VOL. XXXIV

NO. 28

15-APRIL-1991

Kuwait

Kuwait's Estimates Damage to Oil Sector at $100bn

The Kuwaiti representative at the United Nations, Mr. Muhammad Abu al-Hasan,has submitted a report to the UN Secretary General on the estimated cost of thedamage inflicted by the Iraqi forces on the Kuwaiti oil sector. The reportstates that some 700 oil wells out of a total of 1,080 sustained considerabledamage during the Iraqi occupation, and that the damage to the oil sector is nowestimated at more than...