Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives

By Tahir Husain

Hardbound. 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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 008042418X
• ISBN13: 9780080424187
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Pergamon
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 7.0"