Why do they drill oil in Iraq?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

Because it's there. If there are oil reserves in a country you drill for them.

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∙ 14y ago

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Why are Iraq invade Kuwait?

Iraq invaded Kuwait because the US ambassador to Iraq told him he could. What happened: In 1990 the Kuwaitis bought a machine called a slant drill. It's used by oil drillers to get into really weird oil deposits. If you found a pool of oil under a 5000-foot mountain, you would slant drill into the pool because drilling straight down through a 5000-foot mountain would take a very long time. Kuwait didn't want the drill to go around a mountain; they bought it to drill into the al-Rumaila Oil Field. This they did. The al-Rumaila Oil Field is completely inside Iraq. Oops. Saddam called a meeting with our ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie, and told her that if she didn't have the US tell Kuwait to stop tapping Iraq's oil he was going to annex Kuwait into Iraq. (Iraq has 18 provinces. They consider Kuwait to be their 19th province.) Glaspie told Saddam, "the United States has no position on your current border dispute." Saddam read that as meaning the US didn't care whether he invaded Kuwait so he did that.

Is Iraq rich or poor?

Iraq is on of the richest countries in the world in oil. America comes to Iraq to take the oil. Iraq is a country that carries billion and billions of money and that comes from the oil the American want to take

Which country is the largest exporter of oil?

Iraq It has alot alot of oil Iraq is your awnser

Who is the Minister of Oil for Iraq?

Abd Al-Karim Luaybi is the Minister of Oil for Iraq.

What was the purpose of oil rigs?

Drill for oil

What does Iraq produce?

Iraq is a major producer of oil...

What food does Iraq export?

Iraq exports oil

When was Iraq National Oil Company created?

Iraq National Oil Company was created in 1966.

Which country invaded Iraq in 1991 for oil resources?

No country invaded Iraq in 1991 for oil resources. The UN Coalition that invaded Iraq in 1991 did so to liberate Kuwait, an Emirate that Iraq had invaded in 1990 for their oil resources.

What was the purpose of the oil drill?

to extract the oil out of the ground

What is Iraq's major export?

Iraq's major export is oil

How was Iraq affected by the invasion in?

Oil production in Iraq dropped

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