WE AGREED TO MOVE TO RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA. IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY. MY CY HELM WAS ONE OF THE FINEST MEN I EVER WORKED FOR. PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS IN LONDON AND I WAS IN SAUDI.

I AM MEETING WITH THE SAUDI MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE INSPECTION OF A DEEP WATER SUPPLY WELL DRILLED ON 1,250,000 DOLLAR TURNKEY.

MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION GOES TO THIS MAN. MR VAN PARKER OF HASKLE OKLAHOMA WHO WAS IN RIYADH.  WHEN THE GOING IS TOUGH, VAN PARKER WILL BE WITH YOU ALL OF THE WAY  . HE AND JACQUE ARE AT THE STAFF HOUSE.

SHORTY RAN THE STAFF HOUSE IN RIYADH. HE'D CALL JACQUE AND TELL HER HE WAS COOKING CHICKEN. HE KNEW WE'D COME AND BRING THE KIDS. SHORTY WAS FROM YEMAN AND MISSED HIS OWN CHILDREN. SHORTY COULD COOK CHICKEN

TYPICAL STAFF HOUSE DINNING ROOM.   OUR EMPLOYEES WORKED 28 & 28  NO US.

AFTER A WHILE WE FOUND OURSELVES TRANSFERRED TO ALKOBAR SAUDI WHERE I WAS NOW DRILLING SUPT FOR POOL ARABIA.    YES I GOT A MUCH LARGER DESK.

SOON AFTER I ARRIVED, SO DID POOL RIG 144, A JACKUP.  NOTE MR. FRANK POOL CAME IN FOR THE CELEBRATION.

IN OUR LAND OPERATIONS, WE USED A LARGER TRUCK.  HOW ABOUT A 50 TON KENWORTH.

I TOLD THEM I COULD MOVE IT MAST UP BUT I WAS REALLY SCARED ON THE FIRST MOVE. THEN IT BECAME A PIECE OF CAKE.

RIG MOVE  

A TYPICAL CAMP MOVE         

WE RODE THE SAND DUNES ON THE WEEKEND. PAULA LOVED IT.

THIS IS A TYPICAL STREET FOR DOING A LITTLE SHOPPING SO DON'T FUSS IF WALMART IS OUT OF SOMETHING.