Nine Lives of a Rig Mechanic
This is not about Oilrigs
This is my true-life adventures while working as a Mechanic and Inspector in the drilling industry for 34 years. I traveled to various countries to inspect rigs and by fate or divine intervention I get involved in many life threatening incidents 9 of which I was convinced I was about to die. Traveling to Nigeria to Inspect a rig I get taken Hostage and talk my way out of it 4 years later on my second trip to Nigeria I get involved in a fire fight at Kidney Island,
My work in Brazil had me falling from a drill ship 60 feet into the middle of migrating whales later on I get entangled with piratesmy friend ends up in a Brazilian jail following an explosion onboard a drill ship two Brazilians are killed. In China I cross paths with the Chinese Mafia the Triadsas I try to help a crane driver save his daughter from prostitution. Another of my true life incidents happens in the Saudi Desert as I am checking a desert rig I need to see the water well some distance from the rig as I stumble through the deep sand Icome upon a couple of Arabs with a tanker truck I seek shelter they turn out to be Terroristsit never dawned on me who they were at first until I see their machine guns in the truck cab. My book has many more incidents it would make a good film or series on Indiana Jones theme.
This is not about Oilrigs
This is my true-life adventures while working as a Mechanic and Inspector in the drilling industry for 34 years. I traveled to various countries to inspect rigs and by fate or divine intervention I get involved in many life threatening incidents 9 of which I was convinced I was about to die. Traveling to Nigeria to Inspect a rig I get taken Hostage and talk my way out of it 4 years later on my second trip to Nigeria I get involved in a fire fight at Kidney Island,
My work in Brazil had me falling from a drill ship 60 feet into the middle of migrating whales later on I get entangled with piratesmy friend ends up in a Brazilian jail following an explosion onboard a drill ship two Brazilians are killed. In China I cross paths with the Chinese Mafia the Triadsas I try to help a crane driver save his daughter from prostitution. Another of my true life incidents happens in the Saudi Desert as I am checking a desert rig I need to see the water well some distance from the rig as I stumble through the deep sand Icome upon a couple of Arabs with a tanker truck I seek shelter they turn out to be Terroristsit never dawned on me who they were at first until I see their machine guns in the truck cab. My book has many more incidents it would make a good film or series on Indiana Jones theme.
