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University Of Houston Tyler Priest Interviews

Interview list includes Howard Shatto, Ron Geer, Pat Dunn, Bruce Collipp,  Douwe De Vries , Dan Godfrey,  Robert Patterson, Gordon Sterling, Dave  Montague  and  Mark Shannon, B.B. Hughson, Bill Broman, Mike Forrest, Bob Howard, Rich   Pattarozzi,  Charlie Blackburn,  Lloyd Otteman, Frank  Poorman,  and more 

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 Tyler Priest: Shell Oil's Deepwater Mission to Mars 

This narrative provides a detailed, step-by-step historical reconstruction of the Shell’s greater Mars project, from the acquisition of the original leases in 1985 to the installation of the Mars B-Olympus TLP in 2014.  

 The Offshore Petroleum Industry in the Gulf of Mexico: A Continuum of Activities 

This document highlights key findings from the study initiated by the MMS on the history the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico.

History of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry in Southern Louisiana

This document tells the history of the offshore industry in Southern Louisiana through the memories of “old timers.”  

Offshore at 60: The Blue Water Breakthrough

Article by Tyler Priest published in Offshore, October, 2014.

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