995. - 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Economic Development and Oil Exploration in Kuwait and Iraq. The Gulf Environmental Crisis: Preparations, Predictions, and Warning. Extinguising Kuwaiti Oil Fires. Source Estimates. Smoke Plume Characterization. Air Quality Monitoring. Particulate Monitoring. Modeling Approach. Models used during Kuwaiti oil fires. Environmental Impact Assessment. Impact on human health. Impact on weather. Major Episodes -- Lessons Learned and the Future. Future emergency response.

Just before the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, more than 700 wells in Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire. Several international companies and scientific organisations were involved in extinguishing the fires and in assessing the impact of this major environmental incursion. Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives summarises these effects. The topics covered include the application of remote sensing techniques to determine the location of wells on fire and plume movement; air quality and particulate monitoring by ground stations and aircraft measurements; organic and inorganic constituents in the air; use of modeling techniques to study dispersion characteristics of pollutants and deposition of soot; and the efforts by the fire fighters in extinguishing fires and capping the wells. A brief overview of the causes of the crisis and the role of regional and international groups in resolving the dispute is presented as well as some basic and useful statistics of the region covering general information on economic aspects and exploitation of oil resources in both Iraq and Kuwait. Problems faced by the fire fighting teams, the preparations made to overcome the problems, and technology used in extinguishing the well fires are also discussed. Numerous colour photographs are used to illustrate the problems encountered and the techniques involved in their solution.

ISBN: 9780080535302 (electronic bk.) 0080535305 (electronic bk.) 1281072559 9781281072559

Source: 128516:119428 Elsevier Science & Technology http://www.sciencedirect.com

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1991

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention--Environmental aspects--Persian Gulf Region.
Environmental impact analysis--Persian Gulf Region.
Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention--Kuwait.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Environmental aspects.
Pétrole--Puits--Incendies et prévention des incendies--Aspect de l'environnement--Persique, Région du golfe.
Environnement--Études d'impact--Persique, Région du golfe.
Pétrole--Puits--Incendies et prévention des incendies--Koweït.
Guerre du golfe Persique, 1991--Aspect de l'environnement.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Environmental--Pollution Control.
Environmental impact analysis.
Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention.
Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention--Environmental aspects.
Aardolie.
Branden.
Milieurampen.
Golfoorlog (1991)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Kuwait.
Middle East--Persian Gulf Region.

Subjects--Index Terms: Environment Effects of Extraction Of Petroleum Kuwait

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TD195.P4 / H87 1995eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.73/922/09536