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In November of 1991, the last burning oil well in Kuwait was extinguished by the Canadian Calgary based firm Safety Boss. Safety Boss put out 180 of approximately 700 oil-well fires lit by Saddam Hussein’s troops as they evacuated occupied Kuwait and ran from coalition forces during the 43-day war to liberate the petroleum-rich country. Safety Boss was one of the original four firms dispatched to battle one of the century’s worst environmental disasters and were treated as inferior resources by the 3 other Texas based firms that were put in charge of the crisis. Canadian mobility and innovation proved to be more valuable to Kuwait in dealing with the burning oil wells.
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