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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...