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The Rumaila Field is an oil field located in Kuwait and southern Iraq. The dispute between Iraq and Kuwait over allegedly 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.

^ 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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 [[Image:fire_at_rumaila_field.jpg|thumb|300px|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 [[Gulf War|Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990]].<ref>Thomas C. Hayes, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D7173CF930A3575AC0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print CONFRONTATION IN THE GULF;
+The '''Rumaila Field''' is an [[oil field]] located in [[Kuwait]] and southern [[Iraq]]. The dispute between Iraq and Kuwait over allegedly slant-drilling in the field was one of reasons for [[Gulf War|Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990]].<ref>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</ref> This giant [[oil field]] was discovered by [[Braspetro]], a [[Brazil|Brazilian]] company in the 1970s.{{fact|date=November 2007}} Under [[Saddam Hussein]], it was nationalized by [[Iraq]]. Since then, this massive oil field remains under Iraqi and [[Kuwaiti]] control.