As early as December 1990, Iraqi forces placed explosive charges on Kuwaiti oil wells. The wells were systematically sabotaged beginning on January 16, 1991, when the allies commenced …

Apr 9, 2016 · Twenty-five years ago, as the United States-led coalition started driving out Iraqi forces from Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s troops responded by setting ablaze hundreds of oil …

Nov 7, 1991 · During the ground war, Iraqi forces blew up nearly seven hundred Kuwaiti oil wells, setting fire to most of them and creating an unprecedented oil-field disaster.

Jan 18, 2003 · Beginning on January 22, 1991, retreating Iraqi forces set oil wells on fire in Kuwait. By the time they were done, more than 700 oil wells were ablaze, burning an …

Jan 5, 2026 · In February 1991, as Iraqi forces retreated from Kuwait, more than 700 oil wells were deliberately sabotaged and set ablaze. The fires burned day and night, releasing millions …

Sep 2, 2016 · Iraqi troops ignited more than 700 oil wells during that conflict. Ronald Ferek of the U.S. Office of Naval Research saw those fires firsthand in June 1991. “We flew across whole …

Gulf War oil burning refers to the extensive environmental disaster that occurred between January and November 1991, when retreating Iraqi forces set fire to over five hundred oil wells in Kuwait.

When Iraqi troops withdrew from Kuwait at the end of the Persian Gulf War in early 1991, they set fire to more than 600 oil wells and pools of spilled oil in Kuwait, a parting shot that exacted a …

Apr 27, 2023 · In late February 1991, with the commencement of the ground war, Iraqi forces began to systematically and comprehensively destroy more than 750 oil wells throughout …

Nov 16, 2018 · During Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Iraqi military forces set over 600 oil well fires in Kuwait, creating a massive environmental hazard.