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KOC controls very limited fire with no casualties |
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Saturday, 13 March 2010 00:00 |
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KUWAIT, March 12 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Friday that the Kuwait Oil Company managed to control a limited fire without casualties or impact on production this morning.
Spokesman for the oil sector, Managing Director of Government and Parliamentary Relations and Public Relations and Media at KPC, Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that KOC was able to extinguish a "very limited fire" that broke out in one of the heaters of the oil-gathering center 27 in West Kuwait.
He said the fire occurred at about 10:30 on Friday morning, adding that the center's employees have succeeded in extinguishing the fire quickly by using the fire-fighting equipment located at the center, pointing out that the heater was immediately isolated and center operations returned back to normal afterwards.
He said that an investigation is under way to find out the causes behind the fire. - Kuna
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