Kuwait marks 35 years since last oil well fire extinguished

On this day in 1991, Kuwait celebrated the extinguishing of the last oil well that was burning in the Burgan field in Al-Ahmadi, under the patronage and presence of the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, concluding months of intensive operations involving specialists from Kuwait and friendly countries. The oil well fires generated massive clouds of smoke and flames…