This license is for scooters and mopeds with no more than 50 cc (3.1 cu in), and a maximum speed of 45 km/h (28 mph). E.U. member countries that had not fully implemented the E.U. directive that refers to the moped and other drivers license categories had to do so by 2013 at the latest.
These fires constituted approximately 50% of the total number of oil well fires in the history of the petroleum industry, and damaged or destroyed approximately 85% of the wells in every major Kuwaiti oil field. Concerted efforts to bring the fires and other damage under control began in April 1991.
Why Did Iraq Invade Kuwait In 1990? The invasion of the Emirate of Kuwait by Ba'athist Iraq in 1990 led to the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. Retreating Iraqi forces set on fire over 600 Kuwaiti oil wells causing massive environmental and economical damage in Kuwait.