Executive Summary The aim of this study is to generate filed development plan for Black Dog filed after review available options. Sixteen different scenarios have been reviewed and the most economic one has been identified with respect to type and number of wells to be drilled, size and type of production facilities and transport and export options. The most economic option drilling 28 horizontal wells and utilizes the floating production platform (FPP) while transporting oil by shuttle tanker and
Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Imagine the horrors that accompany a great hurricane. Visualize the wind, rain, and waves. Hear the piercing screams through crashing waves, crushing buildings, and trees falling. Picture the great devastation. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was caused by abdominal weather conditions, and led to great destruction. Many lives were lost, and colossal rebuilding of the city had to take place. New city laws and plans were adopted from the hurricane. The birth of a hurricane
before, a hurricane of great might and strength. As never before, there once was a hurricane of many names: storm, cyclone, tempest, typhoon, and flood. Yet it has lived on in history as the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900. Humanity has glorified and immortalized the hurricane. The Great Galveston Hurricane has been the subject of numerous articles, novels, plays, and poems, as well as four major nonfiction studies (Longshore). It is truly one of hurricane lore’s greatest of storms. Such greatness
Galveston Island is a barrier island formed during the Holocene after a major glacial melt. Since that time, the island has changed in size and geographic location based on numerous factors including sediment availability and various hydrodynamic reasons. The island also suffers from erosion due to major storms, like hurricanes, as well as other natural disasters. Much effort has been put in place to reduce the amount of erosion and/or migration, including a seawall and jetties. These efforts
The Karankawa Indians lived along the Gulf of Mexico in the coastal bend. Their territory ranged from the west end of Galveston bay southwestward to Corpus Christi bay. Contrary to popular belief the Karankawa were not cannibals. They did like many other Texas Indian tribes eat their captured enemy warriors and leaders to gain their strength or courage but never for food. The name Karankawa was given to many bands of Indians in the area including the Cocos, Copanes, Cujanes, Guapites, Carancaguases
In 2008 Hurricane Ike made land fall to the east coast line in Galveston Texas. The storm surge water that Ike produced flooded the east coast region of Houston and Galveston. It has been estimated over billions of dollars in damage to home owners, business owners, and cause numerus of deaths. The mass destruction that Ike caused had people coming up ways to prevent or lessen the effects if a storm like this would ever occur in the future. A storm surge project was drafted and submitted to politicians
people’s lives and property the storm made it to be one of the costliest in the history of America. According to FEMA: The combination of surge and high waves were particularly destructive in areas along the Gulf of Mexico coast and parts of the Galveston Bay shoreline, particularly Bolivar Peninsula, TX (where Gene lives). Preliminary numbers showed that of the 5,900 buildings standing on Bolivar Peninsula before Ike, approximatel... ... middle of paper ... ...uent hurricanes that may come. Elevated
September 7, 1900, many of the 37,000 residents of Galveston, Texas, were settling down to dinner, few if any of them concerned about the steady 15 mph northerly wind rattling their windows. Within 48 hours, at least 8,000 of the townspeople would be dead, victims of the single worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Relatively few people are aware that the deadliest natural disaster in the United States was the hurricane that struck Galveston Island on September 8, 1900. One of the best resources
firm in Galveston, Texas since 1982. He is also a Trustee of H. Kempner Trust Association, serving as Chairman since 1988. He was President of U.S. National Bancshares and Chief Investment Officer for Frost Bank of Galveston (formerly United States National Bank) from 1969 to 1982. He currently serves as a Director for Balmorhea Ranches, Inc, Pecos, Texas, and Director Emeritus and Advisor to Frost Bank, Galveston, Texas. He has been a Director of Legacy Holding Company in Houston, Texas since 1996
When I visited Texas last summer, I only expected to see my family and a few of the local sites. What I did see, however, was a unique perspective of a unique state. On the morning of July 16th, my dad, my mom, and I set out on the interstate to drive to Nashville to catch our plane. Our journey began with a flight that was smooth and soothing. As we neared Houston, our plane flew over the Gulf of Mexico. I observed huge 500-ton ships and oil rigs that looked like toys from my plane window! Once
Texas State Report You take a deep breath as you smell the sweet fluffy cotton candy...where are you? You open your eyes and you see children laughing on a Ferris wheel, and a big sign that says “Welcome to Texas’ State Fair!” You know many surprises are waiting ahead. Suddenly you see a broken sign about a past event on September 1900 something tragic happened. Some important people had died in that very sad tragic event. You feel bad and bump into a man saying welcome to the Lone Star State
Migration of Italians to Texas People from Piedmont, Lombardy, Venetia, Emilia, Sicily, Calabria, Campania, and other regions moved to the United States and/or Texas to improve their lifestyles, or to move closer to family. Many Italians believed that Texas was a land of opportunity. An Italian immigrant, Rosario Maceo, even said, “People thought that you came to America…look on the floor and you’d find money,” Immigration also accrued when Texas business men encouraged foreign immigrants
War in America was the involvement of the state of Texas in the Confederacy. Although it was once its own Republic separate from the United States of America through annexation, Texas was not entirely unique when it came to the institution of slavery. Just like in all other southern states, slavery, and the use of slave labor, was a major factor of the states agricultural economy. During the years around and through the Civil War, Texas became a home for many transient southerners in search
Texas, one of the West South Central states of the United States. It borders Mexico on the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast. To the west is New Mexico, to the north and northeast lie Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Louisiana bounds Texas on the east. Austin is the capital of Texas. Houston is the largest city. Texas is the size of Ohio, Indiana, and all the New England and Middle Atlantic states combined, and its vast area encompasses forests, mountains, deserts and dry plains, and a
to others would be characterized as repulsive, disgusting, or just plain stinky. Galveston bay creates a smell that is wafted off the coast, fused within the air, while flooding the city with a very distinct aroma. Although, to many this smell makes some queasy or nauseated for myself, such a smell brings me back to a time where I was my happiest. A time where my family was everything and our happiness was our
When most people think of Texas legacies they think of Sam Houston or Davy Crockett, but they don’t usually think of people like Jane Long. Jane Long is known as ‘The Mother of Texas’. She was given that nickname because she was the first english speaking woman in Texas to give birth. Jane was born Jane Wilkinson on July 23, 1798, in Charles County, Maryland.She was the tenth child of Captain William Mackall and Anne Herbert Wilkinson. When Jane was less than a year old her father died. In
Sam Houston Sam Houston was as legend reports a big man about six foot and six inches tall. He was an exciting historical figure and war hero who was involved with much of the early development of our country and Texas. He was a soldier, lawyer, politician, businessman, and family man, whose name will be synonymous with nation heroes who played a vital part in the shaping of a young and prosperous country. He admired and supported the Native Americans who took him in and adopted him into their
rural towns, huge cities, and whole states. In Texas especially, is known for there laid out governments that all work together to accomplish few goals such as: meet the needs of the people, avoid any corruptness in both citizens and officials, to avoid debt, and to make sure all services are kept up to date. All these characteristics are vital to all governments in all sizes. Especially in city governments. Before 1836 there were no official cities in Texas, instead there were few large settlements
Texas has prospered with many business such as through the cattle, cotton, and technology industry to keep the economy on top. One business in particular has set Texas economy a part from all the other businesses. The oil and gas industry has significantly changed Texas economy from the first discovery in the twentieth century until this exact moment. Oil was first discovered in the mid-seventeenth century by Spanish explorers. July of 1543 Spanish explorer Luis de Moscoso saw oil floating on the
of Texas, the Democratic Party enjoyed electoral dominance on all levels of state government and in the representation in the national government. Democratic rule was dominated by a conservative white political elite that strongly promoted economic development, but that resisted change either in race relations or social programs for the poor ("Texas Politics," 2009). Republicans were not completely absent during this period, but their electoral victories were few and limited in scope ("Texas Politics