THE BOREDOM OF WORK IN A WORLD ON FIRE.
We were broken into groups. Each one charged with securing materials, equipment and services. Anything and everything, that would be required to put out the fires and return the oilfield to normal operations. An unbelievably mind staggering task. We were…
BITE DOWN AND OFF YOU GO TO WORK
Once taken to the worksite offices, the full magnitude of what we were dealing with became a shocking reality. We were in a trailer type office complex, in the middle of 600 wild wells (fires) and about 250 wells that…
YOU WEREN’T SCARED WERE YA – KUWAIT 1991
On my arrived in Kuwait I had no idea of what to expect. Other than the MEMORY. That at each stage of the way. Someone was trying to scare the crap outta me. It worked very well I might add.…
I’M OFF TO A WAR ZONE – KUWAIT – JUNE 1991
As I did throughout my career, once I was focused on and committed to an assignment. I pretty much lost sight of everything else around me. To say I developed tunnel vision was, perhaps, an understatement. My whole life became…
AND ONE DAY THE PHONE RINGS AND THE HOLIDAY ENDS
Oh how much fun can a man have before there is a price to pay? Well I was about to find out. The days were flowing by in a haze of water, food, touring and other fun pastimes. I had…
