2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
412 Saturday, 4 October 2008
8:00 AM-5:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center:

CANCELED: History of Oil and Gas Exploration in Southeast Texas

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

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