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Assignment Venezuela: Creole Petroleum Corp. (circa 1956)

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Una joya para guardar, Creole Petroleum Corporation de 1956 ("A Jewel to Protect"), a film promoting Marcaibo, Venezuela.

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Last modified Sunday, Sep-16-2007 07:08 AM

A lot of GETSCO TA's Worked in Maracaibo, Venezuela

Posted by dlucier at Wednesday, Jan-31-2007 04:58 PM

GETSCO sent a lot of gas and steam turbine technical advisors to work in Venezuela. Many went to the main industrial cities in the northern coastal areas including: Carcacas, Maracaibo, Valencia and Moron. When the office was moved from Caracas to Marcaibo (when a company called Servimeca was purchased by GE and renamed: Turbimeca), many TAs passed through Maracaibo.

This film by Creole Petroleum was mde in the mid-1950s but lots of guys from a decade or two later can relate. Many went to the second largest city in the country and on to such towns as Lagunias, as did this one traveling engineer in the film. Enjoy.

Dave Lucier (Area Engineer, Venezuela & Caribbean, 1971-73)