Andrew Wylie was appointed as the first chaplain to the UK offshore oil industry in 1985. He tells how he found his feet amongst the diverse people employed at all levels of work on the North Sea platforms. His time with the industry covered a period of major offshore tragedies. The core of this memoir shows how Andrew Wylie developed his mission in the offshore oil industry. It is coupled with a wry and very human observation of that industry. Just Being There will appeal to all those who work, or have worked, in the ...
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Andrew Wylie was appointed as the first chaplain to the UK offshore oil industry in 1985. He tells how he found his feet amongst the diverse people employed at all levels of work on the North Sea platforms. His time with the industry covered a period of major offshore tragedies. The core of this memoir shows how Andrew Wylie developed his mission in the offshore oil industry. It is coupled with a wry and very human observation of that industry. Just Being There will appeal to all those who work, or have worked, in the industry. This book will also enlighten those of us who are all too unaware of the nature of the people and the operations that make possible our comfortable onshore lives.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Small quarto. 156pp. Teal cloth boards. Illustrated with black and white and color plates. Spine ends lightly bumped, boards slightly bowed else about near fine in an about fine dustwrapper with slight edge wear. A look at the North Sea oil industry.
Add this copy of Just Being There With Bears and Tigers in the North Sea to cart. $51.63, very good condition, Sold by dromanabooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from newstead, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 2006 by Dunedin Academic Press Ltd..
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1903765412. Author was a chaplain to the UK Offshore Industry in 1985. Maps of oil rigs on endpapers. 500gms weight; Color Photographs; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 156 pages.
