Expat engineer sees China as home, marvels at changes

STORY: Expat engineer sees China as home, marvels at changes DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the oil field 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICK CREGAN, Engineer of CNOOC Ltd. Shenzhen 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICK CREGAN, Engineer of CNOOC Ltd. Shenzhen 4. various of street views STORYLINE: More than one hour after the helicopter took off from Shenzhen, Nick Cregan and his colleagues arrived at Liuhua 11, an oil field developed and operated by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Limited Shenzhen, located in the South China Sea. Cregan is currently the only expat engineer on the Liuhua oil field, as a superintendent for the remotely operated vehicle department. He was born in Australia and raised in Germany. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): NICK CREGAN, Engineer of CNOOC Ltd. Shenzhen "Every two days we do what we call a gauge run. So we check all the gauges. There are 25 gauges down there, 25 wheels." Cregan says he has gotten use