VOL. XXXIV

NO. 28

15-APRIL-1991

Kuwait

Kuwait Oil Fires and Potential Damage to Oil Reservoirs

According to reports from Kuwait, it is now feared that the fires which havebeen raging in some 500 to 600 oil wells since the Iraqi forces set them ablazeat the end of February are now feared to be causing long-term damage to theoilfield reservoirs because of water coning (the encroachment of water in thewell bore of a water-drive reservoir because of an excessive rate ofproduction). Due to the...