This is the Saudi I remember

In July of 1978 I loaded up my wife and six-month old

daughter and moved to Saudi Arabia for sixteen won-

derful years of work and adventure. While the work was

challenging and exciting it was the local Saudi Arab that

was a true delight to be associated with.

The company was not an old aging mega-gi-

ant as compared to the other major oil compa-

nies at the time. ARAMCO, The Arabian Amer-

ican Oil Company, was small geographically as

it was only operating in Saudi Arabia while the

other multinational oil companies were oper-

ating around the globe. It had a sizable labor

force but again the other major oil companies

were much larger. What it did have was the

ability to produce large quantities of oil at a

low price; so much oil that it was the largest oil

producer in the world.