SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS

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Subject: SERIOUS OILFIRE GAS AND SMOKE DANGERS                           

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

Folder Title: ENGR PLAN INTEL                                                                                 

Document Number:          9

Folder Seq  #:         84





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                                                                                    AST-266OZ-148-90
                                                                                      9 January 1991



                                               TABLE OF CONTENTS


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            Preface  ..............................................................                 iii


            SECTION I.           Y (U)   ..............................................               I

            SECTION 11. KUWAITI OIL WELLS tLO !ISPS@)(U)

                 1. Introduction (U)      .............................................               5
                 2.  Shallow Low-Pressure Wells (U)     ................................              5
                 3.  Deep High-Pressure Wells (U)      .................................              5
                 4.  The Dangers of South Kuwaiti Oil Fields (                 U)  .........          7

            SECTION III. KUWAITI OIL-WELL FIRES (                  (U)

                 1.  Introduction ('U)    .............................................               9
                 2.  Light, Flammable Southern Kuwaiti Crude Oil @toltlixu@             .....       10
                 3.  Heavier, Less Flammable Northern Kuwaiti Crude Oil 0                   U)      10
                 4.  Dangers from Flames, Fireballs, and Intense Heat (U                            10
                 S.  Dangers from Carbon Dioxide Gas and Oxygen Depletion         (U)   .....       13
                 6.  Oil-Fire Smoke and Combustion Products (Gases) (U)          ...........        14
                 7.  Prevailing Winds in the KTO (U)       ..............................           15
                 S.  Carbon Particulates and Effects (U)       ..........................           16
.  Health Problems Associated With Smoke (U)        ....................          16
                 10. Materiel Problems Associated With Smoke (U)         ..................         17
                 11. Expected Night-Vision Problems (U)        ...........................          17

            SECTION  IV. KUWAITI FIRE TRENCHES                  U)

                 1.  Flame Obstacle (U)     ...........................................             19
                 2.  Estimated Burn Time (U)     ......................................             23
                 3.  Heat From Fire Trench (U)      ....................................            24

            SECTION  V. HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS (U)

                 1.  Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Danger (U)       ..............................           25
                 2.  Optimum Meteorological Conditions for Hydrogen Sulfide
                       Gas-Cloud Formation     ........................................             26


            Distribution List     ....................................................              27



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