One of the largest known oil deposits in the world, this resource has brought new life to the people of venezuela. The oil beneath these waters belongs to those people, but the stupendous task of bringing it to the surface, refining and marketing as been the work of private, foreign capital and engineering genius, much of it north american, and half that work has been done by one company, Creole Petroleum corporation. Creole is an american company, affiliated with standard oil of new jersey, but it operates exclusively in venezuela, making its headquarters in caracas, sparkling, modern city whose progress is rooted in oil. From its caracas offices, this Company Conducts business in the interests of the venezuelan people as well as its own stockholders. This is the story of an American Business firm which has become an integral part of a nations social and economic progress. Venezuela is a country of great natural resources, but only oil and iron have been tapped on a large scale. This
Narrator stretching along the Eastern Shore of Lake Maracaibo and venezuela, one of the industrial wonders of modern times, the oilproducing complex of the venezuelan fields, more than 2000 oil wells reaching almost to the horizon. One of the largest known oil deposits in the world, this resource has brought new life to the people of venezuela. The oil beneath these waters belongs to those people, but the stupendous task of bringing it to the surface, refining and refining and marketing has been the work of private, foreign capital and engineering genius, much of it north american, and half that work has been done by one company, Creole Petroleum corporation. Creole is an american company, affiliated with standard oil of new jersey, but it operates exclusively in venezuela, making its headquarters in caracas, a sparkling, modern city whose progress is rooted in oil. From its caracas offices, this Company Conducts business in the interests of the venezuelan people as well as its own sto
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