September 23, 2004
Oil Scenery
We took a ride out to the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) facility down south.
This is one of the well-heads being flared off.
This is an "oil lake." I didn't swim in it.
During the first Gulf War, the Iraqi military destroyed much of KOC's facilities in the area, including a large number of the holding tanks and gathering centers for oil production. The Kuwaitis rebuilt all of them except for one, so they could have something to show people as an example of what happened to them.
This is a partially melted holding tank that the Iraqis blew up.
The crumpled thing on the ground in this picture if a fully melted holding tank.
Near the area of this damage, there is the small hill which the Kuwaitis swear is natural and is the highest natural point in Kuwait.
Posted by Sam at September 23, 2004 11:53 AM