‘And, Clancy, you must wheel them,
try and wheel them to the right.
Ride boldly, lad, and never fear the spills.’
In 1973, facing prosecution for dangerous driving following a high-speed motorcycle collision, a young civil engineer accepted a short-term job offer in Singapore. That twist of fate catapulted him into a global oil and gas industry fuelled by fallout from the Yom Kippur War, which saw crude oil jump from US$23 to US$62 a barrel. One year turned into thirty. Singapore turned into the Far East, the Middle East, the North Sea and South America. The journey took him to the world’s greatest opera houses and through England’s and Ireland’s finest fox hunting country. David Wilson rose, fell, and rose again. This is the story.
Table of Content
About the authoriii
Contentsvii
Prologue1
Introduction6
Early Days10
University29
Graduate Engineer48
Botany Bay58
My Year of Living Dangerously83
The Fasht al Arab127
Jockstrap Inc164
Bourdon Street198
Paul Street251
The Aramco Affair282
RIP Bligh Engineering305
Can Ocean319
Trent Eels365
Freefall389
Bontang Train F421
Singapore Again440
Bakrie Kvaerner Engineering469
Bakrie Engineering499
Bibliography524
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations526
About the author
Born in Dalby in 1947, David Wilson grew up on Mount Oscar Station just outside Clermont. Having matriculated, his initial instinct was to study medicine but when offered a scholarship in civil engineering his future path was decided. His early years as a graduate engineer were spent on projects around Australia but faced with losing his driver’s licence for driving dangerously, he accepted a job in Singapore in theoil and gas industry. Later, David established an engineering office in London where he spent much of his time improving the written English of his colleagues, but Never Fear the Spills is his first published book. The book was spawned by a desire to impart some of his wisdom to younger generations of engineers. David now spends his days in retirement on the Sunshine Coast.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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