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Schlumberger. Schlumberger NV (French: [ʃlumbɛʁʒe, ʃlœ̃b-]), doing business as SLB, also known as Schlumberger Limited, [2] is an American oilfield services company. [3][4] As of 2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest offshore drilling contractor by revenue. [5]
As of 2016, Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. [1] Oil reserves were discovered in 1938. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization.
K-Dow Petrochemicals. K-Dow Petrochemicals was a planned $17.4 billion joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) of the State of Kuwait, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). [ 1] A joint venture between the two companies was signed in July 2008. [ 2]
Baker Hughes. Baker Tubulars. BGR Energy Systems. Calfrac Well Services. Canary (formerly Frontier Energy Group) CGG. Challenger. China Oilfield Services. Clough Group.
Smoke plumes from a few of the Kuwaiti Oil Fires on April 7, 1991, as seen from Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-37. [1] [2]The Kuwaiti oil fires were caused by the Iraqi military setting fire to a reported 605 to 732 oil wells along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas, such as oil lakes and fire trenches, as part of a scorched earth policy while retreating from Kuwait in ...
The Liberation of Kuwait campaign was led by the United States between 24 and 28 February 1991, consisting of a major ground offensive into Iraqi-occupied Kuwait following the successful Gulf War air campaign. Approximately 650,000 troops of the American-led 42-country coalition swept into Kuwait to find the bulk of the 500,000 Iraqi troops ...
20–80 AMX-F3 155mm SPHs destroyed/captured [ 14 ][ 15 ] The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War. After defeating the State of Kuwait on 4 August 1990, Iraq went on to militarily occupy the country for the next seven months. [ 16 ]
Kuwait National Petroleum Company. The Al Zour Refinery is an oil refinery in Southern Kuwait. It is the second-largest refinery in the Middle East. [1][2][3] It is an essential part of Kuwait Vision 2035. [4][5] It is Kuwait's largest environmental friendly oil refinery. [6][4] Al Zour Refinery is a Kuwait-China cooperation project under the ...