Oil Patch: Living in Oil Company Compounds from Desert to Jungle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781418424473)

"Why doesn't anybody discover oil in a civilized place?" It's a lament heard daily in remote locations around the world, collectively called The Oil Patch, where adventuresome expatriates produce oil and gas. It's tough but rewarding, and once they live in the Oil Patch, they are foreigners wherever they go, even back home. These stories are taken from everyday life of people living in The Oil Patch. People in the Middle East who know the heart-breaking sound of home brew exploding in a closet in the middle of the night, who have waded through a marketplace full of kids shouting the English phrase known all over the world: "Hallo, Meester. Geeve me mahney "

Author: Gary Gentry
ISBN-10: 1418424471
ISBN-13: 9781418424473
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 08/10/2004
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d