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OverviewFrom the oilfields of the Alaskan high Arctic to the sultry hostile jungles of Indonesia, from the war-torn desert of Kuwait to tumultuous Thailand, West Texas oilfield engineer Bubba Cottonmill is thrown into a kind of turmoil he's never experienced before. It's the early 90s, and he's been immersed into an international oil field construction industry that creates power and starts wars - a place of murder, corruption, and assassination. Bubba battles to survive on the job as he is confronted with spear throwing jungle warriors, the 1991 Gulf War devastation and its hundreds of uncontrolled oil well fires, boobytraps, and land mines.... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tony MayPublisher: FriesenPress Imprint: FriesenPress Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781460203507ISBN 10: 146020350 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 02 October 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAuthor Tony May spent the early years of his career as a fabricator/welder in the oil and gas industry working on worldwide offshore and onshore drilling rigs, resulting in his first novel, Rig Pigs. Graduating with a degree in welding engineering in the early 1980s, he then entered the construction industry. Tony spent several years working in Thailand, experiencing a tangled web of deceit which spawned his second novel, titled Codename Dredge. In 1991, he reentered the oil and gas industry managing steel fabrication facilities in several countries including Indonesia, Thailand and Kuwait at the conclusion of 1991's Gulf War, and has now penned Smoke in the Wind. This is fiction based on his oilfield experiences and encompasses Alaska, Sumatra, Indonesia and the Kuwait oil well fires project.... Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |