DAMAGE TO OIL FACILITIES

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Subject: DAMAGE TO OIL FACILITIES

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MARCH 1991







DAMAGE TO MARITIME AND



CIVIL AVIATION FACILITIES IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT,







DAMAGE TO MARITIME AND CIVIL AVIATION FACILITIES

IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT







SUMMARY:



KUWAITI PORTS AND OFFSHORE POL FACILITIES:



THE KUWAITI PORT OF ASH SHUWAYKH, SEVERAL POL FACILITIES AT ASH

SHUAYBAH AND MINA AL AHMADI, AND THE KUWAITI NAVAL FACILITY AT

RAS AL QULAYAH WERE DAMAGED FROM BOTH COALITION ATTACK

SABOTAGE DURING THE IRAQI OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT







IRAQI PORTS AND OFFSHORE POL FACILITIES:



THE IRAQI PORTS OF UMM OASR AND KHOR AZ ZUBAYR AND THE POL

TERMINAL AT MINA AL BAKR WERE DAMAGED BY ALLIED COALITION ATTACKS

SINCE MID-JANUARY. BOTH PORTS ARE PROBABLY CAPABLE OF

FUNCTIONING BUT REPAIRS WILL BE REQUIRED TO THE MINA AL BAKR POL

TERMINAL, AND PROBABLY THE PIPELINES THAT SUPPLY IT, BEFORE THE

TERMINAL CAN BE USED.







MINA AL AHMADI NORTH POL TERMINAL, KUWAIT:







AN OIL PIPELNE MANIFOLD AT THE

BASE OF THE JETTY WAS DAMAGED AND BURNING.







MINA AL BAKR POL TERMINAL, IRAQ:

IRAQ TANKER          SUBMERGED OFF THE POL

TERMINAL.

FEBRUARY, OIL WAS LEAKING

FROM          TERMINAL'S LOADING PLATFORMS AND THE

TANKER.







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