At the end of January 1991, Iraq began to deliberately spill massive amounts of oil into the Persian Gulf, in an apparent attempt to foil a potential landing by US Marines on Kuwait's coast. [1] [2] It also made commandeering oil reserves dangerous for US and Coalition forces as visibility and movement were inhibited.

2018年5月29日 · Much of the petroleum contaminants in the Arabian Gulf region are due to onshore and offshore oilfields, discharges from refineries and shipping traffic, petrochemical plants, regional...

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]

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 …

2018年5月29日 · The following article is a review of oil spills in the Arabian Gulf with a focus on the Kuwait Spill during the Gulf War. The article provides some background on the events leading up to the oil spill, as well as the extent and details of the spill.

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 ...

Initial Notification: During the 1991 Gulf War, tankers and oil terminals in Kuwait were destroyed, causing the release of an estimated 6-8 million barrels (252 - 336 million gallons) of oil into the waters of the Arabian (Persian) Gulf.

Following the enormous oil spills resulting from the 1990-91 military conflict in the Gulf, fears were expressed concerning dissipation of oil from the Gulf into the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. To investigate contamination of the northern Arabian Sea, …

1991年12月31日 · TL;DR: A review of oil spills in the Arabian Gulf with a focus on the Kuwait Spill during the Gulf War is presented in this article, where the authors provide some background on the events leading up to the oil spill and the extent and details of the spill.

1991年11月11日 · At the end of January 1990, intentionally spilled oil was reported in Kuwaiti and Northern Saudi Arabian waters. The magnitude of the spill was unknown and estimates varies from 0-5 to 11 million barrels (best estimate according to Meteorology and Environmental Protection Administration (MEPA) is 4-6 million barrels).