Kuwait sets oil well on fire after gas leak

Kuwait Oil Company set fire to an oil well in the north of the country on Wednesday to get rid of gas leaking from the site, state news agency KUNA said. 

The state-owned company said levels of the hydrogen sulphide gas from a well at the Rawdatain oil field close to the Iraqi border were "far below danger levels" KUNA said in an SMS alert.

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