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Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs - 2nd ed

English · Paperback / Softback

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Zusatztext A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable. Informationen zum Autor Paul Carter was born in England in 1969. His father's military career had the family moving all over the world, relocating every few years. Paul has worked in the oil industry now for fifteen years, relocating every few years (old habits). Paul has lived, worked, gotten into trouble and been given a serious talking to in England, Scotland, Germany, France, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Tunisia, Australia, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo, Columbia, Vietnam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Sumatra, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, China, USA and Saudi Arabia. Today he lives in Perth with his wife, baby daughter and two motorbikes. But who knows where he'll be tomorrow . . . Klappentext Strap yourself in for an exhilarating! crazed! sometimes terrifying! frequently bloody funny ride through one man's adventure in the oil trade and on some of the toughest rigs on the planet. *Also appeared in Nov/Dec Buyer's Notes* A take-no-prisoners approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization. Zusammenfassung A take-no-prisoners approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization.

Product details

Authors Paul Carter
Publisher Brealey, Nicholas
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 08.11.2007
 
EAN 9781857883770
ISBN 978-1-85788-377-0
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 130 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
Subjects Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Fossil Fuels, Travel writing, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Petroleum & oil industries, Petroleum, oil and gas industries

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