Kuwait CityKuwait CityKuwait City

الكويت الكويت مدينة مدينةMadinat Al KuwaytMadinat Al Kuwayt

Coat of Arms of KuwaitCoat of Arms of Kuwait

The 372 m tall Kuwait Telecommunications Tower is the main communication tower of Kuwait.

Most of Kuwait is low-lying plains and rolling desert.

All Kuwaitis attend free All Kuwaitis attend free compulsory public schools.compulsory public schools.

Al Zumerida reception centre at Salmiya.Al Zumerida reception centre at Salmiya.

National Liberation Days

Kuwait city skyline lit up in month leading up to National Kuwait city skyline lit up in month leading up to National Liberation Days in February. Liberation Days in February.

Water towersThese These traditionallytraditionally-designed -designed water water towers are a towers are a common common feature feature throughout throughout Kuwait's Kuwait's urban urban skyline.skyline.

This small, independent Arab Emirate holds 10 percent of This small, independent Arab Emirate holds 10 percent of the world's proven oil reserves.the world's proven oil reserves.

Petroleum

Burgan field

"It was an incredible revelation last week that the second largest oil field in the world is exhausted and past its peak output. Yet that is what the Kuwait Oil Company revealed about its Burgan field." - 20052005

An oil refinery in Mina-Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. An oil refinery in Mina-Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait.

Operation Desert Storm 1991

USAF aircraft fly over Kuwaiti oil fires, USAF aircraft fly over Kuwaiti oil fires, set by the retreating Iraqi army.set by the retreating Iraqi army.

Flamingos in Kuwait Bay where ships destroyed in Flamingos in Kuwait Bay where ships destroyed in 1990-91 Gulf War lie rusting1990-91 Gulf War lie rusting. .

Oil Peak?

Kuwait admits biggest Kuwait admits biggest oil field's output is oil field's output is dropping. This may be dropping. This may be an example of an example of Hubbert’s Peak. Some Hubbert’s Peak. Some charge that a cause of charge that a cause of the Gulf War was that the Gulf War was that they slant drilled into they slant drilled into Iraqi oil fields to mask Iraqi oil fields to mask the decline.the decline.

Links•Wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait•Meed.com/kuwait/features/2008/04/

•http://www.ridaint.com.lb/other/Kuwait/kuwait.htmhttp://www.ridaint.com.lb/other/Kuwait/kuwait.htm

•http://www.thepersiangulf.org/cities/kuwaitcity.htmlhttp://www.thepersiangulf.org/cities/kuwaitcity.html

•http://www.energybulletin.net/node/10782http://www.energybulletin.net/node/10782

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