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OIL FIRES

By

M. Nisha

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OIL FIRES

Oil well fires o il wells caught on fire & bur n un con tr o llably

Result o f huma n acti on s, such as accide n ts n atural eve n ts, such as light n in g

Can

exist on a small scale - a n o il field spill fire on a huge scale - as i n geyser-like jetso f flames fr o m ig n ited high pressure

o il wells.

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Ext inguishing t he firesMo re difficult t o exti n guish - e no rm o us fuel

supplyIn fighti n g a fire at a wellhead :

Dyn amite are used t o con sume all the l o calatm o spheric o xyge n & snuff the flame o ut

Do in g so - rem o ves the o xyge n n ecessary f o r thefire t o bur n - fire's fuel sh o wer d o wn up on wo rkin g crew

After s n uffin g, wellhead - capped t o st o p flo w o f o il

At this stage, on e small spark / o ther heat s o urce -re-ig n ite o il.

To preve n t re-ig n ition : brass o r br onz e t oo ls /paraffi n co ated t oo ls - used duri n g cappi n gpr o cess

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Con td.,Explo sive re-ig n ition - may take eve n wo rse

tha n the o rigin al bl o wo utDue t o adva n ces i n tech no lo gy &e n viron me n tal c on cer n s :

Wells - capped while they bur n U se o f high-p o wered water sprays &

Purple K dry chemical (a p o tassiumbicarb on ate mixture)

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O ther Tech n iques

Do usin g with c o pio us am o un ts o f waterR aisin g the plume- In serti n g 1 metal casi n g 30 t o 40 feet higho ver the well head (raisi n g flame ab o ve gr o un d) - Liquidn itro ge n o r water - f o rced i n at b o tt o m reduce o xyge n supply & put o ut fireDrill relief wells redirect o il & make firesmaller (a n d easier t o exti n guish with water)U sin g a gas turbi n e t o blast a fi n e mist atthe fire

U sin g dy n amite - on e o f the earliest effective meth o dsDry Chemical (mai n ly Purple K) - used on small well fires - suchas th o se i n refi n eries

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Its movie time !..

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Effec t sLo ss o f million s o f barrels o f crude o ilEco lo gical pr o blems caused by

Large am o un ts o f sm o ke Un bur n t petr o leum falli n g back t o

earth S m o ke fr o m bur n t crude o il

con tai n s sulfur di o xide, carb on m ono xide, s oo t, be nzo pyre n e, etc.,

E no rm o us ec ono mic lo sses

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KU WAIT OIL FIRESKuwait had set pr o ducti on qu o tas t o alm o st

1.9 milli on barrels per day - sharp dr o p in the priceo f o il.By 1990, Kuwaiti o verpr o ducti on - bec o me a seri o uspo in t o f con te n tion with Iraq.S o me a n alysts speculated : S addam Hussei n 's mai n m o tivati on s - t o pu n ish ruli n g al- S abah family f o r no tst o ppi n g its p o licy o f o verpr o ducti on

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Kuwai t - E nvironmen t al

ImpactsHeavy acid rai n

S ho rt term immediate gl o balwarmi n g

decrease i n air quality,causi n g respirat o ry pr o blemscon tami n ated ar o un d 40million ton s o f sa n d a n dearthVegetati on - adj o in in g the o illakes

gro un dwater res o urces

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