Rumaila oil field
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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.
References
- ^ 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