The last oil well fire in Kuwait is extinguished.

Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935, Standard Oil drilled the first commercially viable oil well.

An interactive map showing Iraq's oil infrastructure, including the locations of oil pipelines, refineries, tanker terminals, gas and oil fields as well as oil wells, is available for the public for the first time ever.

If Kenya s government fails to protect the Turkana from the oil companies as well, its people might well start shooting.

Completion strategy

Non oil sectors performed well in 2004, particularly transport, telecoms, real estate, banking and finance.

As set out in the Special Court's completion strategy, the completion of the Court's mandate will be carried out in two phases, namely, the completion phase and the post completion phase.

Iran submitted an analysis of satellite images used to track the movements of the oil spills and contaminants from the oil well fires from Kuwait to Iran.

The agreement involves partnerships between the State owned oil companies of the three countries in projects on oil prospecting, refining and transportation as well as ship construction.

Pollutants from the oil well fires and damaged oil wells in Kuwait Oil spills into the Persian Gulf from pipelines, offshore terminals and tankers Influx of refugees into the territories of some of the Claimants Operations of military personnel and equipment Mines and other remnants of war and Exposure of the populations of the Claimants to pollutants from the oil well fires and oil spills in Kuwait and to hostilities and various acts of violence.

Terrorist efforts by the insurgency, as well as spreading death, heartache and misery, will only delay the completion of the Multinational Force mandate.

Iraq asserts that Syria has not established that pollutants from the Kuwait oil well fires reached Syria in toxic levels, or that there is a causal link between any respiratory pathology in Syria and the oil well fires in Kuwait.

The transfer of power from father to son took place peacefully, and Ilham s administration has presided over completion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan oil pipeline to the annoyance of Russia and Armenia.

Estimates of its newfound oil reserves place it in eighth place among oil producing nations, ahead of Nigeria as well as Brazil s rival for influence in Latin America,Venezuela.

A well designed tax on oil would also reduce demand, thereby lowering the potential for windfall profits for those who rule or own the ground over the oil deposits.

China imports oil from Sudan, and Sudan imports low cost items as well as armaments from China.

The severity of the 1991 oil spills and the extent of the areas affected are well documented.

Iran presented evidence intended to show that the oil spills created oil slicks in an extended area of the Persian Gulf, and that the oil well fires resulted in the deposition of particulate matter over large areas of land and sea.

Completion date July 2005

If, however, remaining fugitives are not delivered within the coming months, their late delivery may well push the completion of all trials beyond that date.

The plight of girls in the higher levels of primary schools, as well as completion and retention rates of boys and girls, should be highlighted.

A conflict occurred in December 2009, when Iraq accused Iran of seizing an oil well on the border.

Iran claims that pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait were deposited in parts of its territory.

Eighteen countries have reached the completion point and 10 are between the decision and completion points.

The fourth claim unit is for damage to or depletion of marine resources in Iran caused by The oil spills in the Persian Gulf and Pollutants from the oil well fires.

According to Iraq, there are many other potential sources of oil pollution in the Gulf that can equally well, or even better, explain the presence of oil on the Iranian coast.

In five further countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria and Rwanda), joint programming efforts are well under way and programme documents are at various stages of completion.

She had drawn attention to the Committee's first decision under the complaints procedure of the Optional Protocol as well as the completion of the first inquiry.

Saudi Arabia is boosting its spending on social and infrastructure investments substantially, as well as expanding oil sector capacity.

Completion date first trimester 2006

Completion date late April 2005

Completion of the Committee's work

Completion of the Committee's work

Third claim unit Respiratory effects of the Kuwait oil well fires on children Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 72,406,376 for losses suffered as a result of the exposure of sections of its child population to pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait.

But it is doubtful that even well intentioned policymakers have a good handle on, say, how to raise secondary school completion rates sustainably or reduce maternal mortality.

Now, that's just one story about oil, and we could end it there and say, Well, oil's going to last forever because, well, there's just a lot of it.

And Nigeria, with the oil sector, had the reputation of being corrupt and not managing its own public finances well.

They also form a majority in some Gulf states, as well as in the oil rich regions of Saudi Arabia.

Oil brings in huge amounts of money, of course, and along with that come expectations of many, well paid jobs.

Natural resources Yemen's principal natural resources are oil and natural gas as well as agriculturally productive land in the west.

Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.

Iran states that the oil well fires in Kuwait produced massive air pollution that spread to all the surrounding regions.

Iraq further argues that Saudi Arabia over estimates the actual levels of air pollution caused by the oil well fires.

In the life of individuals as well as of institutions, the completion of 60 years is a significant moment for stocktaking certainly in my part of the world.

BL Well Daphne, we've been going short on gas and oil recently and casting our net just a little bit wider.