Blowout Offshore from Bali

About the Book

Russ Long's Blowout Offshore from Bali is another compelling story of World Oil's exploration in the South China sea, following other exciting encounters with pirates and conspirators in his books, Mekong Drillship and Cambodian Corsairs. Harold Wellman is already much hated by a pirate leader from earlier encounters who attempts to disrupt exploration in the sea offshore from Bali. The pirate kidnaps a driller to hold for ransome, and organizes a flotilla of pirate dhows to attack the drillship at a critical time during their operations. At that moment they are having difficulty controlling a stringer containing high-pressure gas. Harold continues his quest to rescue their driller in spite of the dark haired Indonesian Stewardess he often meets on flights from Jakarta in the ugly bird Garuda Airline. Meanwhile he must keep his line of communication open with a red-haired beauty in Salsuleto, California, who has every intention of moving to the Far East. Woven into the story of deep emotions relating family members of explorers who travel to the exotic ends of the earth in search of new discoveries and indications of the dangers they face. They sometimes spend years away from family and lovers to fulfill their ambitions. These explorers face danger, death, and often unpredictable obstacles to attain the goals assigned by corporations. Their eventual successes enable people of the productive world to enjoy a life of plentiful energy. We owe them our gratitude for their efforts.

About the Author

Russ Long, a resident of Oklahoma, is an engineering graduate who had done extensive sutdies in geophysics. He has held the position of chief geophysicist in overseas locations for a mojor international oil corporation for twenty-six years. a formet combat pilot for the Marines, he was a Forward Air Controller in Korea and has traveled extensively in foreign locations since retirement. He edited the monthly publication of the Norman Galaxy of Writers, and is currently an officer of the Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc.. Mr. Long's articles, short stories, and poems have appeared in numerous literary and newspaper publications. Previous books have been published dealing with the South China Sea area entitled Mekong Drillship and Cambodian Corsairs.