Environmental effects of the Kuwaiti oil field fires

1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1530-1532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juergen Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil Field Fires

Environmental effects of saline oil-field discharges on surface waters

1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1187-1195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Boelter ◽  
Fred N. Lamming ◽  
Aida M. Farag ◽  
Harold L. Bergman
Keyword(s):  
Surface Waters ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Oil Field

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND SOURCE FINGERPRINTING OF DEPOSITIONAL OIL FROM THE KUWAIT OIL FIRES

1993 ◽  
Vol 1993 (1) ◽  
pp. 407-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles B. Henry ◽  
Edward B. Overton
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Oil Sand ◽  
Oil Residue ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Mean Concentration ◽  
Oil Field Fires

ABSTRACT Depositional oil and soot derived from the 1991 Kuwait oil field fires produced huge tar mats in the desert. The concentration of oil in the upper 5 cm of the desert surface ranged from 1.16 to 8.92 percent oil by weight as determined by TPH analysis over a 10 km transect in southern Kuwait. The mean concentration of asphaltenes in the tar mat samples was estimated at 62 percent; a greater than 17-fold increase in concentration over unweathered Kuwait crude oil. The remaining oil forming these tar mats is believed to be derived from petroleum that escaped combustion within the well fires. Results from GC/MS analyses characterize the depositional oil as being significantly altered by evaporative weathering. We suspect that evaporation of the depositional oil will continue, further consolidating the weathered oil, sand, and soot into asphalt-like zones which will remain for a very long time as features of the Kuwait desert. Significant quantities of oil residue from the fires also fell into the Arabian Gulf, contributing to what may be the largest man-made oil spill.

scholarly journals Flame Heights And Heat Release Rates Of 1991 Kuwait Oil Field Fires

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1279-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Evans ◽  
D. Madrzykowski ◽  
G. Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Heat Release ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Release Rates ◽  
Oil Field Fires

Effect of Kuwait oil field fires on human comfort and environment in Jubail, Saudi Arabia

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Riley ◽  
Neal G. Hicks ◽  
T. Lewis Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Oil Field ◽  
Human Comfort ◽  
Oil Field Fires
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