it was supposed to be a showpiece for petrodollar investment. seaweld engineering, which supplies the oil industry, has done relatively well. founded in 2007, it now has branches in 13 countries. specialists for oil platforms are trained here. for instance, in the proper cleaning of tanks. everything has to run smoothly. seaweld constantly receives applications, but there are few openings right now. >> i have other colleagues and other friends who really want to be in the industry. but it's challenging, you know. to get opportunity to be here is not that easy. >> all the young ones want to be in this industry to be able to make it, because the money getting there is good. reporter seaweld hasn't had to : lay anyone off yet. they say they'll get through the oil price crisis somehow. >> we knew right from inception that prices keep on fluctuating and that surely one day we'd go down. so we got to gear ourselves and prepare ourselves. reporter: and what about people in the villages? many of them hoped for jobs with an oil company -- but in vain. no