Gulf War oil spill - Wikipedia
The Gulf War oil spill, or the "Persian Gulf oil spill", was one of the largest oil spills in history, resulting from the Gulf War in 1991. [1] In January 1991, Iraqi forces allegedly began dumping oil into the Persian Gulf to stop a U.S. coalition-led water landing on their shores.
1991 Gulf War Oil Spill - Стэнфордский университет
It was revealed that in a last-ditch attempt to prevent U.S. forces from landing on the beaches of Kuwait, Iraqi forces intentionally dumped oil into the Persian Gulf. They released oil from eight oil tankers, a refinery, two terminals, and a tank field. [2]
Gulf War Oil Disaster: A Brief History - CounterSpill
2011年4月10日 · Iraqi forces purposefully opened valves at the Sea Island oil terminal and dumped oil from several tankers into the Persian Gulf in a strategic wartime move against U.S. forces. The U.S. accused the Iraqis of committing “environmental terrorism” by intentionally spilling several million barrels of oil.
The Gulf War Oil Spill: A Man-made Disaster
The goal of this spill was to impede US troops from attempting beach landings, but in the end the spill simply resulted in over 240 million gallons of crude oil being dumped into the Persian Gulf. This spill is one of the first times in military history where a natural resource and specifically pollution was used as a tactic of war.
1991 Gulf War Oil Spill - ScienceDirect
2011年1月1日 · The release of 11 million barrels of crude oil into the Arabian Gulf during the 1991 Gulf War resulted in the largest oil spill in history. Maximum oil was transported to the south along the shoreline, where bulk of floating oil got trapped …
The total amount of oil spilled into the Gulf almost certainly constituted the largest oil spill ever. It was much bigger than the Exxon Valdez disaster in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in March 1989, of around 250,000 barrels; and also bigger than the less well-known but larger oil rig accident in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979, of over 3,750,000 ...
(PDF) 1991 Gulf War Oil Spill - ResearchGate
2011年12月31日 · The release of 11 million barrels of crude oil into the Arabian Gulf during the 1991 Gulf War resulted in the largest oil spill in history. Maximum oil was transported to the south along the...
THE PERSIAN GULF WAR OIL SPILL devastation throughout the Persian Gulf. The shrimp industry in the Gulf was practically wiped out, fish and other marine life were ravaged, and the Gulf's rich coral reef was put on the brink of extinction.'3 Highlighted by recent concern over grave global implications of con-
Saudi Arabia's response to the 1991 Gulf oil spill - ScienceDirect
1993年1月1日 · For the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the 1991 Gulf War oil spill represented a crisis with enormous implications for Saudi Arabia's people, for the coalition armies defending its sovereignty, and perhaps more import- antly, for the fragile natural resources of the Gulf for which the Kingdom's Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration ...
Environmental impact of the Gulf wars - Wikipedia
The environmental damage caused by the oil fires was arguably the most impactful environmental catastrophe related to the First Gulf War. Discussion at the 1991 World Climate Conference in January included talks of a predicted nuclear winters , acid rain and immediate global warming spreading into Europe and Asia from the Persian epicentre.