Oil Men At Work. John W. Fairbairn from Durham England, one of the English technicians employed on the Aden Oil Refinery project, see instructing an Arab worker in pipe fitting. From a barren waste christened "Dead Man's Gulch" by the first oil men on the spot, a vast community has sprung up around the gigantic Aden Oil Refinery, which is being built to help to replace Abadan. This ?45,000,000 project, which will swing into action in August, is four months ahead of target - a remarkable feat. July 1, 1954. (Photo by Fox Photos).