| 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: |
CANCELED: History of Oil and Gas Exploration in Southeast Texas
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| Primary Leader: Neal Immega |
| Field Trip Description: The trip will begin with a motor coach ride from the convention center to Galveston to visit the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum. A harbor ferry will be used to shuttle participants to High Island to view pumping units on the giant salt dome. After that, there will be a short drive to Beaumont for tours of the Texas Energy Museum and Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, a demonstration of a gusher; and then return to the convention center. |
| Field Trip will span: 1 day |
| Sponsor(s): GSA History of Geology Division |