Ramadhan is the month in which Holy Quran was revealed, so it is also for fasting and staying cleaner and for fasting. Muslins fast from dawn to dusk, but they do eat during the night.
I am writing this from a desert camp for Oil Industry Workers. Most workers are Muslim, so there is no public eating and drinking by non-muslins.
Though a desert, there are plenty of hungry people who long for food differnt from routine, so there are two eateries here, both run by expats. one is run by a Pakistani and the other by an Indian.
Outside the Paki restaurant, some left over food was found by a wandering camel, it stretched its neck and stared munching. That was an interesting view.
Today the 9th Sept 2010, may be the Ramadhan will come to an end today. All depends on sighting of moon at 7pm this day.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Sai Rawl
It is a real desert location. Probably , again named by Julian Paxton of Petroleum Development Oman.
Sandy place with dust winds make it typically unloveable. Who said so,?? I met few who had been living here for last 8 years. These guys in the oil fields stay in the desert location, for 14 days and then go home. If you an expatriate, it is 5 on 5 off, 5 stands for 5 weeks, not days.
I drove in here from Nimr, which is closesr to Salalah than Muscat. Well, once again, Muscat is the Capital of Oman, while Salalah is an important region in this country, at the southern tip.
Sandy place with dust winds make it typically unloveable. Who said so,?? I met few who had been living here for last 8 years. These guys in the oil fields stay in the desert location, for 14 days and then go home. If you an expatriate, it is 5 on 5 off, 5 stands for 5 weeks, not days.
I drove in here from Nimr, which is closesr to Salalah than Muscat. Well, once again, Muscat is the Capital of Oman, while Salalah is an important region in this country, at the southern tip.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Nimr of Petroleum Development Oman
Monday, May 17, 2010
How is it in a desert oil field in Nimr Oman
When Petroleum Development Oman, a joint venture between Shell Oil and Partners, plus the Government of Sultanate of Oman found oil in the Southern Part of Omani Concession area, Mr.Julian Paxton, their Arabic translator and head of Public Affairs, suggested a name, Nimr, meaning Tiger.So this territory, or field which was found economical to drill, a brand new town ship was build in the desert with wide roads, permanent accommodation, contractor camps, and later one air strip.If you happened to be interested in seeing the place, right now, there are no direct airflights to NimrThere are two hotels in Nimr called PAC. That is for Private Accommodation Contractors. If you are going there just for few hours, and want to pray, there is huge masjid open for public and that is courtesy PDO.There is no precise head count of people in the desert, they are mostly, contractors , subcontractors and few floatsam guys who come to deliver goods and servies on call off arrangement.Food.All permanent residents have free food supply by their employers. There are two or three restaurants run by Malayalee Indians, customers are plenty, people who are bored with camp mess food come to eat fish curry, rice and chicken rice biriyani, dosa, puttu kadala, cassava with sardine and so on.Messes in the contractors camp serve some what quality food, with soups, salads, main dish, rice, chapathi, porotta, fish and meat curries, friend chicken, fruits and deserts.There is no bank in this place, however there is OMAN UAE Exchange, where you could receive and send money, - they also entertain Western Union transactions.There is an ATM machine, most bank cards would work on it. That is a busy place.There are two shops selling few electronic goods, TVs, gsm phones even phone cards.No facility to get a new sim card for mobile phones, no optians, no hospital. Just one doctor appointed by a hotel, with whom there is a call off arrangement by contractors. This place is 750 kms from Muscat and a vehicle would take you there in 8 and half hours.Oil company has its own chartered flights, which land in Marmul, 90 kms away from Nimr.To use the service you need be an employee of the PDO or contractor, flights normally take a halt at Fahud (25 minutes flying time to Fahud) and then on about 1 hour ten minutes flight to Marumul.Several buses plying from Salalah in the South to Muscat in North pass through Nimr, bus fare from Nimr to Muscat is 5.5 Omani Rials ( X 2.58 US Dollars for conversion)
How is it in a desert oil field in Nimr Oman
When Petroleum Development Oman, a joint venture between Shell Oil and Partners, plus the Government of Sultanate of Oman found oil in the Southern Part of Omani Concession area, Mr.Julian Paxton, their Arabic translator and head of Public Affairs, suggested a name, Nimr, meaning Tiger.So this territory, or field which was found economical to drill, a brand new town ship was build in the desert with wide roads, permanent accommodation, contractor camps, and later one air strip.If you happened to be interested in seeing the place, right now, there are no direct airflights to NimrThere are two hotels in Nimr called PAC. That is for Private Accommodation Contractors. If you are going there just for few hours, and want to pray, there is huge masjid open for public and that is courtesy PDO.There is no precise head count of people in the desert, they are mostly, contractors , subcontractors and few floatsam guys who come to deliver goods and servies on call off arrangement.Food.All permanent residents have free food supply by their employers. There are two or three restaurants run by Malayalee Indians, customers are plenty, people who are bored with camp mess food come to eat fish curry, rice and chicken rice biriyani, dosa, puttu kadala, cassava with sardine and so on.Messes in the contractors camp serve some what quality food, with soups, salads, main dish, rice, chapathi, porotta, fish and meat curries, friend chicken, fruits and deserts.There is no bank in this place, however there is OMAN UAE Exchange, where you could receive and send money, - they also entertain Western Union transactions.There is an ATM machine, most bank cards would work on it. That is a busy place.There are two shops selling few electronic goods, TVs, gsm phones even phone cards.No facility to get a new sim card for mobile phones, no optians, no hospital. Just one doctor appointed by a hotel, with whom there is a call off arrangement by contractors. This place is 750 kms from Muscat and a vehicle would take you there in 8 and half hours.Oil company has its own chartered flights, which land in Marmul, 90 kms away from Nimr.To use the service you need be an employee of the PDO or contractor, flights normally take a halt at Fahud (25 minutes flying time to Fahud) and then on about 1 hour ten minutes flight to Marumul.Several buses plying from Salalah in the South to Muscat in North pass through Nimr, bus fare from Nimr to Muscat is 5.5 Omani Rials ( X 2.58 US Dollars for conversion)
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