According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's report to Congress, "the retreating Iraqi army set fire to or damaged over 700 oil wells, storage tanks, refineries, and facilities in Kuwait."United States Environmental Protection Agency (1991). "Report to Congress: United States Gulf Environmental Technical Assistance" , pp. 14, A-1. Estimates placed the number of oil well fires from 605 to 732. A further thirty-four wells had been destroyed by heavy coalition bombing in January. The Kuwait Petroleum Company's estimate as of September 1991 was that there had been 610 fires, out of a total of 749 facilities damaged or on fire along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas, such as "oil lakes" and "fire trenches". These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry, and temporarily damaged or destroyed approximately 85% of the wells in every major Kuwaiti oil field.
according to the us environmental protection agency's report to congress "the retreating iraqi army set fire to or damaged over 700 oil wells storage tanks refineries and facilities in kuwait"united states environmental protection agency (1991) "report to congress united states gulf environmental technical assistance"  pp 14 a-1 estimates placed the number of oil well fires from 605 to 732 a further thirty-four wells had been destroyed by heavy coalition bombing in january the kuwait petroleum company's estimate as of september 1991 was that there had been 610 fires out of a total of 749 facilities damaged or on fire along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas such as "oil lakes" and "fire trenches" these fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry and temporarily damaged or destroyed approximately 85% of the wells in every major kuwaiti oil field