Kuwaiti oil fires : regional environmental perspectives / by Tahir Husain.

By:

Husain, Tahir

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon, 1995.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780080535302
0080535305
1281072559
9781281072559

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Kuwaiti oil fires.DDC classification:

363.73/922/09536 22

LOC classification:

TD195.P4 H87 1995eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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. <IT>Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives</IT> 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.

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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. <IT>Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives</IT> 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.