I visited the Galveston rig museum for the first time on Friday. Shame on me for taking so long to make that happen.
My parents, my oldest son and I spent Friday afternoon and evening in Galveston.
One of the things on my to do list was something I frankly should have done a long time ago, given my history in the oil & gas industry: visiting the Ocean Star Museum.
Here’s how the Energy Education Foundation describes it:
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The Ocean Star is [a] retired jack-up drilling rig that operated in the Gulf of Mexico from 1969 to 1984 and drilled over 200 wells during that timeframe. In 1995, [what is now the Energy Education Foundation] purchased the Ocean Star, and after lengthy refurbishment, opened it as a museum in 1997.
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The one word museum review?
Awesome.
Even my parents and soon-to-be 12-year old son got a kick out of it, and the only reason any of them spend much time thinking about the oil & gas industry is that my brother, my wife and I all work in it.
I’m kind of a museum nerd.
One big reason is the historical context we get for some facts we already know, and some facts that are new to us.
The Ocean Star definitely hits the mark there, describing when various technologies were deployed and various records were set.
There’s a Hall of Fame that gives information about some of the pioneers that set the industry on its present course.
All in all, a really fun way to spend a part of an afternoon.
If you find yourself near Galveston with an hour or more on your hands, I definitely recommend you swing by.
