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Adventure: Career puts the world at your feet

By Sheila McNulty in Houston

Published: May 6 2008 17:04 | Last updated: May 6 2008 17:04

Alex Archila is a walking advertisement for the romance and adventure of the oil industry.

The 45-year-old was born in Guatemala but whisked out of that country when just 17 years old by what was then Texaco (now part of Chevron) to study petroleum engineering in Louisiana.

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