Phillip Caine - Picnic in Iraq

Tue, Aug 30th 2016 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Local author tells us about his first book


Philip has over thirty five years' experience, operating projects across 3 continents, within the Oil & Gas Industry, providing support in facilitates & project management, to first and second tier clients, in remote and hazardous locations . He worked the pioneering years of the North Sea, for over fifteen years on Oil Rigs, Barges & Platforms, then moved to onshore projects, spending three years in North & West Africa. Seven years were spent operating in the 'Former Soviet Union' where he managed multiple projects in Kazakhstan & Russia, again supporting the O&G industry; primarily in the massive Karachaganak Field & Caspian Basin.   
The end of the Iraq War in 2003 produced a change of client that took Philip to Baghdad, where he directed the operations and project management, of multiple accommodation bases for the American Military. A challenging, hazardous & demanding location that required Philip to provide and deliver full support to the client, servicing over 30,000 troops, on nine separate locations, throughout Baghdad and Northern Iraq, a major project in the world at that time that lasted almost seven years . 
Philip semi-retired in 2014 and began writing in February 2015, his first novel , PICNIC IN IRAQ (available on Amazon) tells a story of a group of close friends who travel the length of Iraq in search of a treasure of unimaginable wealth. 

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