HOUSTON -- Oil field firefighter Paul N. "Red" Adair, who was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraq and was immortalized by John Wayne in a movie based on his life, has died at ...

HOUSTON -- Oil field firefighter Paul N. "Red" Adair, 89, who was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraq and was immortalized by John Wayne in a movie based on his life, died Aug ...

World-renowned oil well firefighter and industry legend Paul ""Red"" Adair died on 7 August in Houston. He was 89. For an industry some times disparaged for harming the environment and other presumed ...

Oil field firefighter Paul N. "Red" Adair, who was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraq and was immortalized by John Wayne in a movie based on his life, has died at age 89.

Red Adair, Asger "Boots" Hansen and Ed "Coots" Matthews played a dominant role in fighting oil and natural gas well fires for decades. A few months later, a fire broke out at another well Adair was ...

Iraqi forces set fire to over seven hundred Kuwaiti oil wells during the last Gulf War, leaving a dangerous mess for allied forces to face. Companies like Red Adair's Wild Well Control, Safety Boss, ...

For the past four weeks, the bleakness of the French Sahara 450 miles south of Algiers has been illuminated night and day by a billowing, 450-ft. torch of flame. Visible for 90 miles and roaring like ...

HOUSTON (AP) -- Oil field firefighter Paul N. "Red" Adair, who was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraq and was immortalized by John Wayne in a movie based on his life, has ...