- Author
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Husain, T.
- Coporate
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- Book or Conf
- Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives,
Elsevier Science Inc., Tarrytown, NY,
306 p.,
1995
- Keywords
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oil well fires
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environmental effects
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fire prevention
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smoke plumes
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pollution
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extinguishing
- Identifiers
- Persian Gulf Region; economic development and oil exploration in Kuwait and Iraq; Gulf environmental crisis: preparations, prediction and warnings; challenges, technology and success in extinguishing Kuwaiti well fires; source estimates; smoke plume characterization; monitoring and assessment of gaseous pollutants; particulate monitoring; modeling approach; environmental impact assessment; major episodes - lessons learned and future emergency response