Oilcamps of Venezuela Guest Book

Very many thanks to Randy for putting Puerto Miranda on the oil camps map! My Shell parents were posted there from about 1963 to 1966 although the actual accomodation was at Altagracia. I will post more information later. Meanwhile if anybody would like to know more about Puerto Miranda or Altagracia please ask me. There used to be a Venezuelan reunion at Shell Centre in London but it probably stopped years ago. I am 74 now and apart from my brother I have pretty much lost contact with other Venezuelan oilbrats!

Any old folks still out there? We moved from Lagunillas to Maracaibo in the early 50s. That makes me 82. Don’t travel much any more.

My Father Jack Neunhoffer Met My Mother Betty (Elizabeth) Rhodes I think in Maracaibo but while he worked on the boast to test shipping oil samples back around when I was Born 1953. I'm 70 so I don't think anyone would still be alive from then. His Dad Albert Neunhoffer had a wife I think she died suddenly (1945_ there in Venezuela. I finally got my passport through a Cpnsolate Birth Record! Whew that was hard post 9/11. I had a Passport in 1974 while in the Navy but they could not find it? Go Figure...Hello to everyone I welcome any responses. Oh and I was born at the camp hospital on August 21, 1953

I have posted twice on this site, so you can see my messages if you scroll down. if someone wants to contact me or my sisters, Diana Ives (Toth), or Patricia Ives (Nass), or my brother Dickie (he was called Boy) Ives. We are scattered across the USA, in PA, UT, FL, and NH! We were in Venezuela from '49 to '59. Post here, and maybe Randy can help us connect.

your website has Charlie Schultz' name spelled wrong. He was my step-great-grandfather. You can find his bio - including his time at Mene Grande by going to Find-a-Grave website and searching Charles Patton Schultz 1892-1962.

Susan Mortlock (now Benedetto) and I found each other on this site, and got together last summer for the first time in 70 years...!!! We were and are Best Friends Forever, and had a beautiful time at her home in the Catskills. It was a nice drive for me from southern NH. We were in 5th and 6th grade together in Maracaibo, and kept in touch thru college, but were lost to each other since we both made many moves. But thanks to this site, we are found, and are planning a summer trip here in NH, and to visit some of her relatives in VT. Thanks to all who contribute and make this site possible. Susan has some pictures of us in Venezuela, and we took some last June which we will post soon. My family come to Venezuela in 1949 and left in 1959. We lived on Pedernales, Caripito, and Jusepin before our move to Maracaibo. I was known to all my friends as Mike, my family nickname, and my brother was call Boy. Yes, just Boy. My parents were so excited about a boy after having 3 girls, that they kept saying It's a boy, it's a boy. I was 18 months old, so I thought his name was Boy, so it stuck--until he was 15 or so, and he made up a new name!

My dad worked for Creole and we lived in Tia Juana Campo Verde Avenida 20 casa 4 from 1957 to 1966. Many memories of the country club, movies, pool, and Santa Claus in his helicopter landing on the club roof. Also playing in the monte.

My father, Fred Baudoin worked for Gulf Oil and we lived in Mene Grande's camp in Lagunillas until around 1965 when my father and several other Gulf employees were transferred to Nigeria. I really enjoyed Jeff Devine's photos. My sister, Yvonne, is in a couple of his photos. I also remember some of the kids in the photos like Bubba Conner, Mimi Austin, Greg Futrell, Jane Wooster, and Maria Garcia, who I believe was Dr. Garcia's daughter.

Hi there, nice to meet you all. I was a guest in Lagunillas Shell Oil Camp in 1974. I stayed with friends the Zambrano family (M., G. and L. who where their sons and daughters of M and M. I hung about during my two weeks holidays with them, at the pool, at the squash court going on excursions. However we always tried to be in an a/c or water environment, as it was so hot. Does anyone that might have lived there during that time know them? I have been searching from them for 30 years. I sent a letter but it was returned. The last time I heard of the family they had moved to Maracaibo and lost track of them. Data protection has become an issue, but if anyone knows them, my name and email is freely to pass on to them. Thanks to all. For the happy memories to all.

I'd like to reach Michelle Ives Scott, who posted message # 201 below. She was my closest friend at EBV, and I've been looking for her since the mid 1960s! How can I get her email address? My family lived in Venezuela from 1937 to 1967- my dad was with Mene Grande in San Tome, Maracaibo and Caracas. I'd love to hear from any fellow classmates or camp neighbors!