OILFIELDS IN KUWAIT 4 DEC 90

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Subject = OILFIELDS IN KUWAIT  4 DEC 90                                   

Folder Title = 1ST MARDIV INTREPS  DEC 90  SEC 1 OF 2                                                          

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       SAFETY ZONE (50e METERS) SHOULD PROVIDE ADLQUATE SAFETY. IN EITHER
       CASE, THERE IS A DOWNWIND DANGER OF AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE (MUCH LESS IF
       'FHE WELLHEAD IS BURNING), BUT LESS THAN A KILOMETER.

       ll.-Wo.I.THE GRADE OF CRUDE IS FAIRLY IRRELEVANT To rHE BLOWING OF
       OILFIELDS. ALMOST ALL CRUDE CAN BE IGNITED EASILY BY MILITARY
       OPERATIONS,,PND ONCE IGNITED, WILL BURN READILY.

       12. -M#4-IGNITING SEVERAL WELLHEADS THAT ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER MAY
       RESULT IN A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE, BUT IT WILL NOT BE A "SKY DARKENING"
       PHENOMENON.


       13.-44" THE CURRENT FLAME JET IN THE VICINITY OF THE SAUDI KUWAIT
       CEMENT FACTORY IS PROBABLY TYPICAL OF A BURNING WELLHEAD.


       14.-(-" MOST WELLHEADS ARE ABOUT 2 KMS APART. IF IN A LOW PRESSURE
       FIELD (SUCH AS WAFRA), WITH A 500 METER SAFETY ZONE AWAY FROM A
       BURNING WELLHEAD, THIS STILL SHOULD LEAVE A I KM MOBILITY AREA BETWEEN
       WELLHEADS. ON THE OTHER HAND, IN A HIGH PRESSURE FIELD, W17H A I KM
       $:AFETY ZONE, THERE WOULD BE NO MOBILITY AREA BETWEEN TWO BURNING
       WELLHEADS.




                                          H-C PETERSON JR.

































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