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Mar 17, 2003
Extinguishing Oil Well Fires
Iraqi forces set fire to over seven hundred Kuwaiti oil wells during the last Gulf War, leaving a dangerous mess for allied forces to face. Companies like Red Adair's Wild Well Control, Safety Boss, Boots and Coots, and Cudd Pressure Control, went to Kuwait to extinguish the blazing wells. What will happen if we go to war with Iraq? Some analysts fear that Saddam Hussein might set his own oil fields on fire to slow down the allied advance. Host Larry Mantle speaks with Mike Miller, president and CEO of Safety Boss, an oilfield firefighting company based in Calgary, about capping and controlling sabotaged oil wells.

Iraqi forces set fire to over seven hundred Kuwaiti oil wells during the last Gulf War, leaving a dangerous mess for allied forces to face. Companies like Red Adair's Wild Well Control, Safety Boss, Boots and Coots, and Cudd Pressure Control, went to Kuwait to extinguish the blazing wells. What will happen if we go to war with Iraq? Some analysts fear that Saddam Hussein might set his own oil fields on fire to slow down the allied advance. Host Larry Mantle speaks with Mike Miller, president and CEO of Safety Boss, an oilfield firefighting company based in Calgary, about capping and controlling sabotaged oil wells.

Iraqi forces set fire to over seven hundred Kuwaiti oil wells during the last Gulf War, leaving a dangerous mess for allied forces to face. Companies like Red Adair's Wild Well Control, Safety Boss, Boots and Coots, and Cudd Pressure Control, went to Kuwait to extinguish the blazing wells. What will happen if we go to war with Iraq? Some analysts fear that Saddam Hussein might set his own oil fields on fire to slow down the allied advance. Host Larry Mantle speaks with Mike Miller, president and CEO of Safety Boss, an oilfield firefighting company based in Calgary, about capping and controlling sabotaged oil wells.

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Host, AirTalk
Host, Morning Edition, AirTalk Friday, The L.A. Report Morning Edition
Senior Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Producer, AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Associate Producer, AirTalk & FilmWeek
Associate Producer, AirTalk
Associate Producer (On-Call), AirTalk
Apprentice News Clerk, FilmWeek