Industry Seismology and Stuff
Industry Seismology and Stuff
George Mitchell
Houston Chronicle: Oil giant, developer George Mitchell dies at 94
"The son of a poor Greek immigrant, Mitchell had an uncanny knack for finding oil.... He was a pioneer in the technology of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, using it to tap oil and gas in the Barnett Shale of North Texas in the 1980s and 1990s." ...
"Mitchell's career as an oil man was only a fraction of his accomplishments, which included revitalizing Galveston's historic Strand District and developing The Woodlands, which he sold in 1997."
Houston Business Journal: Father of fracking dies
"He and his wife, Cynthia, also founded the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation to pursue sustainability research for the world’s future. He signed The Giving Pledge in 2011, committing that the majority of his wealth would be donated to charity. Mitchell and the foundation donated $20 million to Texas A&M University last fall, making him the university's all-time most generous donor."
2013.07.26