Caterpillar 1990's
1991 - Kuwait
Around 700 Caterpillar machines help extinguish the 750 oil wells on fire in Kuwait.
When Coalition forces liberated Kuwait in February of 1991, they were confronted with one of the world's worst environmental disasters. More than six million barrels of oil had spilled into the sea off the Kuwait coast. In the oil fields nearly 750 wells had been set ablaze or were left gushing millions of gallons of crude onto the surrounding desert. Raging fires were consuming five million barrels of oil each day. Noxious black smoke hung over the country, filtering out the sun and turning day into night. Prevailing winds spread air-borne pollutants throughout the region to fall as acid rain in Saudi Arabia, Iran and even parts of the Indian sub-continent.
Within days after the liberation, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) aided by Bechtel Group organized the toughest and longest well blowout and firefighting operation in the history of the oil industry. The operation's ultimate success resulted from the fastest and largest peacetime mobilization of people and machinery ever seen. Caterpillar machines were the principle tools in this operation. By early November, a job which most people thought would take five years was completed.
1992 - Florida
Caterpillar machines aid recovery efforts following Hurricane Andrew.
1992 - Barcelona, Spain
Caterpillar generator sets provide primary and backup power for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.
1992-1998 - Hong Kong
Over 300 Cat machines help build the new Hong Kong International Airport and 50 Caterpillar gen sets are later installed to provide ongoing standby power.
1993 - Washington
Ten Caterpillar machines are part of a fleet contractors are using to build the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway on Mount St. Helens.
This road connected several visitor centers and observatories built after the devastating erruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
1993 - U.S.
People battle the Mississippi River flood and its aftermath with the help of Caterpillar machines and engines, dealers and employees.
1993 - Boston, Massachusetts
Caterpillar machines are hard at work in Boston on a project known as the "Big Dig."
1993-2008 - China
Around 300 Caterpillar machines help construct the Three Gorges Dam.
1994 - Lillehammer, Norway
Caterpillar generator sets provide primary and backup power for the 1994 Winter Olympic Games.
1994 - Mexico
Caterpillar machines help construct the Huites Hydroelectric Dam.
1994-1997 - California
More than 70 different Caterpillar products help construct the Seven Oaks Dam.
1995 - Panama
Caterpillar machines are in use on a Panama Canal widening project.
1995 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Within hours of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Caterpillar machines and generator sets and local dealer employees are on the scene to provide assistance.
Caterpillar machines and generators were an integral part of rescue efforts, clearing debris, and supplying power for everything from the medical examiner's tent to the elevator used to take rescue workers up the side of the building.
1995 - Brazil
One hundred and four Caterpillar machines help construct the Paulinia-Brasilia Polyduct pipeline.
1995-1998 - Toronto, Canada
Caterpillar machines help build Highway 407, a new 42-mile six-lane freeway around Toronto.
1996-2000 - California
Caterpillar machines work on the Eastside Reservoir project.
1997 - Turkey
Caterpillar machines help construct the Dalaman Akkopru Dam.
1997-1998 - Brazil
Several hundred Cat machines help construct the Fernao Dias Highway.
1998 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Nearly 120 Caterpillar machines work to reroute Interstate 15 in time for the opening of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
1998-2002 - Tocantins, Brazil
Caterpillar machines help construct the Luis Eduardo Magalhaes Hydroelectric Power Plant.
1999
Caterpillar machines aid disaster recovery efforts following several natural disasters that occurred around the world.
1999 - Antarctica
Caterpillar machines are still providing base support for the American research bases established on Antarctica in the 1950s.
1999 - Canada
Nearly 400 Cat machines help construct the 351-mile Canadian portion of the Maritimes & Northeast natural gas pipeline.
Running from Nova Scotia through New Brunswick and into Maine and Massachusetts where it links into another pipeline, the entire Maritimes & Northeast pipeline stretches for 653 miles.
1999-2006 - Atlanta, Georgia
More than 100 Caterpillar machines help with the expansion of the Hartsfield International Airport.
The expansion of the Hartsfield International Airport included a new runway and terminal and a new monorail system.
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