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Just before the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War, more than 700 wells in Kuwaiti oil fields were set on fire. Several international companies and scientific organisations were involved in extinguishing the fires and in assessing the impact of this major environmental incursion. Kuwaiti Oil Fires: Regional Environmental Perspectives summarises these effects. The topics covered include the application of remote sensing techniques to determine the location of wells on fire and plume movement; air quality and particulate monitoring by ground stations and aircraft measurements; organic and inor

Oil wells --- Environmental impact analysis --- Persian Gulf War, 1991 --- Fires and fire prevention --- Environmental aspects --- Environmental aspects. --- Desert Storm, Operation, 1991 --- Gulf War, 1991 --- Operation Desert Storm, 1991 --- War in the Gulf, 1991 --- Wells, Oil --- Analysis of environmental impact --- Environmental assessment --- Environmental impact assessment --- Environmental impact evaluation --- Impact analysis, Environmental --- Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991 --- Gas wells --- Oil fields --- Petroleum engineering --- Environmental auditing --- Environmental monitoring --- Environmental protection