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Oil workers in Beirut reveal hard living on Persian Gulf rigs
Reporter profiles American oil crews in Beirut's Phoenicia Street, where hundreds of workers from Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf unwind between shifts. It notes high salaries, strict controls on alcohol, and costly liberties that fuel a hard partying culture among boat crews and riggers aboard barges moored near Dubai.
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Beirut
Persian Gulf
Lebanon
Dodge City
Phoenicia Street
Jenny Williams
Texas
America
Williams
Roger Byers
New Orleans
Saudi Arabia
Jams
Middle East
Muncie Actions
Gaumetre “Chaumages”” - Cen
Byers
Dubai
Gulf
Dubai Petroleum Co