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Iraq
(Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2018)
• Henry Badenhorst (South African)
• ELT Program administrator &
Project manager
• English Language Training
Program - Iraqi Graduate
Engineering project
• For Haward Technologies Middle
East (Sub-contractor)
• At: PetroChina Halfaya oilfield
• Maysan province, Iraq
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PetroChina
ELT Training
@ Halfaya
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PC Training centre Student entrance
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Training Centre
4
Trainee busesTraining Centre
Ali -
Gate guard
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TC courtyard
& parking lot
TC courtyard
& parking lot
TC courtyard
& parking lot
TC courtyard
& parking lot
Taking
a break
Training centre
courtyard
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With a Trainee
Student
presentation
A1 level
trainees
Iraqi Trainees
Class in session
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With Trainee
Iraqi Trainees
Iraqi Trainees
Iraqi Trainees
With Trainee
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Trainee
presentation
A2 level trainee
Trainee
presentation
A1 level Class session
A2 Class
in session
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OCC Building
Road to
Chinese
villa
section
Winter sunset
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Access road outside
camp
Marsh
land
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Garden in front
of HFY Main
Bldg 1
Logistics warehouse
entrance
One of
many
stray
cats
Electric mini
bus
Main Access
road to main
gates
Main street to Canteens on right and
Sport facilities straight ahead
Robin Warner, a colleague cycling
back to accommodation block late
afternoon
Bicycle parking next to Arab
canteen during breakfast time
Early morning from
Canteen courtyard
Lawn section between accommodation blocks with
Communication tower & water facility in background
Base camp sunset
OCC Building and front
lawn. View from OCC gate.
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Flooding @ track startTrack start
Tartan track Rest stop
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Track start Nature walking
View of Sport facilities
from Canteen courtyard
Front entrance of bird aviary, on
one of the stops of the tartan track
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Canteens
Arab
canteen
interior
Arab
canteen
interior
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Arab
canteen
interior
Arab
canteen
interior
Arab canteen entrance
& wash-up area
Arab canteen entrance
& wash-up area
Arab canteen interior
Chinese canteen
entrance
Dinner in the
Chinese canteen
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My room
interior
Housekeeping
In front of my room
My bicycle
in front of
my room
Hard mattress
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Walkway between
rooms Base transport
Walkway
Dirty laundry
collection bin
Walkway between
rooms
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Lake sunset in
Chinese villa section
Rooms in Chinese villa section
– New part of base camp
Fountain look-
out point
Walkways
Accommodation
block
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Back view of OCC building
from Chinese villa section
Canal sunset – Chinese
villa section
Water fountain
Reeds next to
canals
Reeds next to
canals
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Sunset
Executive villa
Canal cross
bridge
Water fountain Reeds next to
canals
Canal sunset – Chinese villa section
Canal scenery – Chinese villa section
Executive villa
Waterfall sunset – Chinese villa section
Sunset – Chinese villa section
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Maintenance
Trike
Electric “golf” cart
Electric bicycle Electric min-bus More
conventional….
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Maintenance trike
My bicycle
Bicycle shed
Electric mini-
bus
Maintenance
trike
Electric mini-buses parked in
front of Halfaya Building 1
Maintenance trike parked
next to Halfaya lake
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PetroChina jet parked
near airport building
On-board
PetroChina jet
Gulfstream Jet
Airport
building
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Jet and Fire &
Rescue truck on
tarmac
HFY airport
building
Taking off from
Basrah
Arrival at
Halfaya
Basrah Int.
Airport
departures
Halfaya airport building &
Control Tower
PetroChina Gulfstream jet on Tarmac
at Halfaya airport
PetroChina Gulfstream jet on Tarmac upon arrival, at
Halfaya airport with Fire & Rescue services standing by
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With colleagues in
front of HFY bldg. 1
Security briefing
PPT
HSE
dummy
HSE Training
Communication
Tower
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Access road
outside 1st wall Security fences on
oilfield
1st wall on inside
With HSE
dummy
Speed
limit
One of many security gates on
Halfaya oilfield
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Halfaya lake bridge where we
spent some late afternoons to
watch the winter sunset
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Winter lake sunset Winter lake sunset
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Winter lake sunset
with plane entrails
in the sky
Winter lake sunset
Winter lake sunset
Winter lake sunsetPalm tree grove
near lake
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Winter lake sunset
Halfaya lake bridge with Chinese
villas in background
Winter lake sunset HFY lake reeds
Me
85
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Flooded section
just outside 1st wall
Sunset view from
Training Centre
Winter lake sunset
Flooded section
just outside 1st wall
Robin Warner – late
afternoon exploration
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Winter lake sunsetLake bridge Lake bridge
Winter lake sunset Winter lake sunset
Winter lake sunset with plane entrails a
common feature in the winter sky over Iraq
Winter lake sunset – View from bridge towards the Chinese villa
section in base camp
Winter lake sunset – View from bridge
Communications
tower
Water
purification
New camp
Chinese
villas
Winter lake sunset –
View from bridge
•
•
•
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Front lawn of OCC
building
Crates as bridges
to canteens
Heavy flooding in
Admin & OCC block
River outside
my room
Front lawn of OCC
building
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Front lawn of OCC
building Flooded section
outside 1st wall
Flooded section
outside 1st wall
Flooded section
admin block
Flooded section
admin block being
drained
Depressing weather and fog
for days on end
Depressing weather and fog for days on
end with the added difficulty to move
freely around base camp
Calm after the
storm
Flooded section
admin block being
drained by engineers
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View from plane near
Barsrah on my way to Iraq
Aerial photo near
Basrah – en route
to Iraq
Arrival hall –
Basrah Int. airport
Sunset goodbye –
Basrah to Dubai
upon my return
Aerial photo near
Basrah – en route
to Iraq
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Aerial photo of
Basrah
Last photo of Iraq – Basrah
Int. airport
View from plane
Basrah Int. airport
Dubai airport – en
route to Basrah
Airbus A380 I flew on to Dubai –
Oliver Tambo International JHB
Plane I flew on from
Dubai to Basrah
Gulstream PetroChina charter plane that
we flew on from Basrah to Halfaya
Gulstream PetroChina charter plane that we flew on from
Basrah to Halfaya on tarmac at Basrah International airport
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Exploring villa
section
On HFY lake bridge
OCC & Admin buildings behind
me
Taking a
walk on
tartan track
On HFY lake bridge
Near the OCC main gate with the OCC
& Admin buildings behind me
The End
Copyright: Henry Badenhorst
Contact details
henry.edumax@gmail.com
+27-73-272-4624
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ELT progam at PetroChina Halfaya oilfield, Iraq 2018