Rumaila field

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Oil fire at the Rumaila oil field
Oil fire at the Rumaila oil field

The Rumaila Field is an oil field located in Kuwait and southern Iraq. The dispute between Iraq and Kuwait over slant-drilling in the field was one of reasons for Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.[1] This giant oil field was discovered by Braspetro, a Brazilian company in the 1970s.[citation needed] Under Saddam Hussein, it was nationalized by Iraq. Since then, this massive oil field remains under Iraqi and Kuwaiti control.

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  1. ^ Thomas C. Hayes, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D7173CF930A3575AC0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print CONFRONTATION IN THE GULF; The Oilfield Lying Below the Iraq-Kuwait Dispute], The New York Times, September 3, 1990


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