VOL. XXXV

NO. 2

14-OCTOBER-1991

Kuwait

Fire-fighting Work Gathers Pace; 80% of Damaged Oil Wells Recapped

The oil-well fire-fighting work in Kuwait - now being carried out by 33 teamsfrom the US and Canada, Iran, France, Hungary, Romania, China and Kuwait itself- has gathered pace in the past few weeks. Mr. Sa'ud al-Nashmi, Kuwait OilCompany's General Manager of Drilling and Well Control, announced on 9 Octoberthat about 80% of the damaged or burning wells in Kuwait's oilfields have nowbeen...