GEO ExPro Oil Exploration in Yemen
In 1929, the American millionaire Charles Crane sent mining engineer Karl Twitchell to Yemen to assist with water supply and agriculture, and investigate mineral prospects. Harry St. John Philby, an adviser to the Saudi king, visited Shabwa in 1936. Driving a station wagon and accompanied by a small detachment of Saudi guards, he swept out of the desert and caused much consternation among the ...