The development of a program and curriculum for instruction in technical English for Saudi Arabian petrochemical plant operator trainees studying in the United States for two years was undertaken by the University of South Alabama's English Language Center. The program was designed to accommodate (1) the degree of skills and prior learning of the trainees, (2) skills and knowledge to be learned, (3) expected outcomes, and (4) cultural information needs. Very little information about the trainees' experience or education was available, and only required vocabulary lists and training manuals were made available for developing the curriculum. An integrative skills approach was adopted, and the curriculum was planned to include structure, reading, listening/speaking, writing, technical vocabulary, general vocabulary, and English handwriting. Other program elements provided at the request of the contractor were cultural activities and a program design that prepared the trainees to assume professional roles on their return to Saudi Arabia. (MSE)