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WZLL COLLECI ~N LO~ AREAS N~AR TML SROUND PORls!sic *AS POCKETS h~ICH
ARE ExPLCSIvL ANO MAY CONTAIN L£T~AL CONCE~TRAT:oNS CF MYDROCEN
SULFIDE ~AS (aDO TC bOO PPN)~      ~ML lEATHER CONDITIONS THAT SUPPORT
THE FORMATIUN UF TMESE CANCEROUS ~AS POCKETS OCCUR DUR:No THE
wINTEFI~COOL, CAL~s HUMID CONDIT!O~S~ ESPECIALLY AT N:eMT OR :N T~E
EARLY SOORNIN~ OR DURING AN INVERSION
`I~U) ~O~~~JD~~  CAuAp)    IRACI GROUND ~ORCES ARE ~ERV MUCH AlARE OF
THIS (pAS DAti~L~ AND HAVE EVACUATEu THE I~~EDIATE ARLA0    IMAGERY 9MO~S
NO VEHICLE O~ PERSONNEL NEAR T~L ~ELLHEACS OR OIL.GATMERING CENTE~S~
NuNaUR~I~G (JIL ~LLL BLOWOUTS ASE FAR MUPt DANGEROUS THAN BURNING
h~LLMLAOS# ANU TMIS MAY BE THE IRAOI METHOC OP DESTROYING OTHER C~L
FIELDS IN I(i~i~AIT0   BY RUPTURING hLLLHEAD *CHRISTMAS TREE~ VALVES
wIT~OuT IGNITI~G THEM, THE IRAQIS CAN ~AMI~IzE THE ASSOCTATED GAS
DAN~E~.
5~u) ~J,~fl~     C~Lri£g~  DURING TACTICAL GROLNO OPERATIONS~ NU ONE
SHOULD APPROACH LEAKING OIL WELLS~OR OIL GATHERING CENTERS ftITHOUT
PAGE ~~ RUHGSGG~?52       I   R E T ~~~Oflhi h~tk~wL
FIRST ATTEMPII~G TC IGNITE THE~ FROM A DISTANCE (CNL KM) IN
ORDER TO IG'~IJ~ THE NELLS AND FLASH THESE AREAS0     PRIOR TO ATTEMPTING
TU IG~ITE TriE ~ELLS flR CE~TERS~ E~SURE ALL PERSONNEL ARL CLEAR OF ALL
VAPUR CLOUD~.     IT SHOULO ts~ NOTED THAT DAbIAGED AL ~APRAH
OIL-GATHER~~G LE~TE~ TANK FARMS AHE LLAKI~G OIL THAT ~A~ NOT BE
S~A~1~I£ED A~D CCNTAIN ASSOCIATLD GASES0      THIS POTENTIAL HAtARO IS
SUPPONTED BY IMAGERY, WHICH INDiCATED THAT THE FLARE PITS AND TO~~RS
AFtE OUT AND NO PERSONNEL OR VEHICLES ARE I~ THE AREA~
b~   (U)  THE AL hAFRAM OIL FIELD ~EGAN PI'CCUCTICN IN 1~O3 AND TAPS
OiL RESLRvOI~S AT 7~~~ FT0      AL hAFRAH CRLDE OIL IS A HEAVY, SULFUROUS
KUwAI;I C~U~L ~API     1, TO ~3, 3o~ ~EIGHT SULFUR)0  SECAUSE MOST AL
WAFRAH ~ELLb' A~E MECHANICAL LIF~ hELLS, ~ASSIVE OIL CUTPLOWS FLOODING
ACRES OF LAttU a~E ~UT OBSERVED.     ALTHoU~~ THE OIL CUTFLOw IS RATHER
SMALL, OhINt, Ju THE DEPTH OF TH~SL AELLS A~D THE HIGH SULFU~ CONTENT
OF  TH~ CRUD~, A CO~~IDERABLL CU1FLO~ CF HvVRO6EN SULFIDE GAS AT THE

~U.PTU(uWE~U ~EsLDCLENHE~Ac0: pI~c P~OS~LAtITLCV L~ClCHUE:RcE:N(PE: 2ICCK. CCJ3-PT(sTo~, A~
31S-8~63-~e~, LXT 283~2be~ DVST S~b3-3a~0~~
MINIMIZE CO~SIUERED~~
DECL~uAL)R~~
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