Spindletop
The oil discovery at Spindletop occured in what year?
1901
What are 2 major oil companies in Texas?
Texaco, Exxon Mobil, Sun Oil
How did Texas get boomtowns?
Because of the Spindletop gusher
As of 1980, Texas was ___% urbanized due to the oil boom.
80
How long was the Lucas #1 rig gushing out oil?
9 days
Texas transitioned to the oil industry from which industry?
Agriculture
Name 3 towns that became boomtowns after the oil discovery in Spindletop.
Beaumont, Houston, Desdemona, Fort Worth
Who brought hydraulic fracturing to Texas?
George Mitchell
Spindletop gushed how many barrels of oil per day?
100,000
Oil jobs in Texas payed _____ times in comparison to the rest of America.
Three
What is a boomtown?
A town experiencing a business and population boom
What is an oil refinery?
An oil plant that refines crude oil into processed petroleum products.
How many people came to Beaumont after the discovery of oil at Spindletop?
40,000
Investors came and _______ people living in fields in hopes that they could discover oil.
Displaced
How did boomtowns impact Texas?
They helped Texas transition from agriculture to oil.
What is a petrochemical plant?
An oil plant where crude oil is turned into gas and other chemicals.
Who discovered oil in Spindletop?
Pattillo Higgins
What was the purpose of the Houston Ship Channel?
To provide a way for large oil tankers to transport oil between Buffalo Bayou, Houston, and Gulf of Mexico
What percent did Houston grow due to becoming a boomtown?
555%
The oil boom led to the invention of the _____.
Internal Combustion Engine