Spills · oil
Persian gulf, kuwait
Arabian Gulf Spills; Persian Gulf, Kuwait · NOAAORR-6786
- issued
- 1991-01-19 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1991-02-02 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1991-02-02 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 29.500, 48.000
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Arabian Gulf Spills; Persian Gulf, Kuwait. Persian Gulf, Kuwait. 1. During the 1991 Gulf War, tankers and oil terminals in Kuwait were destroyed, causing the release of an estimated 6-8 million barrels (252 - 336 million gallons) of oil into the waters of the Arabian (Persian) Gulf. Many oil wells in Kuwait were destroyed and set on fire, resulting in the release of much greater amounts of oil and combustion products to land, air, and water in Kuwait. [Edited 05/18/2010 to clarify the amounts of oil released to water vs land and air in this incident.] 2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: KUWAIT CRUDE OIL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 336000009 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 29.500N 048.000E. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6786: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6786
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 29 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 31.2 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 39.3 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 42 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 42.3 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 49.6 nm
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