Soon after the Gulf War, investigators reported on this area  During the war, when normal oil production slowed down, the area suffered hundreds of smoky oil fires and wanton oil crossflows  However, after the war, the oil pollution in this area was lighter than before the war investigated by them
They also reported that compared with the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (abbreviated as PAHs) in the record of Baltic oil production areas with a mild climate, the concentration of compounds in this area is relatively low and it is used to produce combustible products: PAHs, which were ejected and burned from oil wells during the war
 Oil pollution and PAHs pollution dissipate faster in desert areas than in mild climate areas