Reuters | Oil fires cast black cloud over Iraqi town retaken from Islamic State Reuters When Iraq's military torched hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells in 1991 ahead of advancing U.S.-led forces, most fires burned for around two months but some wells were not capped for almost a year. The oil ministry said it does not expect to resume ... Oil wells at Qayyara still ablaze, despite Iraqi claims fires coming under control Oil wells south of Mosul burn days after key town retaken Iraq puts out oil-well fires |