VOL. XXXIV

NO. 51

23-SEPTEMBER-1991

Kuwait

Kuwait Lost 3% of Its Recoverable Reserves because of Fires, Says Ruqbah

Kuwait has lost approximately three billion barrels of its recoverablereserves because of the burning and gushing oil wells that were blown up duringthe last days of the Iraqi occupation, according to Dr. Hamoud al-Ruqbah, theKuwaiti Minister of Oil. He told journalists last week that of the country's200bn barrels of oil-in-place and 100bn barrels of recoverable reserves, "Ithink...