The Texas Gulf Coast shoreline is ecologically diverse and biologically productive, while also playing a major role in the country’s energy security, with Texas leading the nation in energy production, mainly from crude oil and natural gas. Other … [Read more...]
South Padre Island wins #1 Most Haunted RV Park
South Padre island tops the top 10 Haunted RV Spots in Texas, by backpackerverse.com 10) Rio Guadalupe Resort – Canyon Lake, TX 9) Fredericksburg KOA – Fredericksburg, TX 8) Northshore RV Resort – Lake Livingston, TX 7) Mill Creek Ranch … [Read more...]
Mapping The Texas Gulf Coast’s Islands – A Treasure
Mapping Texas's Coastal Islands The Texas General Land Office presents Mapping Texas: The Gulf Coast display at the Bob Bullock Museum in Austin Texas covering 252 years of Texas history.With a collection of over 36 million documents, the GLO was … [Read more...]
Eagle Ford Shale Heads to Mexico in $3.6 Billion Pipeline Deal
TransCanada and Spectra Energy are among producers who will receive $3.6 billion in contracts from Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission to build 665 miles of pipelines to carry natural gas.TransCanada was the first private … [Read more...]
Galveston adds 4500 feet of beach east of 61st Street
The largest beach reconstruction project on Galveston island, with more than 500,000 cubic yards of sand created 4,500 feet of new beach, Tricia Campbell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager.The sand was pumped from hopper dredges – … [Read more...]
Is Atkins Group aware of South Padre’s Problems?
San Antonio marketing man Steve Atkins will try to convince the world to come to South Padre Island with the help of a Dallas firm. Atkins says tourism promotion today is generally geared to millennials, since older people generally have settled on … [Read more...]
Oil and Gas Pipelines Cross Texas-Mexico Border
Despite low oil prices, Mexico will move forward on pipeline initiatives that will impact the Eagle Ford in Texas. Jumping on the opportunities afforded by the new energy reform measures, the state power company (CFE) has initiated an aggressive … [Read more...]