▁by ▁Colonel ▁Q add af i . ▁The ▁wild ▁well s ▁were ▁not ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁news ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁perpet r ations ▁not ▁revealed . ▁Until ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁G ulf ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁simultane ous ▁well ▁fire ▁ever . ▁In ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁number ▁and ▁fer ocity ▁of ▁the ▁blow outs ▁B P ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁fire ▁f ighter ▁Red ▁Ada ir ▁plus ▁his ▁lie uten ants ▁Bo ots ▁& ▁Co ots . ▁On ▁arrival ▁the ▁crew ▁drove ▁around ▁the ▁field ▁to ▁assess ▁the ▁task . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁well s ▁had ▁not ▁caught ▁fire ▁but ▁was ▁er upt ing ▁cru de . ▁Living ▁up ▁to ▁his ▁larger ▁than ▁life ▁reputation ▁mirror ed ▁by ▁John ▁Wayne ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁Hell fig h ters ▁Ada ir ▁approached ▁the ▁well ▁and ▁closed ▁the ▁und am aged ▁master ▁val ve ▁saying ▁( re put edly ) ▁" one ▁down ▁four ▁to ▁go ". ▁On ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁camp ▁he ▁informed ▁B P ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁cap ▁the ▁well s ▁una ided ▁and ▁dispatch ed ▁Bo ots ▁& ▁Co ots ▁back ▁to ▁Houston . ▁He ▁ex ting u ished ▁the ▁fires ▁in ▁ 3 ▁weeks . ▁ ▁Initial ▁production ▁from ▁the ▁main ▁Sar ir ▁oil ▁well s ▁aver aged ▁, ▁with ▁some ▁ach ieving ▁rates ▁of ▁. ▁Since ▁Sar ir ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁gas ▁cap ▁and ▁G OR s ▁vary ▁between ▁ 6 0 - 2 2 5 ▁static ▁ft ³ ▁per ▁bar rel ,